Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1860-08-03

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POLITICAL ISSUES.
We entering upon year that will be
BILE in the annals of American politics-tf year that
will Witness we trust the election of a Republican
President and the national triumph of Republican,
Principles. The great issues to be submitted jury
of the whole people, these: Shall Slavery be ex
tended and protected by the Federal Government >
Shall the public domain-the Free Territories of the
Nation be surrendered to the bghting intrusion OF
Slavery? Shall the Constitution be construed to
eognze and support slavery as National
Shall Slave Code for the Territories be enacted Shall
the African Slave Trade be reopened? In Short shall
the doctrines of Calhoun Judge fancy, and Buchanan
supercede the principles of Free Government taught
by Jefferson, Madison, and Clay? These questions will
demand verdict at the hands of the American people
And there other important considerations to be
decided by the next campaign. Ameng these are,
Free Homesteads for the landess. Improvement of
rivers and harbors. Railroad to the Pacific
trail route. Encouragement of the Manufacturing and
Farming industry of the country. Retrenchment and
Reform in the Federal expensesa restoration, in fact,
of the spirit simplicity and policy, OF the earlier and
purer days of the Republic.
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