The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-27
National Republican Platform.
las AMEEDRU AND ADoPTKD.1

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-
zation and perpetuation of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called it
into existence are permanent i'm their ma
ture. and now, more than ever before, de-
rnand its peaceful and constitutional tri-
umph.
g. That the maintenance OF the princi-
pies 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
that among these are lite, liberty and the
pursuit OF happiness: thar 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 insiitu-
llons, and aiat the Federal Constitution.
the Rights OF the States, and the Union of
The States must and shall be preserved
3. That. 10 The nnion Of the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase In
population, Its surprising development of
material resourcrs ussrspid augmentation
Of wealth, its happiness at home and its
honor abroad and We hold in adherence
all schemes for Dlsunion, come from what
ever source they msy: And we congratu-
late the country that no Republican mem
ber of Congress has uttered or counte-
nanced the threats Of Disunionso often
made by DsmocHiiomenahers, without re-
buke and with applause from their political
associates and We dehounce those threats
of disunion. in case Of popular overthrow
OF their ascendanoy, As denying the vital
principles OF q free government, and as an
avewa Of contemplated treason, which ii
ID theimperative duty Of an indignant peo-
pie sternly TO rebuke and forever silence
a Thai the m sia se nance insioiascpf The
rights OF the States, and especially the
right of eachiskateto order and control its
own domestic institutions according TO It's
own judgment exclusively, is essential to
that balance Of powers Oh which the per-
fechon and endurance of our. political fab
rie depends and W. denouaee the law
less inv aston by armed force OF the soil OF
any State or Territory, no matter under
what pretext, as among the gravest Of
crimes.
s. That the present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded bur worst ap-
ency 10 the exactions Of q sectional inter.
est, as especially evinced in its desperate
exertions TO force the infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people OF
Kansas in constituting the personal rela-
tion between master and servant to in
volye an unqualified property in persons /;
in its attempted enforcement, everywhere,
on land and sea, through the Intervention
OF Congress and of the Federal Courts, OF
the extreme pretsnsions Of a purely local
interest; and in lis general and unvarying
abuse Of the power entrusted TO il by con-
tiding people.
6. Thai the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which
pervsdes every department. Of the Federal
Government /; that return TO rigid econ
omy and accountability is indispensable TO
arrest the systematic plumber OF the pub
lie treasury by favored ipartisans while
the recent startling developments offrauds
and corrupsions al the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of administra-
ton is imperatively demanded.
7. That the new dogma that the Con-
| stitution, of its own force, carries Slavery
into any or all OF the Territories Of the
United States, is dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provi-
sions Of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition. and with lcgis-
latiye and judicial precedent is reyolu
tionary in its tendency, and subversive OF
the peace and harmony Of the country.
q. That the normal condition OK all the
territory of the United States, Is thut ol
freedom That as our Repuhlicsp fathers,
when they had abolished slavery in all our
national terrilofy, ordained that .sno per
son should be de pl1ved of life, ihkng ol
property, without due, process Of law, i,
becomes our du,y, by Legislation, whenev.
er such legislation is necessary. to main
tain this provision of the Conalilutiou
against all attempts to violateit; and We
deny the authority Of Congress, OF ter
ritorial legislaturs, or of any individuals
1 TO give legal existence to slavery in any
Territory of the United States. II .as u
/ 8. That we brand the recent re -openins
of the African slave trade, under the GOV
er Of our national flag, aided by pervsr
sions Of Judicial power, as crime agains
humanity and q burning shame 10 oul
country and age and We call upon Con
gress to take prompt and efficient meas
ures for the total and final suppression 0
that execrable traffic. .s g.
| 10. That in the recent vetoes, by Their
Federal Governors, Of the acts Of the Leg
islatures Of Kansas and Nebraska, prohib
ting Slavery in those Territories, we fnt
a practical illustration OF the boasted Dem
ocrasic principle Of Non Intervention ant
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