Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-07-20
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

W ncpuOcan SsCscI " sno UnI.eu osases IN Conven-
uon assemDiea N 0scnarge oi ne outy we owe TO our
ana o0r cosnsry' UNITE 10 the following dec
laratons:
yeats has fully established the proprcty and ecessty Of
the Republican party and that The causes which called
into existence permanent in their nature and now
more than ever before demand Ne peaceful and constitu
tioual triumph. IN rI
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p sne 2. inaspendemce anu emDomea IN Ine
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sensbs rights; that among these are e' liberty % and
sns P o. itpS snas 70 securs s9ese nsnss, gov
.nss s ~ ~ .n aIns os % men, ac,vng .ne,i loa
.S q. oas nepuoncan ms.u9ons; ana tnas
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That to the Union Of the States this Nation owes s
unprecedented increase In population It's surprising deve
opement Of material resources its rapid augmentation Of
We hold In adherence all schemes for Disunon come
from whatever source they may: And we congratulate
uttered countenanced the threats of Disunion 30
often made by democratic MEMBERS without rebake, and
with applause from their political associates and de-
those threats Of Disunon, in OF popular
overthrow Of their ascendency denying the vital prnc
pies Of free government and avowal Of conempla
nant People sternly TO rebuke and forever silence.
that tha ,,,,ter.nce ;rv,o,..e of tho r,ohts NJ IN.
States especially ths rsh. Si each sais q order and
d.ment eycinsvev Il essential to that balance Of now
- an rhh the reflection and endurance of our potical
fabric depends and we denounce the lawless INVASION
BY armed force, Of the soil OF any State Territory,
matter under what prctext, among the gravest Of
crimes
exceeded our worst apprehensons its measureless sub
perviency to the exactons Of sectional interest,"
pecay evnce in ts desperate exertons to force the in
famous Lecompton Constitution upon the protesting
pie Of Kansas; in constituting the personal relation be-
tween master and to involve unqualified prop
land and sea- through the Intervention Of Congress
and Of the Federal Courts OF the extreme Of
purely ioca. interest," ana N ~ general ana
Sat III neon,e Justly view with alarm The recSies,
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Federal GSvernment that return to rigid economy and
Piunoes OF tne puD'U sIeasry ~ avo'eu paItsans
viii. .ne Is.eMs .n Ts3s ,p,; s " ara. 10 anu
tire change Of administration mperatvely demanded
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Sversye & o. the peace ana harmony % or o. the county
t,e;,oa S.t E :, tht ~ SeeSo That % ss onr Rb,c nj ..
sas a . % ha y" no.ea sans. ~ o n,r
Al terrtory ordanea tnas no person snSuiH De oePfl
ea pmSenever
such legislation is necessary to maintain this provision Of
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That we brand the recent reopcning OF the African
slave trade under the cover OF our national nag, aided
by perversons OF judicial power as crime against ha
manity and burning shame to our country and age and
We call upon to take prompt and efficient meas
for the total and final suppression OF this execrable
traffic.
TO- That in the recent vetoes by their Federa Govern
Of the acts Of the Legislatures Of Kansas and Nebras
ka prohibiting slavery In those territories we hnd prac
tca illustration OF the boased Democratic principle Of
NonIntervention and Popular Sovereignty embodied In
the KansasNebraska BILL and demonstration Of the
deception and fraud involved therein.
IL That Kansas should OF right he Immediately nd
mtted as state under the Constitution recently formed
and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House
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poncy REQUIRES sacn an Q! ese as 70
encouIaEe .ne aese.omens zen " .e "uuss I. ereS Oh
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