Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-10-05
REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.

good health. T.
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
. p..,,,.z That We the delegated representatives o.
&hs Renubcan electors Of the United States, In Conven
on assembled in discharge Of the duty we owe 20 our
constituents and country, unite In the following dec
larations:
l. That the history Of the nation during the last -four
wears has fully established the proprety and O.
Che Republican party and tnas ns wncn .nd no
more than ever before demand its peaceful and consu
tioual triumph.
. That the maintenance Of the principles promulgated
FEDERAL Constitution That all created equal
that they are endowed their Creator with certain In
tne prsa = Sppnes that to secure these rights gov
ernents are instituted among men, deriving their Just
powers from the consent Of the governed".s essential e
the preservation Of Republican institutions and that
the FEDERAL Constitution the Rights Of the States and the
Union Of the States must and shall be preserved.
g. That to the Union Of the States this Nation owes Il,
opement Of material resources II. rapid augmentation o.
wealth. its happiness at home and s honor abroad ano
re hold in s 1Gr ID
the country chat Republican member OF Congress mas
uttered or countenanced the threats Of Disunlon &C
often made BY democratic memberS without rebuke ono
With applause from their political associates and we de-
nounce those threats Of Dsuncn In case OF popular
pies q nee and a. an Of contempla
ted treason which 10 the imperative duty Of an ndig
nans s to ssrns s1a re tse ret. Of
States and especially the right Of each State to order and
control its own domestic institutions according to It's own
Judgment exclusively Is essential to that balance Of pow
r on which the perfection and endurance Of political
fabric depends; and denounce the lawess Invasion
BY armed o. the o. any OF the
s. That the present Democratic Administration has far
1870, - tSs eS.ctpns Of sectional interest as es
peoey evnced In It's desperate exerons to force the in
Die Of Kansas In constituting the personal relation be-
tween master and servant to involve an unqualified
ery persons In attempted
and OF the Federal Courts Of the extreme pretenons Of
purely local interest and in its general and unvarying
abuse Of the power entrusted to BY condng people
G. That the people justly view with alarm the reckless
extravaganza which pervades every department OF the
accountability is indispensable to arrest the systematic
plumber Of the public treasury by favored parzans;
while the recent startling developments of frauds and
corruptions the Federal metropolis show that
tire change administration is mperatively demanded.
& That the dogma that the Constitution Of own
tSe United States, dangerous political heresy at va.
Rance with the explicit Of that instrument ITSELF
with coemporaneous exposition and with legislative and
judicial precedent Is revolutionary in its tendency and
subversive Of peace and harmony Of the country
g. That the normal condition Of all the territory Of the
fathers when they had abolished slavery in all nation
s territory ordained that person should be depri-
we'd Of M liberty, or property without due process Of
such legislation Is necessary, to maintain this provision Of
the Constitution against ali attempts to violate III and
ature Of any individuals to give legal existence to
slavery in any Territory Of the United States.
O. That We brand the recent re-openng OF the African
by perversons Of judicial power, crime against hui
Iany and burning shame to our country and age and
call upon Congress TO take prompt and efficient meas.
for the total and final suppression Of this exeerabe
frame
TO- That in the recent vetoes by their Federa Govern
NJ he az
Ia prohibiting slavery in those territories find prac
tica Illustration of the boosted Democratic principle of
Non Interyent ion and Popular Sovereignty embodied In
the Kansas Nebraska bill, and demonstration Of the
deception and fraud involved therein.
itted as state under me Constitution recently formed
and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House
Of Representatives.
the general government by duties imports sound
policy requires such adjustment Of these imports as to
encourage the development Of the industrial interest of
me whole country and we commend that national policy
of national exchanges which to the working men
liberal wages to agriculture prices to ms
SKILL labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial
prosperity and Independence.
others Of the Public Lands held by actual settlers and
against any view Of the Free Homestead policy which re-
bounty and we demand the passage by Congress Of the
complete and satisfactory Homestead measure which has
already passed the House.
a. That the Republican party is opposed any change
70 our Naturalization Laws, any State legislation, by
which the right Of citizenship hitherto accorded to i'm
migrants from foreign lands shall be abridged impair
cd and in favor Of giving full and efficient protection
70 the rights OF all classes Of citizens whether native or
paturaliEed, both at home and abroad.
u.s. That appropriations by Congress for River and ar
bor improvements of National character, required
for the accommodation and security OF an existing com
are authorised by the Constitution and justified by
the obligation of Government TO protect the lives and
property Of It's citizens.
IT, That Railroad to the Pacific Ocean is imperative
~ demanded by the interests Of the whole country that
the Federal Government ought to render immediate and
ecicnt aid in its construction and that preliminary
thereto daily Overland Mail should be promptly estab-
Nshed.
II. Fina;ly having thus set forth distinctive prn
cpfes and views invite the cooperation Of all citi
sens however differing other questions who substan
taIly agree with us In their afrmance and support.
SUPPLEMENTARY RESOLUTION
Resolved, That deeply sympathize with those men
Who have been driven from their native states ana
Others from the States Of their adoption and are now
Ned from their homes account Of their opinions and
We held the Democratic party responsible for the gross
violation Of that clause Of the Constitution which declares
that the citizens Of each State shall be entitled to all the
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