The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09
Nationn, Republican, platforms.
As AMENDED AND ADOPTED. ]


Convention assembled in discharge Of the duty we
to constituents aud country, unite In the
following declarations
l. That the history of the nation during the last odr
years has fully established the propriety and neces
ty Of the organization and perpetuation Of tha Re-
publican party and that the which called 1t
into existence are permanent in their nature, and
now more than before, demands its peaceful and
constitutional triumph.
= That the maintenance Of the principles pcomul
gated in the Declaration of Independence and en-
bodied in the Federal Constitution That all men are
created equal that they endowed by their Creator
with certain inalieuable rights that among these are
life, liberty end the pursuit Of happiness that to Sc
these rights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the consent Of
the rovcrnedis essential to the preservation Of ur
Republican insttuti6ps and that the Federal Const
tuition, the Rights of the States and the Union ofthe
States must and shall be preserved.
T. That to the union Of the States this nation owes
It's Unprecedented increase in population, its surpris
ing development If material resources its rapid aug
nentation of wealth, its happiness at home and its
honor abroad and hold in adherence all schemes
for Disunion. come from whatever source they may
And congratulate the country that no Republican
member of Congress has uttered or Counteuanccd the
threats Of Disunion often made by Democratic
members without rebuke and with applause from
their political associates; and we denounce those
threats Of disunion in case Of popular overthrow Of
their ascendency denying the vital principles of
free government and as avowel of contemplated
treason which it is the imperative duty Of an iudg
nant People stcrnly to rcbuke and forever silence.
l. That the maintenance nviolate cf the rights Of
the States, and especially the right of each state to
ior &C.
cordinF to its own Judgment exclusively is essential
to that balance of powers which the perfection and
endurance Of our political fabric depends; and we
denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the
soil fany State o. Territory, no matter under what
prctcxt, among the gravest Of crimes.
;. That the present Democratic Administration has
far exceeded worst apprehensons in its measure
less suhservency TO the eXactons Of sectional in
terest, especially evinced in its desperate cxer-
tons 10 force the infamous Lecomrton Constitution
upon the protesting people of Kansas in constituting
the personal relation between master and rant to
involve unqualified property in persons; in its at
tempted enforcement everywhere, on land and sea,
through the Intervention of Congress and of the Fed
eral Courts, of the extreme pretensions Of purely
local interest; and its general and nnvarying abuse
Of the power entrusted to it by confdirg people
G. That the people justly view with alarm the reck
less extravaganza which pervades every department
Of the Federal Government; that return to rigid
economy and accountability is indispensable to ar
rest the systematic plumber of the public treasury by
favored partisans while the recent startling deve
cpments of frauds and cor options at the Federal
metropolis. show that an entire change Of admins
tration is imperativcly demanded
!. That the new dog ma that the Constitution, Gifts
own force, carries Slavery into any all the Ter
ri Of .af Il
heresy, variance with the explicit provs ions of
that instrument itself, with cotemporaneous EXPOSE
ton, and with legislative and judicial precedent is
revolutionary in its tendency and subversve Of the
peace and harmony of the country.
s That the normal cos dtion of all the territory Of
the United States is that Of freedom: That Re
publican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in
all national territory ordained that "no person
should be deprived OF life, liberty, property, with
out due process oflaw, becomes our duty ny legis
lation, whenever such legislation is necessary TO
maintain this provision of the Constitution against
all attempts to violate IT. and deny the authority
of Congress- of territorial Legislature, of any in
dividuas to give legal existence to slavery in any
Territory of the United States.
.. That brand the recent re-opening of the Afri
slave trade under the cover of national flag
aided by perversions of judicial power, a crime
against humanity and burning shame to coun-
try and age I; and we call upon Congress to take
prompt and efficient for the total and final
suppression of that eXecrahle traffic.
10. That In the vetoes, by their Federal Cow
ernors of the acts Of the Legislatures of Kansas and
Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in those Territories,
we find practical illustration Of the boasted Demo-
cratic principle Of Non-Interveuta ga and Popular
Sovereignty embodied in the Kansas-Nebraska bill,
AZ a dem ppEIra ion If he nd IN
volycd therein.
II. That Kansas should, Of right, he Immediately
admitted Il State under the Constitution recently
formed and adopted by her people, and accepted by
the House Of Representatives.
II. That, while providing revenue for the support
ofthe general government by duties upon imports,
sound policy requires such adjustment Of these
imports As encourage the development Of the in
dustrial Interests Of the whole country and we com
mend that policy 81 national exchanges, which
TO t,e working liberal wages to agriculture
remunerating prices mechanics and manufacturers
adequate reward for their skin, labor, and enter
prise and to the nation commercial prosperity aud
independence.
IS. That c protest against any sale or alienation
others Of the Public Lands held by actual settlers,
and against any view Of the Free Homestead policy
which regards the settlers paupers suppliants
for public bounty; and we deraand the passage by
Congress of the complete and satisfactory Homestead
measure which has already passed lbs House.
H. That the Republican party is opposed to any
change in Naturalization Laws any State egis
aton by which the rights of citizenship hitherto
corded TO immigrants from foreign lands shall be
abridged or impaired; and in favor Of giving full
and efficient protection the rights of all classes of
citizens whether native or uaturalized both home
and abroad.
-. That appropriations 10y Congress for River and
liarbor improvements of National character, re-
CURED for the accommodation aud security of eX
listing commerce, are authorized by the Constitution,
and justified by the obligation Of Government to pro-
tect the lives and property of its citizens
16 That Railroad to the Pacific ocean is impera
lively demanded by the interests OF the whole coun
try Eat the Federal Government ught to render
immediate and efficient aid in Its consrIlt ion and
that AS preliminary thereto day Overland Mail
should be prompby established
H. Finally, loving th4s set forth our distinctive
principles aud sws We invite the cooperation of all
citizens, howev.r Offering on other questions who
substantially a.rca with us in their aliirmance and
support. .... ....
srPPL@NEYTsRy RTsULrTIoN. 4
Resolved, That we deeply symPathize with those
men who lave been driven, som. of them from their
native States an others the state of their adop
ton, and are exilci from their homes account
Of their opinions and we hold the Democratic party
responsible this gross violation of that clause Of
the Constitution which declares that the citizens of
each state shall be entitled to al the privileges and
OF citizens in the several States.
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