The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-10-10
TIE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM,

the Gai;ed rs, ia Convention assem-
ble.., in the Discharge of the duty we
owe to our constituents and our country,
u,iie in the following declarations:
First: That tho history of the ration
during the last four years has fully esiab-
lrsi,vd tn pr"Pr:"ty atll necesstysof the
organ zati"n anl l'evEseiuation otithe Re
publican party, aud tllat thdscanses WHICH
calle.I it INTO cx;s,cncerro pernraiIentin
their nature, al,Inl iIN,ro than ever be-.
fore demand il, peaceful aad constitution
al triumph.
Second: That the maintenance Of tie
principles promulgated in the Dc, laratlon
of Independence and embodied i'll the
F5leraI Constitution, is essential to the
,hrseservation of earropablichn institutions,
aud that the Federal Constitution, the
riahfs efssfifaS States. aIill tbs -Union of
the States piust and shall bepreserved.
THIRD; That to the Union of the States
this snation loves its unprecedented III
craa:s in population; its surprising deveh
orment of material resources; its rapid
augmentation of wealth; its happiness nj
home anil its honor ahro: d; and we hold
in aGhorahce all schemes for disunion,
come ilo:n whatever source they may;
and ne congratulate the country that no
i."publ;ran member OF Congress has ut
tered or cOlitstcnanccd !, threat of disuhl
insl, so ett:n-nlade by Democratic MEM
bers OF Congress without rebuke, and
with applause from lthcir political associ-
ntcs; ami we dcuounce those threats of
disunfon, in ease of a popular overthrow
of their ascendency, as DENYING the vital
principles of free Government, and ms
M ayowFl "fcontcmplatol treason, which
il is the imperative duty Of an indignant
people Strongly to rebuke and forever
siIcnce.> - "~s - f#..ss uE
.sfoxs1k,' That the maintenance inyio-
late of the right of the States, and cspec
ia'ly the right of each State to order and
control its own domestic Institutions ac
corJing to lis Own judgement exclusively,
is essential to that balance of power OH
which the perfection aud endurance of
our political faith depends, and we de-
nounce the lawIess invasion by armed
forces of any State or Territory, no mat
ter tIhder What preteXt, rs among the
grayest OF criincs.aA -
FIfA: That the present Democratic
Administration has far exceeded our
wora apprehensions in IFS measureless
subserypncY to the cxactinlis Of a section
al interest, rs is especially evident i'll its
desperate exertions to fo:ce tie infamous
Lecolnpton Constitution upon the pro-
testing people of Kansas in constituting
the lsFsonal relation betwosn master and
servant 10 Involve an unqualified property
ia persons lin lis attempted enforcement
everywhere, on land and sea, through
the intervention of Congress aud the Fed
erai Courts Vi the extreme pretensions of
- purely % III interest, AMI in It's general
;siI unvarying abuse of the power iu-
rrrste,l to It by conf Ing people.
SirtA:: That the people justly view
with aIarln the reckless extravaganza
which peryades every department Of the
Federal Government; that q return to
rzsil economy and accountability is mdis-
l,ensable 20 arrest tie system of plumber
81 tue pubic treasury by favored parti-
sans while the regent startling develop
nients Of fraud and corruption at the
F,dtfal metropolis, Shows that all entire
clang,,- d ADMINISTRATION in impcratively
dC:nansti.r -s-.- -...-. 49,.
.Ssre.ala i. That the new dogma that
Constitution of It's own force carries Sia-
Very into any or all the Territories of the
United States, is u dangerous political
harcsv, at variance with the explicit pro
Visions of that instrument itself, with con-
temH@raneouss exposition, and with Iogi-
iltive and judicial precedent, is revoIu
ii nary in its teEdehcy and subyeroive OF
the peaca ani harmony ofthe country.
Eigi'<. ] hat the normal condition of
the territories of the United States is that
of Frtedpm; that rs our republican faith
crS. when they had abolished Slavery in
al our national territory, or;laitel thafo
"a I'erson should S.e deprived Of lie, lihl {
trty, or property, without the process o &
law, il i'cc"incs our duty, by legislation |
n.;.e'ir' ar s;iyh legislation is necessary, t; {
ma.!taia his provision of the Co1stitu |
ton against all 4 Temps 10 Violate it; an{ \
We deny the authority of Congress, of I
Trrr:ioriai Legislature, or Of INV ind.yi1 t
ttiIs, Ia give legal existence to Slavery il '
any Terr;t,ry oftae United States.
..N1;aH: 'TiiIal We br; ud the recent ri l
II, mig pfthe African slave-trale, un'l3 a
lin, eJvef Of bar naiional flag, aided n
ierversi"as Of judi :iai power, as a crinlI c
fs2a;r<i humanity, a burning shame IL
oar country anil age, and we call upon
Congress to take Prssmpt and eflici, mt
measures for lha total anil final suppress
ion mf that execlable traffic
Tep!h: That in the recent vetoes by
.t'rir Federal Governors of the acts of the
legislatures Of Kansas and Nebraska,
prohibiting Slavery in those Territories,
wo fad practical illustration of the
l,onsted Democratic principle of non-in-
te:vention aud Popular. Sovereignty, en-
boiled in the Kansas and Nebraska bill.
and Remuneration of the deception and
fraud involved therein.
EIecenh:: That Kansas should of
right be Immediately admitted as State
nnler the Constitution recently formed
and adopted by her people, and accepted
RS the House of Representatives 49,
TreIfik. That while nroyilino rove