St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1860-11-22

less subSCrvicncv to the actions Of
a sectional interest, as cgpccially
cvinccd in its dcsperatc excrtions +,
force the Infamous LecomptOu Cousti
tuition upon the protesting people OF
Kansas in constituting the personal
relation between master and servant
to involve an unqualified property in
persons in its ATTEMPTED enforce.
ment, everywhere, on land and sea,
through the intervention of Congress
and of the Federal Courts Of the cx.
trcmc prctcnsions of purely local in.
tcrcSt and in its general and unva.
rying abuse of the power entrusted tO
it by coniiding people.
s. That the people Justly view with
alarm the reckless cXtravarancc
which pcrvadcs every department Of
the Federal Government that re-
turn TO rigid economy and accounta.
bility is indispensable to arrest the
systematic plumber Of the public
treasury hy favored parlisans while
the recent startling developments Of
frauds and corruptions at the Federal
metropolis, show that an entire change
! Of administration is impcrativcly de-
mandcd.
That the new dogma that the
Constitution, of its own force. carries
Slavery into any or all of the Terrific.
rics Of the United States, is dancer
ous political hcrcsy, at variance with
the explicit provisions of that instru.
mcnt itself with contemporancous OK.
position, and with Icgislativr and in
dicial precedent is revolutionary in
its tendency. and subycrsivc of fine
peace and harmony of the country.
s. That the normal condition oi all
the territory of the United Stot,s is
that of freedom. That as our Rcuub-
ican fathers, when they had abolish.
cd slavery in all our national tcrrito-
ry, ordained that "no person should
hc deprived of life, liberty. or propcr-
ty, without due process of law" il
becomes our duty. hv lrwislatior when.
ever such lc~islation is necessary to
maintain this provision of the Consti.
tuition against all attempts to vinlat.
it and we dcnv the anthority of Com.
grcss, of a territorial Icgislaturc or
OF any individuals, to give lcral cx.
tension 10 slavery in any territory Of
The United States.
9. That we brand the recent re.
opening of the African slave trade,
under the cover of our national flag,
aided by pcrversions Of judicial pow
er, as crime against humanity and
burning shame to our country and
age aud we call upon Congress to
take prompt and efficient measures
for the total and final suppression of
that cNecrablc traffic.
10. That in the recent vctocs, by
their Federal Governors, of the acts
OF the Legislature of Kansas and Ne
braska, prohibiting Slavery in those
Territories, we find a practical illus
tratIon of the boastcd Democratic
PrincIple OF Non-interventlon and Pop
ular Sovereignty embodied in the
kansas-Ncbraska bill, and demon
StratIon ct the deception and fraud i'll
rolved therein.
IL. That Kansas should, of right,
be Immediately admitted as a State
under the Constitution recently form
ed and adopted by her people and ac-
ccpted by the House Of Represents
uvcs.
II. That while providing revenue
tor the support OF the General Govern
ment 10y duties upon imports, sound
policy requires such an adjustment of
these imports as to encourage the de
vclopment of the industrial interests
OF the whole country and we com.
mend that policy Of national cX,
changes, which secures to the work.
ing men liberal wages, to agriculture
'e''"net"',nS p'iccS' 10 mechanics
ana 'r"'uiac'urGfS an adequate re-
"a'o 'of 'hc'F SKILL I"oor ana enter,
PRISE an" TO 'ne ha'iolI commercial
10 lhAt we protest against any
sac or a'itha'ioil To others ol the
nn''c La""' hcia by actual settlers,
Homestead policy which regards the
settlers as paupcrs or suppliamts for
public bounty aud we demand the
passage by Congress of the complete
and satisfactory Homestead measure
which has already passed the House.
II. That the Republican party is
to any change in our natural
ization Laws or any State legislation
by which the rights of citizenship
accorded to immigrants from
foreign lands shall be abridged or i'm
paired and in favor of giving full
and efficient protection to the rights
tive or naturaiiZcd, both at home and
abroad.
10: The appropriations by Congress
II i'r I. n.Ier aha h inaloor l. Improvement OF