Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1860-05-30
THE CHICAGO PLATFORM.


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We publish below, ior future reference the reso-
lutions of the black Republican Convention q On
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Resolped That We. the delegated Representatives
of the Repnbcsn electors Of the United States, in
fonyenticn assembled in the discharge OF the duty
1. re owe e. our constituents and our country anite
in the following declarations R-s -
s FIsst-That the history of the nation during the
last four years has fully established the proprely
and necessity Of the organization ana perpetuauon
called IT into existence are permanent in their ma
turc, and now, more than ever before demand us
peaceful and constitutional triumph.
: Sscond-That the maintenance of the principle
promulgated in the Declaration of Independence,
and embodied in the federal Constitution, is essen
tial to the preservation of our republican nstitu-
tions and that the federal Constitution, the rights
of the States, and the Union OF the STATES, must
and shall be preserved
TNird--That to the Union OF the States TINS ma
ton owes its unprecedented increase popuation its
surprising development Of material resources; It's
rapid augmentation of wealth; its happiness at
home and its honor abroad, and we hold in a0hor-
renee all schemes for dsunion, come from Whatever
source they may; and we congratulate the country
or countenanced threat of dsunion, SO often made
nv Democratic members of Congress without re.
buke and with applause from their political asso-
c;ates and ne dcnounce those threats of disuniOn,
in case of popular overthrow of their ascendency,
as denying the vital principles OF free Government
and as an avowa of contemplated treason, which it
is the Imperative duty OF an indignant people strong
" 20 rebuke and forever silence.
Fourth-That the maintenance inviolate OF the
rights of the States and especially the right of each
State to order and control its own domestic instu
TONS according to its own judgment exclusively, is
essential to that balance of power on which the per-
lection and endurance of our political faith depends
and we denounce the lawless invasion by an armed
force of any State or Territory, no matter under
what pretext as among the gravest Of crimes.
Fffth-That the present Democratic Administra-
ton has far exceeded worst apprehensons in its
measureless subservency to the exactions of Sec
tional interest as is especially evident in its desper
ate exertons to force the infamous Lecompton Con-
stituton upon the protesting people Of Kansas-in
constituting the personal relation between master and
servant to involve unqualified property in per-
sons-in its attempted enforcement everywhere, on
land and sea- through the Intervention of Congress
and the Federal Courts, of the extreme pretensions
of purely local interest and in its general and un.
varying abuse of the power ntrused to it by con-
fdng people.
Sizth-That the people justly view with alarm
the reckless extravaganza which pervades every de-
partment of the Federal Government that a return
to rigid economy and accountability is indispensable
to arrest the system Of plumber Of the public trea-
sury by favored partsans; while the recent start
ling developments Of fraud and corruption at the
Federal Metropolis show that an entire change of
Administration is mperatively demanded.
.Serenth-That the new dogma that the Constitu-
ton of its force carries Slavery into any or all
the territories of the United States is dangerous
~ Tho vnlSc
visions of that instrument ITSELF with contemporaries
exposition, and with legislative and judicial pre-
cedent is revolutionary in its tendency, and subver
sve of the peace and harmony Of the country.
Eighth-That the normal condition Of all the ter
rtory of the United States is that Of freedom that
as our republican fathers, when they had abolished
Slavery in all national territory, ordained that
no person should be deprived of le liberty or prop
erty without due process of law, it becomes our
duty, by legislation whenever such legislation is
necessary to maintain this provision of the Consti
tuition against all attempt to violate it. and we deny
the authority Of Congress, Of Territorial Legisla-
ture or of any individuals, to give legal exist.
ence to Slavery in any Territory Of the United
States.
Ninh-That we brand the reopenng Of the AZ
rican Slave trade under the cover of our national
flag, aided by perversions of judicial power, as q
crimes against humanity, burning shame to our
country and age and We call upon Congress to take
prompt and efficient measures for the total and final
suppression of that execrable traffic.
Ienth-That in the recent vetoes by their Federal
Governors of the acts Of the Legislatures of Kansas
and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in those Terrific
ries we find practical illustration Of the boosted
Democratic principle of Doninterventon and Popu-
lar Sovereignty, embodied in the Kansas and Ne
braska, BILL and denunciation of the deception and
| fraud involved therein.
Eerent-That Kansas should of right be i'm
| mediately admitted State under the Constitu-
ton recently formed and adopted by her people, and
! accepted by the House of Representatives.
! vi Imeyth-That while providing revenue for the
support of the General Government by duties upon
| imports sound policy requires such an adjustment
of these imposs as to encourage the development Of
the industrial interest Of the whole country and
commend that policy OF national exchanges which
secures to the workingmen liberal wages to agri-
culture remuneratng prices, to mechanics and
manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill,
labor and enterprise and to the nation commercial
| prosperity and independence.
| Ihirteenth-That we protest against any sale or
alienation to others of the public lands held by actual
settlers and against any view Of the free Homestead
policy which regards the settlers paupers or sup
plicants for public bounty and we demand the pas
sage by Congress of the complete and satisfactory
Homestead measure which has already passed the
House; that the national Republican party is op-
posed TO any change in naturalization laws, or
any State legislation by which the rights Of citizen
ship hitherto accorded to emgrants from foreign
lands shall be abridged impaired, and in favor Of
giving full and efficient protection to the rights Of
all classes of citizens, whether native or naturalized
! both at home and abroad; that appropriations by
! Congress for River and Harbor improvements of q
national character required for the accommodation
and security Of existing commerce, are author
lied by the Constitution and justified by an obliga
ton of the Government 10 protect the lives and prop
erty fits citizens.
A. FburteenM-That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean
is imperatively demanded by the interests Of the
whole country; that the Federal Government onght
to render immediate and efficient aid IN its con-
struction, and that as preliminary thereto daily
overland mail should be promptly established.
Extraordinarily, having thus set forth our
distinctive principles and views we invite the Co.