The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-16
National Republican Platform.
las AMENDED AND ADoPrEp.l

bled, in discharge of the duty we owe to
cur constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
/. That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established
the propriety and necessity Of the organl-
cation and perpetuation OF the Republican
party, and that the causes which called it
into existence are permanent in their ma
iare, and now, more than ever before. de-
mand it's peaceful and constitutional tri.
umph
z. That the maintenance of the princi-
pies promulgated in the Declaration of In.
dependence and embodied i'm the Federal
Constitution, "That all men are created
equal that they are endowed by their
treator with certain inahenabie rights
that among lhese are lite, liberty and the
pursuit oil happiness that 10 secure these
rights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent OF The governed ''-~-is essential TO
the preservation of our Republican insttu-
tons and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights Of the States, and the Union of
the States must and shall be preserved
3. That to the union III the States rhis
nation owes its unprecedented increase 10
population, it's surprising development Of
material resources, its rapid augmentation
OF wealth, Its happiness al home aud It's
honor abroad and We hold in abhorrence
all schemes for Disunon, come from what
ever source they may And we congratu-
late the country that NO Republican mem
Der OF Congress has uttered or counte-
nanced the threats Of Disunion SO often
made by Democratic members, without re-
buke and with applause from their political
associates and we denounce those threats
Cd disnnlon, in caseof a popular overthrow
OF Their ascendaney. as denying the vital
principles of q free government, and as an
arowai of contemplated treason, which it
| is the imperative duty of an indignant Peo-
+ pie sternly to .rebuke and forever silence.
| 4. That the maintenance inyiolate of the
rights OF the States, and especially the
! right Of each State tu order and control its
/ Own domestic institutions according TO its
own judgment exclusively, is essential to
that haiaDee Of powers on which The per-
fectlon and endurance OF our political fab
rio depends; and we denounce the law
/ Tess invasion bv armed force of the soilAof
any Stale or Territory. no matter under
What preiext, as among the gravest Of
crimes.
5. That the present Democratic Admin
isiation has far exceeded our worst ap-
/ Iprehensiuns, in its measureiess subseryi-
ency 10 the exactions Of a sectional inter
est, as especially eyinced in it's desperate
exertions to~force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people of
Kansas, in construing the personal rela-
ton between master and servant to in
volse an unqualified property in persons
! IN It's attempted enforcement, evervw here.
on land and sen, through the Intervention
Of Congress and of the Federal Courts. OF
the extreme pretsnslons of purely local
interest; and in its general and unvarying
abuse OF the power entrusted TO it by con-
fding people.
6. That the peonie justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervades every department OF the Federal
Government that return 10 rigid econ
omy and accountability is Indispensable to
arrest the systematic plumber OF the pub
Inc treasury by favored partlsans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corrupuons al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change Of adminlsra-
tlon is imperatively demanded.
Z. That the new dogma that the Con-
stitutlon. of It's own force, carries Slavery
into any or all OF the Territories OF the
United States, is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit proyi-
sions of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition. and ~itl1egis
laliye and judicial precedent; is revolu
tionary in It's tendency, and subyersve ol
the peace and harmony OF the country.
Q. That the normal condition OF all the
territory OF the United States, is that 81
| freedom That as our Republican fathers
when they had abolished slavery in all oul
national territory. ordained that no per
son should be deprived OF life, liberty, OF
property, without due process oil law, " i
becomes our du'y, BY legislation, wheney
er such Legislation is, necessary. to main
tain this provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate it and W,
deny the authority Of Congress, Of ter
ritorial legislature, or OF any individuals
to give legal existence TO slavery in am
! Territory cfshe ur,:tteea. ur,::ttee. States. States
9. That We brand the recent re -opsnin,
of the African slave trade, under the GOV
er Of our national flag, aided by peryer
slons Q! judicial power, as crime agains
humanity and burning shame TO ou
country and age and We call upon Con
gress TO take prompt and efficient meas
ures for the total and final suppression Q
that execrable traffic.
10. That in the recent vetoes, by thei
Federal Governors, Of the acts of the Leg
J islatures OF Kansas and Nebraska, prohib
itlng Slavery in those Territories, we fin
: practical illustration OF the boassed Dem