The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-11-16
National Republican Platform.
rAs AMENDED AND AD0pIED.l


the United States, in Convention assem-
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 organl-
cation 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, de-
mand its peaceful and constitutional tri
umph.
e. That the maintenance Of the princi-
Piles promulgated in the Declaration of In
dependence and embodied in the Federal
Constitution, THAT all men are created
equal that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights
hat among these are lite, 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"---is essential 10
| the preservation Of our Republican insttu-
tions and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights OF the States, and the Union Of
the States must and shall be preserved.
I 8 That to the union Of the States this
natlon owes its unprecedented increase In
population, It's surprising development of
material resources, It's rapid augmentation
OF wealth, Ats happiness al home and lis
honor abroad a ID We hold in abhorrence
all schemes for Disunion, come from " hal
ever source they may: And We cungratu
late 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-
buke and with applause from their political
associates and We deHounce those threats
, OF dlsunlon, In case OF a popular overthrow
Of their ascendancy, As denying the vital
principles of a free government, and as an
ayowai of contemplated treason, which it
Is The imperative duty of an indignant Peo-
: pie starnly 10 lebuAe and forever silence.
4. That the maintenance inviolate of the
rights oil the States, and especially the
right Of each State TO order and control It's
ovn domestic institutions according to It's
own ludgmt Mt exclusively, Is essential TO
. that baJaDee Of powers ON which the per
lection and endurance of our political tab
ric aepends; and we denounce the law
less invasion by armed force OF the SOL oi
any State or Territory, no matter under
what pretext. as among the grayest OF
crimes.
o. That the present Democratic ADMIN
istration has far exceeded our worn APP
prehenslUns, in IFS measureless subseryl-
ency to the exactlnns of sectional inter
est, a. especially eyinced in It's desperate
exertiuns 10 force the infamous Leconpton
Constitution upon the protesting people Of
Kansas IN construlng the personal rela-
ton between master and servant To in
volse an unqualified property in persons
! In It's attempted enforcement, eseryw here,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
of Congress and of thr Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretensions Of a purely local
interest; and in It's general and unvaryng
abuse oi the power entrusted to it by d con-
iiding people.
&. That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
peryades every department OF the Federal
Government that a return 10 rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable e
arrest The systematic plumber OF the pub
lie treasury by favored partisans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corruptions al the Federal metropolis
show that an entire change OF administers
ton is imperalively 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 tht
United States, is q dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit proyi
sions Of that instrument itself, with CO
4 temporaneous exposition, and with legis
: atiye and judicial precedent; as revolu
tionary in its tendency, and subyerslve o
the peace and harmony oil the country.
: 8. That the normal condition OF all th
territory of the United States. is that Q
freedom That as our Republican fathers
when they had abolished slavery in all on
national territory, ordained that ''no per
: son should be deprived OF life, liberty, Q
property, without due process OF law !
becomes our duty, by Legislation, whenes
er such legislation IS necessary. TO main
A tain this provision OF the Cons,ltutio
against all attempts TO violate it and W
deny the authority Of Congress, of tel
ritonal legislature, or OF any individual
to give legal existence 10 slavery in an
Territory Of the United States.
8. That we brand the recent -openir
., of the African slave trade, under the Co
er Of our national flag, aided by perye
sions Of judicial power. as crime again
A. humanity and burning shame 10 o
country and age and we call upon Co
m gress to take prompt and efficient mea
:, ures for the total and final suppression
that execrable trs ffc.
in, 10. That in the recent vetoes, by tn.