The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-07-28
THE HTCAGO PLATFORm,

ReSotCcd, That the delegated representatives
of the Republican electors of the United States, in
Convention assembled in the discharge of the duty
owe to our constituents and our country, uAite
in the following declarations:
LIST. That the history of the nation during the
last four years. has fully established the propriety
and necessity of the organization and perpetuation
OF the Republican party and that the causes which
called it into existence are permanent in their ma
ture and now, more than ever before, demand its
peaceful and constitutional triumph.
2. That the maintenance of the principles pro-
mulgated in the Declaration of Independence and
embodied in the Federal Constitution Sc That all
men are created equal {; that they are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalenabe rights that
among these life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happlness that to secure these rights governments
are instituted among men, deriving their just pow
from the consent of the governed lis essential
to the preservation Of Republican institutions ;
and that the Federal Constitution, the Rights of
tho States, ard 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 development of material resources, Its
rapid augmentation of wealth, its happiness at
home and its honor abroad; and We hold IN al
horrrnce all ioT 3isunion come from what
ever source they may And we congratulate the
country that Republican member OF Congress
I has uttered cUuntenauced the threats OF Dis
union often made by Democratic members, with
out rehuke and with applause trOm their political
associates; and denOunce those threats OF dis
union, in of popular overthrow OF their as
cendency as DENYING the vital principles of free
government, and ayOwal of contemplated
treason, which it is the imperative duty Of an in
dignsut People sternly to rebuke and forever 81
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a. That the maintenance invioIate Of the Rights
Of the States, and especially the right of each State
TO order and control its own domestic institutions
according TO its own judgment exclusively, is es-
sential to that balHnce of powers on hch the per
fiction and endurance OF our political fabric de-
ponds and we denOunce the lawless Invasion by
armed force of the soil of any State Territory,
matter under what Pfetext, among the gravest
{ crimes.
a 3. That the present Democratic Administrator
has far exceeded our worst approximations, in as
measureess suhservency 10 the exactions OF a sec
int dies
ATE exertiOns TO force the Infamous Lecempton Con-
stitution upon the protesting people of kansas u
constituting the personal relation between master
and servant to involve an unqualified property in
persons; in its attempted enforcement, every where
on land and sea, through the Intervention Of Con
Gress and of the Federal Courts, OF the extreme
pretensioDs OF a purely local interest and In its
general and unvsrying buse of the power intrusted
to 1t by cOnfiding people.
G. That the People Justly view with alarm the
reckless extravaganza which pervades every depart
mpnt of the Federal Government; that a return to
rigid economy and accountability is indispensable
To arrest the systematic plumber Of the public tT'ss
ury ty favored partisans while the recent startling
developments of frauds and corruptions at the Fe'i
Pral Metropolis, show that an entire change Of
ADM nistratlon Is imperatiTely deinsnded.
T. That he new dogma that the Constitution. Of
IFS own force carries Slavery into any or all Of the
Territories of the United States, is dangerous
political heresy, at variance with the explicit pro
visions of that instrument ITSELF with cOntenpora-
exposition aud with legislative and judicial
precedent; Is revolutionary in its tendency, and .
subverSive of the aud harmony of the country.
g. That the normal condition of all the Territory
OF the United States is that Of freedom: That a.
our Republican fathers, when they had abolished ,
slavery in all national territory, ordained that
person should be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law it becomes
duty, 10y legislation, whenever such legislation
is necessary, to maintain this provision OF the Con
sttution against all attempts to violate it; and
deny the authority of Congress, of territorial leg
i>lature, of any individuals, to give legal exist
ence to Slavery in any Territory Of the United
States
@ That We brand the recent re-opening of the
TTade o
tional Flag aided 10y perversons OF judicial power,
a crime against Humanity and Il 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.
10. That in the recent vetoes, by their Federal
Governors, of the acts Of the Legislatures of Kan
sas and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in those
Territories we find practical Illustration OF the
boosted Democratic principle OF Non-lntervention
and Popular Sovereignty embodied in the Kansas
Nebraska bil and demonstI alton of the deception
and fraud involved therein.
H. That Kansas should, of right, be Immediately
admitted State under the Constitution recently
formed and adopted by her people, aud accepted by
the House of Representatives.
{ H. That, while providing revenue for the sup
port of the general government by duties upon i'm
ports, sound policy requires such an adjustment of
these imPosts to encourage the development of
the industrial interests of the whole country and
commend that policy of national exchanges,
which secures to the working men liberal wages to
agriculture remuneratng prices, to mechanics aud
manufacturers AN adequate reward for their skill
labor, and enterprise and to the nation commercial
and Independence.
I3 That protest against any sale or aliena-
ton to others of the Public Lands held 10y actual
and against any view of the Free Home
stead policy which regards the settlers AS paupers
or supplants for public bounty and we demand
the passage by Congress of the complete and salts
factory Homestead measure which has already pass
ed the House.
II. That tho Republican party il opposed 10 any
change in Naturalization Laws, or any State
legislation by which the rights of citizenship hith
erto accorded to immigrants from foreign lands
shall be abridged or impaired and in favor of Civ
ing full and efficient protection 10 the rights OF
all CLASSES of citizens, whether native natural
lied, both at home and abroad.
10. That appropriations by Congress for River
and Harbor improvements of a National character,
required for the accommodation and security of an
existing commerce, authorized by the Consti
tuition, and justified by the obligation of Govern
meuffo protect the lives and property Gifts citizens.
16. That r Railroad to the Pacific Ocean IS I'M
peratively demanded by the interests of the whole
country; that the Federal Government ought TO
render immediate and efficient aid In its construc-
ton and that, preliminary thereto. daily
Overland Mail should be promptly established.
II. Finally having thus set forth our distinctive
principles and views, invite tho corporation Of
all citizens, however differing other questions,
who substantially agree with lis in their affrmance
and support.