The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-10-11
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.


A AMENDED AND Aporrrp, AT CHICAGO, MAY II, 1860
Resoirs', That we, the delegated representa-
| tivcs OF the Republican electors Of the United
States. in Convention assembled, IN discharge o
the duty we owe TO our constituents and ou
country, unite in the following declarations:
!. That the history OF the nation during TIN
last four years has fully established the proprie
ty and necessity Of the organization and per
petuation Of the Republican party, and that tn,
causes which called II into existence are pcrma
nent in their nature, and now, more than ever
before demand its peaceful and constitutions
triumph.
2. That the maintenance of the principles pro
mulgated in the Declaration of independents,
an d embodied in the Federal Constitution, "Tha
| all men are created equal; that they arc endowed
by their Creator with certain ina ienablo rights
That among these are life, liberty and the pursuit
OF happiness; that to secure these rights gov
ernments ate instituted among men, deriving
| their just powers from the consent of the gov
erned" is essential to the preservation OF ouI
Republican institutions; 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 of the States this nation
owes its unpreccden increase in population
its surprising development of material rcsou, ces
| its RAPID augmentation of wealth, its happiness
| at home and its honor abroad; and We hold in
adherence all schemes for Disunion, come from
whutever source they may: And we congratulate
| the country that no Republican member of Con,
| gress hss uttered or countenanced the threats Of
| Disuniun so often made by Democratic mem
| bers,w.hcut rebuke and with applause from their
| political associates and we dcnounce those
| threats OF Gisnnion, in case OF popular over.
| throw OF their ascendancy as denying the vital
| principles of a free government, and an avow-
| al of contemplated treason, which il is the i'm
perative duty OF an indignant People sterniy to
| rcbukc and forever silence.
| 4. Tha, the maintenance inviolate ofthe rights
| OF tho States and pialv he riyht nf mel
State to order and control its own domestic in
stltrtlons according to its own judgment eNciu-
sively, is essential to that balance OF powers on
| which the perfection and endurance of our po-
litical fabric depends; and we denounce the law
less invasion by armed force OF the soil Of any
State or Territory, no matter under what pretcXt
as among the gravcst of crimes.
D. That the present Democratic AdmiDstra-
ton has far exceeded our worst apprehensions,
in its mcasureless sulServicncv to the cXactions
of a sectional interest, as especially evnccd in
| its desperate eNcrtons to force the infamous
| Lccompton Constitution upon the protesting
| people OF Kansas: n constructing the personal
| relation between master and servant to involve
an unqualified property in persons; in it's al,
| tempted enforcement, everywhere, on land and
| sea, through the intervention of Congress and
of the Federal Courts of the extreme prctensions
| OF purely loo Interest," and in its general and
unvaryng abuse Of the power entrusted to ii by
aconiding people,
e. That the people justly view with alarm the
| reckless cNtavdganrc which pcrl aides every
| department OF the Federal Government; that a
return to rigid economy and accountability is
| Indispensable 10 arrest the systematic piundcr
OF the public treasury by favored pattisans;
while the recent startling Developments of
frauds and co.ruptons at the FEEDER al mctropo.
lis, show that an entire change OF administration
is imperativcly demanded.
| I. That the new dogma that the Constitution,
Of its own force, carries slavery into any or all
of the Territories of the United States. is dan
| gerons political hercsy, at variance with the
explicit provisions OF that instrument itself with
! cotcmporaneors exposition, and with legislative
| and judicial precedent; is revolutionary in its
| tendency and sub'ersive of the peace and har-
mony OF the country.
s. That the norma! condition Of al, the terri
tory Of the United States is that Of freedom: That
| as our Rcpnblcan fathers, when they had abOl-
| ishcd slavery in all our national territory, or.
dAined that mo person should be deprived of
lie, liberty, or property, without due process Of
law II bcco ncS our duty, by egiSlation, when
ever such legislation is necessary, to maintain
! this provision OF the Constitution against all
attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority
Of Congress, Of territorial legislature, or of any
| individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in
any istklasA u iAe nltsd States %, me
African slave trade under the cover of our ma
uonal flag, AIDED by pcrversions of judicial pow
or, as crime against humanity and q burning
| shame to our country and age; and We call upon
Congress to take prompt and efficient measures
Tor the total ana hnai suppression of that exc
cradle traffic.
| 10. That in the recent vetoes by their Federal
Governors, of the acts of the Legislatures o,
Kansas and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in
those territories, We hnd practical Illustration
of the boasted Democratic principle Of Non In
, PREVENTION ana Popular Sovereignty embodied in
/ the Kansas Nebraska bill, and a demonstration
OF the deception and fraud involved therein.
| ii. That IL ,nsas should, of right, be immedi-
/ ateiy admitted as a State under the Constitu-
ton recently formed and adopted by her people
and accepted by The House of Representatives.
IL. mat, while providing revenue for the sup
port OF the general government by duties upon
| imports, sound policy requires such an adjust
lnent OF these imports as to encourage the devel
! opment OF the industrial interests of the whole
county; and we commend that policy Of nation
al exchanges, which secures to the workiny ME +
liberal wages, to agriculture remunerating prices
to mechanics and manufactures an adequate re
ward for their skill, labor and enterprise ant
to the nation commercial prosperity and indie
pendencc.
-. That we protest against any sale or alena
ton to others OF the Public Lands held by actua
settlers, and a Lainst any view of the Free Home
stead poilcy which regards the settlers as pau
pe's or s'lpi'li"nts for public bounty; and w de
mand tie passage by Congress OF the eompet
and satisfactory Homestead nj asure which ha
already passed the House.
il. That the Republican party is opposed T.
any change in our Naturalization Laws or an,
State ivg'sl+tIon by which the ri sits of citizen
ship hitherto accorded TO chi grants from torei =,
iahds shall be abridged or impaired: and in favo
OF giving lull and efficient protection to tn
rights OF ali cHsses of citizens, whether native O
naturalzed, both at home and abroad.
10. That appropriations by Congress for Rive
anu liatbof Improvements OF National charac
Ter, ftqRlIcd Tor the accommodation and seen,
In OF an existing commerce, are authorized |,
the Constitution. and justified 10y the obi gatio
OF Government to protect the lives and proDyrt
OF its citizens.
IL. That a Railroad to the Pacific Ocean i
lmpciauNely demanded by the interests of tn
whole country that the Federal Government
ought to render immediate and efficient aid i
It's construction; and that, as preliminary there
to. daily Overland Mail should be prompt
established.
II. Finally, having thus set forth our distinc,
I'VE PrineiI les and views, we invite the 60 opera
/ ton of all citizens, however differing on otae
questions, who substantially agree with us il
tAeir aihfmanCc and support
| Rssohed, That We deeply sympathize will
/ those men who have been driven, some from
heir native States and others from the States O
, their adoption, and now exied from thei
| hon. on account of their opinions: aud W
hold the Democratic party rcsponiblc for thi
gross violation, Of that clause OF the Constitution
/ which declares that ..c citizens Of each sta.
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