The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-10-23
National Republican Platform.
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bled, in discharge of the duty we owe TO
our constituents and our country, unite in
the following declarations
| |. That the history of the nation during
the last four years, has fully established
The propriety and. necessity OF the organI-
cation and perpetuation Of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called ii
INTO existence are permanent in their ma
iure, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand It's peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph
Z. That the maintenance OF the princ-
pies promulgated in the Declaration of In
| dependence and embodied in the Federal
| Constitution, THAT ali men are created
equal that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inaIienable rights !;
that among these are lie, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness that TO secure these
rights, governments are instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the
consent of the governed" lis essential to
Lhe preservation of our Republican ins,itu-
tions; and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights of the States, and the Union Of
the States must and shall be preserved.
). That to the union Of the States this
ration owes It's unprecedentsd increase in
population, Its surprising development Of
material resources, It's rapid augmentation
OF wealth, ITS happiness at home and It's
honor abroad. and we hold in adherence
all schemes for Disunion, come from what
ever source ttiey may And We congratu-
ate the country that no Republican mem.
Der OF Congress has uttered or counte-
nanced the threats of Disunion so often
made by Democratic members, without re-
Duke and with applause from their political
associates and We deDounce those threats
of disunion, in case of a popular overthrow
OF their ascendancy, as denying the vital
| principles OF free government, and as an
ayowai Of contemplated treason, which it
rs the imperative duty Of an indignant Peo-
pie sternty TO febuke and forever silence.
a. That the maintenance inyiolate 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 essential TO
that balance OF powers on which the per-
lection and endurance of our political lab
ric lepends; and we denounce the law
less invasion by armed force OF the soil Of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what pretext, as among the graycst Of
crimes
8. That The presentDemocratic Admin
isTation has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, In its mcasureiess subservi-
-. III & Enw & a..
est, as especially esinced In its desperate
exertlons TO force the Infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people of
Kansas; IN constituting the personal rela
ton between master and servant TO in
soive an unqualified property in persons
III it attempted enforcement, eseryw here,
on land and sea, through tile Intervention
Of Congress and Of the Federal Courts, oil
The extreme pretensions OF u purely local
interest, and IN It's general and uuvarying
abuse os the power entrusted to it by con-
iiding people.
6. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
peryades every depal tment of the Federal
Government that return 10 ngid econ
omy and accountability is Indispensable to
arrest the systematic plumber OF the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans while |
the recent startling Developments offrauds
and eorruptions al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of adminlstra-
ton is mperatIyely demanded.
z. That the new dogma that the Con-
stitution, OF It's own force, carries Slavery
into any or all of the Territories Of the |
United States, is a dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provi- |
slons Of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition, and with legis-
lasive and judicial precedent; is revolu-
tionary in its tendency, and subyersiye of |
the peace and harmony Of the country.
B. That the normal condition OF all the |
territory Of the United States, is that of
freedom That as our Republican fathers,
when they had abolished slavery in all our
national territory, ordained that mo per-
son should be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process Of law, it
becomes our duty, by Legislation, whenev-
er such legislation is necessary. TO main- |
tain this provision of the Constitution
against all attempts to violate IL: and we
deny the authority Of Congress, 81 d soi-
rltorlal legislature, or OF any individuals,
70 give legal existence 10 slavery in any
Territory of the United States
. 9. That We brand the recent re-opening
of the African slave trade, under the Gov.
er VI our national flag, aided by perver-
sions OF judicial power. asa crime against
humanity and . burning shame TO our
country and age and We call upon Con-
gress TO take prompt and efficient meas
ures 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 Leg
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