Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1860-08-03
REPUBLICAN PLATFORM,

1aratons ~ s
That the history Of the nation during the last four
has fully establishathe proprety and necessity Of
the Republican party and that the which called it
into existence permanent in their nature, and now,
more than ever before demand It's peaceful and constit
tioual triumph. E gsG 3sEe.gfaat 4g4H rift~s
g. That the maintenance of the principles promulgated
in the Declaration ofIndependence and embodied in the
Federal Constitution. That all men are created equal
that they endowed by their Creator with certain in
aienabe rights; that among these life, liberty and
the pursuit Of happness that to secure these rights gov
ernmcnts are Instituted among men, deriving their just
powers from the of the essential
the preservation Of Republican institutiens and that
the Federal Constitution the Rights Of the States and the
Union of the States must and shall be preserved.
s. That to the Union of the States this Nation owes its
unprecedented Increase in population its surprising deve
cpeent of material resources, its rapid augmentation Of
wealth. its happiness at home and It's honor abroad and
We hold in adherence all schemes for Disunon,
from whatever source they may: And We congratulate
uttered or countenanoed the threats Of Disunon so
often made by democratic members without rebuke and
with applause from their political associates and de-
nounce those threats of Disunon, In OF a. popular
overthrow of their ascentlency denying the vital prnc
pies of free government and as an avowal Of conempla
treason which IL is the imperative duty OF an inig-
nant People sternly to rebuke and forever silence
That the maintenance invioate the rights of the
State especially the right of each State to order and
control its own domestic institutions according to s
Judgment exclusively. essential to that balance Of pow
which the perfection and endurance Of political
fabric depends and we dencunce the lawiess Invasion
by armed force, OF the soil OF State Territory no
matter under what preteNt as among the grayest Of
crimes. t "' '' t't.'14"
in' WIG peseii. DeInoera'c administration mas Iar
NV - W. t; f - ~ nsasuleess SUP
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Pec'ay evice. IN Us oe.perhe eNerohs 70 iorce thc ~
s ~ Knss H.; ons,n w. "iv, srne, ,e po,s si, pso
tween master and servant to involve unqualified prop
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abuse Of the power entrusted To h, by con6d;ng naoa
g. That the people Justly view with alarm the reckless
extraSarance which pcrvades every department Of the
accouataitv s indisnensbe 10 arrest the svstematc
plunaer Of the public treasury BY favored partiyans
while the recent startling Developments Of frauds and
corruptons nj the Federal n,etropos show that an en-
tire change of administration is imperatively demanded
Z That the new dogma that the Constitution Of its own
force carries Slavery into any or all of the Territories Of
the United States dangerous political heresy at va
rance with the eNpct prov sons OF that instrument Itself
wh cotanporaneous exposition and with legislative and
judicial rrecedeut is revolutionary in its tendency and
s,byersivc of the peace and harmony of the country
g. That the normal condition OF ain the territory Of the
Snsa States n .n 3 a snsd I. rs %
we'd of life liberty or property without due nrocess Of
the Constitution against ali attempts to violate It: and
we deny the authority Of Congress- Of Territorial Legs-
ature Of any individuals to give legal existence to
slavery in any Territory of the United States ~ 5if
q That ,xa bro,,d the recc,t re o,, =, tho .f,c.,,
H.. .nia ,,n,am tha ca,,,r ss 80 ,'a.;, m o. a. :.n
h nor,srs;ar. ns i,dicia newer aa . % .t '', h
s;,y III - ana mrn;ng s,,,ne 70 ',r atr, I . . ,, ma
@ ai, mon con,rres. 20 tale nro,,,t nd sa;c;ot ~
res for tbc total and final spnression of ti a"crr
tranic ~ '''rl = -N'--'' :. ,'.N
TO- That in the recent vetoes by their Feeral Govern
ors, of the acts of the Legislatures of Kansas Nebr
k prohibiting slavery in those territories find prac-
teal illustration of the boasted Democratic principle of
Non Intcrvent ion and Popular Sovereignty eibocd In
the Kansas Nebraska hill, and demonstration of the
deception and fraud involved therein
II That K,ps,s s,o,,d of sr;ob, ho ,r,.,;o,, -,
mitted state under the Constitution recently formed
and adopted by her people, and accepted by the House
OF Representatives
IL That while providing for the support Of
the general by duties upon imports sound
policy requires such adjustment of these imports to
Of When hs to % Mng policy
chsns pg to
SKILL labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial
prosperity rhs, and naspsndene;s; sr.;n,.
Others Of the Public Lands held by actual settlers and
against view Of the Free Homestead policy which
and we demand be p .e t
complete and satisfactory Homestead measure which has
Tbai pasisa sss 1Re RenuS;ean Ss
uour Naturalization Laws or any State legislation by
Which the @ right o. citizenship l, hitherto tn to i'm
cd and in fayer Of giving u, and sacient nroaenn
to the rights Of al classes Of citizens whether native