The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-07

cur constituents and our Country hffYte ia
the following deal aralions !: sGs
That the history of the nation during
the last four years has fully established
The propriety and necessity Of The organi--
zatiss ana fefpttp alin efheReDsblcae,
party, and that the causes which called II
into existence are permanent IN their nd
lure. and now, more than ever before. de-
mand its peaceful and constitutional ai-
ulnph. thsseaas fsol
z. That the maintenance of the prinei.
p5es prpmuigat in the Declaration of la
dependence and embodied in the Federal
Constitution, THAT all men are created
equal that thfy are endowed by their
Creator with certain, inahenable rights
that among these are lite, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness thai to secure these
rights, governments are Instituted among
rnen. deriving taeir just powers from The
conseat ol tae governed '--ls essentlal 40
the preservation Of our llepu blican instiiu-
'tlon@; and that the Federal Constitution.
the Rights OF the States. and tie Union of
the States must and shall be preserved. 81
8. That 70 the union oflhe States this
Ination owes It's unprecedented lacreass IN
population, lts surprising development Of
maier1ai resources its rapid augmentation
OF wealth, It's -hsppmess at home and its
lhonor abroad and vs hold in adherence
| all schemes for Disunion, come from what
ever source they mays: Apl we congratu.
late the country that no Republican mem-
tber Of Congress. has uttered or courte-
| naaced the threats oil Disunion So often
made by Demoersile mvnlbers, ~ath nat ~
buke and with applause from their political
/ associates and we depouace. thes~ Il rs.ats!
Of dlsanIon, IN case Of apepular overthrow
Iof their ascendaReyy ~ denying The vital
PRINCIPLES OF free govern rrnt, and as mn
Iavowai Of contemplated treason, which il
ls the imperative duty OF an Indignant Peo-
pie siemly 10 seLukr and forever silence
/ 4. That sAe maintenance insiolate of the
rights of The States, and especially the
/ right Of each State 10 order and copirol its
own domestic Institutions according to its
own Judgment exclusively, il essential 10
tlat balance OF powers on which the per
fecton and endurance Of our political lab
ric ,rpends; and We denpunce tie law
less invasion bv armed force of the soil oi
any State or Territory. no matter under
what pretext, as among the graEest OF
crimes.
5. That the present Democratic Admin
islration has far exceeded our worst ap-
I predecessors, IN ITS measureless suhservi-
'ercy TO the exactlons Of IA sectional inter
est, as especially eyInced in its desperate
exerticns TO force the infamous Lecoinp pton
Constitution upon the protesting people oi
Kansas In constituting the personal fela-
lion between master and servant TO In
ivolye an unqualified property in persons
lin It's attempted enforcement, eseryw here,
on land and sea, thraughsthe Intervention
of Congress md Of the Federal Courts, oi
Ithe exlrene pretensioDs of a purely local
interest and in its general and unvary ing
abuse osthe power entrusted TO it by con
fidipg people. hss
j o. That the peo1ie Justly view with
alarm the reckl1 sS 4 xLrayagarfce which
peryades every department OF the Federal
4 Government that u We usn TO rigid econ-
tony and accountability is indispensable 70
arrest the systematic plunder oil the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans while
tho rseenl startling development y OF frauds
and corrdptions al the Federal metropolis,
show ,hssaa ei,tise change oil sdnnimslra-
ton is lmperausely demanded. ffs 4
| Z. That the new dogma that the Con-
sttuuon, 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-
slons Of that instrument itself, with CO
temporaneons exposition. and with legis-
latiye and judicial precedent IS revoiu
tionary in its tendency, and subvenive oi
the peace and harmony OF the country.
g. That the normal condition OF all the
territory Of The United States, issthat b
freedom: That as our Republican fathers
when they had abolished slavery in all oul
national territory. ordained that mo per
. son should be deprived of life. liberty. ol
II property, without due process of law i
becomes our duty. by Legislation, whenev
er such Legislation is necessary. to main
tain. this provision Of the Constitutes
against all attempts to violate it and ",
deny the authority Of Congress, of . ter
ritorlal Legislature, or OF any individuals
t0givei legal existence to- slavery in anl
j Territory of ths, United .SSt,,t.s. -
q That we brand the recent re opening
of the African slave trade, under the GOV
I er Of our nationsf flag, aided by perysr
sions of judicial power, as crime sagains
humanity and burning shame 10 ou
d country and age and we call upon Con
: gress TO take prompt and efficient meas
utes for the total and final suppression 9
that execrable traific. atsF aa a-.
10. That in the recent vctoes, by thei
Federal Governors, of the acts OF the Leg
, islatures Of Kansas and Nebraska, prohib
ting Slavery in those Territories, we fin1
+ practical illustration OF the boassed Dem
r ocraic principle of Non Intervention an
dor .fxsa