Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-08-31
REpuBr1CAN PLATFORM.

uOn as0emOle0, IN QAoCn0rXe OF the duty
constituents and country, unite In the following dec
| larations:
l. That the history Of the nation during the last four
years has fully established the propety necessity
the Republican party and that the which called Il
Into existence are permanent in their nature and now
more than ever before demand s peaceful and consttu
tiouai triumph. a - - = q ~
g. That the maintenance of the principles promulgated
In the Declaration of1ndependence and embodied in the
Federal Constitution That all men created equal;
alienable rights that among these are lie liberty and
the pursuit Of happiness that to these rights
ernmens are Instituted among men, deriving their Just
the preservation Of Republican nsttutions and that
the Federal Constitution, the Rights Of the States and the
Union OF the States must and shall be preserved.
That to the Union Of the States this Nation owes It's
unprecedented Increase III population its surprising deve
opement Of material resources It's rapid augmentation Of
wealth Its happiness at home and It's honor abroad and
We hold IN abhorrence all schemes for Disunou,
from whatever source they may: And we congratulate
the country that Republican member Of Congress has
uttered or countenanced the threats OF Disnnon 90
often made by democratic members without rebuke and
with applause from their political associates and We de.
noanse those &c threats Of Dsmnon in case Of popular
pies OF free government and ~ IN Of conempla
ed treason which Is the imperative duty Of indig
nant People sterny to rebuke and forever silence.
That the maintenance inyioate Of the rights s the
States and especially the right Of each State order and
control its domestic Institutions according lie own
Judgment exclusively essential to that balance of pow
which the perfection and endurance of our political
fabric depends and we denounce the lawess INVASION
by armed force OF the soil Of any State Territory
matter under what pretext as among the grayest Of
crimes. re
8. That the present Democratic Administration has far
our worst apprehenson in its measureess SUBJ
serviency to the exactons Of sectional interest," rs es
peciay evince In its desperate exerons force the in
famous Lecompton Constitution upon the protesting peo
tween master and servant to involve unqualified prop.
erty persons In Its attempted enforcement everywhere
on land and sea, through the intervention Of Congress
and OF the Federal Courts OF the extreme pretensons OF
purely local interest and in its general unvarying
That the people justly view with alarm the reckless
extravaganza which pervades every department OF the
Federal Government that return to rigid economy and
accountability Is indispensable TO arrest the systematic
plumber OF the public treasury by favored parxans;
while the recent startling developments of frauds and
corruptons at the Federal metropolis show that an en-.
tire change Of administration Is peratively demanded
T. That the new dogma that the Constitution Of It's own
carries slavery into any or all Of the Territories Of
The United States IL dangerous political heresy
rance with the explicit provisions Of that instrument ITSELF
with cotemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and
sabversve Of the peace and harmony Of the country
That the normal condition Of all the territory OF the
fathers when they had abolished slavery in ali our nation
al territory, ordained that mo person should be depri.
we'd Of life liberty, or property without due process Of
such legislation is necessary to maintain this provision
the Constitution against ali attempts to violate It and
laure Of any Individuals to give legal existence to
slavery In any Territory Of the United States.
That brand the recent re-openng Of the African
slave trade under the cover Of national flag aided
BY perversiOns OF judicial power, crime against hu.
mauy and burning shame TO country and age: and
we call upon Congress to take prompt and efficient
traffic.
TO- That in the vetoes by their Fedora, Govern
or Of the acts Of the LEGISLATURES Of Kansas and Nebras
ka, prohibiting slavery in those territories find prac
tical illustration Of the boasted Democratic principle Of
Non and Popular Sovereignty embodied in
the kansas-Nebraska bill, and demonstration Of the
deception and fraud involved therein
H. That Kansas should OF right be Immediately ad-
mitted as state under the Constitution recently formed
and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House
H. That while providing revenue for the support Of
the general government by duties upon imports sound
policy requires such adjustment of these imports
encourage the development Of the industrial Of
the whole country and we commend that national policy
liberal wages to agriculture rennerating prices TO me-
chncs and manufactures an adequate reward for their
Skill labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial
prosperity and independence.
49, That protest against any sale or alienation TO
others of the Public Lands held by actual settlers and
against any view Of the Free Homestead policy which
CARDS the settlers paupers suppians for public
bounty and demand the passage by Congress Of the
complete and satisfactory Homestead measure which has
a. That the Republican party is opposed to any change
In our Naturalization Laws State legislation, by
migrants from foreign lands shall be abridged impair
ed and In favor Of giving full and efficient protection
to the rights Of all classes Of citizens whether native or
naturaized, both at home and abroad.
10 That appropriations by Congress for River and Har
BOZ improvements OF National character required
for the accommodation and security Of existing CON-
merce are authorized by the Constitution and justified by
the obligation Of Government to protect the lives and
property Of its citizens.
16 That Railroad to the Pacific Ocean Is il imperative
demanded by the interests Of the whole country that
the Federal Government ought to render immediate and
ecient aid IN its construction and that preliminary
lshed. -
H. Finally having thus forth our distinctive prin.
cfpes and views we invite the cooperation Of all c
xens however differing other questions who substan-
tally agree with rs in their airmance and support
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOLUTION.
Resotced, That We deeply sympathixe with those men
Who have been driven some from their native States and
others from the States Of their adoption and are now ex
He'd FROM their homes account Of their opinions and
we bold the Democratic party responsible for gross
violation Of that clause Of the Constitution which declares
that the cxens 0f each State shall be entitled the
privileges snd imnunes Of citizens N the several States