The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-07-14

| FOR CoSGRESS--iST DISTRICT.
| SAMUEL r. CURTIS,
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| REPUBLICAN NATIONAL PLATFORM.
| Adopted at Chicago. May I7,h. 1850.
| Rssotrea That we tie delegated Representative.
o; the Republican electors of the uaied States in
Convention assembled in discharge Of the duty
! To cur constituents and our country, unite IN ths
! following deeiarations
/. That the history the nation during the last
four years has fully established the propriety and
necessity " the organization and Perpetusti9n Of the
Republican party, and that the causes which called il
into existence permanent III their nature now
| more than before, demand its peaceful and
constitutional triumph.
2. That the maintenance OF the principles pTomui-
gated the Deraration Independence and embodied
IN the Federal CJnstitution-That all men are created
equal that they endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienabe rlghts that among these life
liberty aud the pursuit Of happiness; that to secure
these rights, governments instituted among men
deriving their just powers the consent Of the
soverned''-is essential to the preservation Of cur
Republican institutions and that the Federal Consti-
tuition the Rights Of the States and the Union Of the
| states, must and shall be preserved.
B. That the Cn!on Of the States this nation owes
rs unprecedented increase in population its surprising
development resources, its rapid ausmea-
aIon Cf wealth its happiness at home and its honor
abroad and We hold adherence all schemes for
Diauuiou come from whatever source they may. And
| We congratulate the country that no Republican
member Of Congress has uttered counieuanced the
hreats Of Dsunion often made by Democratic
members without Tebuke and with applause from
their political associates; AMI VIC dcnounce those
threats Of dsunon, in case Of popular overthrow Of
their asceu4aacy denying the vital principles Of a
free government. and as avOwai Of contemplated
tresso which /. is tie imperative duty Of an indgnan
People to stcrnIy rebuke and forever silence.
That the maintenance nviolate OF the rights Of
he States aud especially the right OF each State to
rider and control its domestic institutions
cco riding its own judgmeut exclusively essential
that Of powers which the perfection and
endurance Of cur political fabric depends; and We
ienounce the Iawess invasion by armed force Of the
4uil OF any Territory, matter under what
pretcxt, a among the grayest Of crimes.
5. That the present Democratic Administration
has far exceeded worst apprehensions, in its
measureess subseryency to the exactions Of sectional
interest, especially cvinced in its desperate
exertions the infamous Lccompon Constut
upon the protesting people OF Kansas; in constituting
to involve unqualified property in persons in its
attempted enforcement everywhere, land and sea
through the interveptiou OF Congress and Of the
Feiera Courts Of the extreme pretcnions OF purely
local interest; and IN Its general and unyarying
abuse OF the p5wer entrusted to it by a canading
people.
6. That the people Justly view with alarm the
reckless extravaganza which pervades every department
u the Federal Government; that return to rigid
economy and ountabiity is indispensable 10 arrest
the systematic punder OF the public treasury by
favored psrtisans; white the startling dcve3-
opments OF frauds and corruptions at the Federal
metropolis, show that an entire change OF simnistra-
ton Is ImIerstively demanded,
T. That the dogma that the Constitution Of its
force, carries Slavery into any or all Of the
Territories Of the United States is dangerous political
heresy at with the explicit provisions that
Instrument itself with cotenporaneous exposition,
and with legislative and judicial precedent revalu-
tlonsry tendency, and subrcrsiye OF the peace
and harmony Cf the country.
g. That the normal condition Of all the territory
the United States is that Of freedom: Tha; as our
Republican fathers when they lad abolished slavery
all our national territory ordained that person
should be deprived Of life property, without due
process OF law. - becomes our duty by legislation
this provision of the Constitution against all attempts
to violate it, and deny the authority of Congress
%; territorial legislature. q any individuals to
ave Legal existence to slavery in any Territory of the
Gated states
9 That brand the recent re-opentng OF the
African Slave Trade, under the cover of national
IA aided BY psrversions Of judicial power, a crime
asu It humanity and a burning shame to eur country
sa,. s-e; and call upon Congress- 10 take prompt
an cfcicut the and hna suppression
Of that cxesrabie trafhc,
To- That in the recent vetoes, by their Federal
Goycrno5s of the of the Legislatures Of Kansas
and Nebraska prohteitiEg Slavery in those Territories
m practical Illustration Of the bgasted Democratic
p-8ciple # No8Iaerveattoa aud Popular Soyerega:y
embedded in the Kansas ebrsssa Bili aah densDn-
straian Of the deception aud fraud involved therein
IL That Kansas Should, Of rIsht. be Immediately
admitted STATE anter the Constitution recently
formed and adopted By her pees.e and accepted b. The
House II Representatives.
H. rhat, while providing revenue for the support
cg TIE general government by duties upon imports
ssuad pel.cy requires such an adjustment e these
lraposis to encourage the development Of the
Industrial interests ot the whsle country; and we
commend that policy ef nat.e1ai exchanges, which
secures tc the SorkIag meE liberal wages sgric7I-
tare reaasnprstius prices mechanics and aaanfac
an adequate reward for their skin, labor. AMI
cate-prisc sui 10 the natiaa comms7clai prosperity
a.! Independence.
IL That wv prsteSt against any sale Or alienation
b elSe~os tie Faelte fns held By actual settlers
a5sl ssaJast aay view ag TIE Free Homestead po!icy
ateA regards tae settlers paupers sugpIaass fog
raeIis bsaatys sna VIC tsrsH the passage ty Congress
Of The erzrese ,a4 satisfactory Homestead measure
shiSh has airesiy passed the HeEss.
u. Taat the RcgssIitsa PARTY IS orposet 70 az
eaaass IN osr Naturalsssiaa Laws az any State
Iczis:a, sy usss the rights sf citizenship hishsrts
seopFts5 70 Immigrants truaa iozesa LANDS ssai be
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xa easiest Vratetiea to the rights a all classes u
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ssaor improvements af SatlSEzI ensrsee- requires
tsE tie acSa.sneiatisa sR4 security et sn existing
oastz4S9Ce are asthsTssca tY the cSuSti:utsn, AMI
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