The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-07-23

AMENDED AND ADOPTED.
ResoiUed, That we, the delegated represen tatives
the Republican electors of the United States in
ouvention assembled, in the discharge of the duty
owe to our constituents and our country, unite
the following declarations:
lat. That the history of the nation during tho
at four years, has fully established the propriety
nd necessity of the organization and psrpetuation
the republican party and that the causes which
tlled it into existence permanent in their ma
Ire, and now, more than ever before, demand its
.Nceful and constitutional triumph.
z. That the maintenance of the principles pro-
ulgated in the Declaration of Independence and
ubodied III the Federal Constitution -" That all
en- are created equal that they endowed by
cir Creator with certain inalienabe rights that
anong these life, liberty, and the pursuit of
lppiness that to secure these rights, governments
Instituted among men, deriving their just pow
% from the consent Of the governed us essential
the preservation of our Republican institutions ;
ID that the Federal Constitution, the Rights of
States, and the Union of the States must and
all be preserved.
3. That to the Union of the States this nation
res, its unprecedented increase in population, its
rprsing development of material resources, its
pid augmentation of wealth, its happiness at
and its honor abroad and we hold in alb
rrence all schemes for Disunion, come from what
er source they may: And congratulate the
untry that Republican member of Congress
$ uttered or countenanced the threats of Dis
lion so often made by Democratic members, with
{ refuke and with applause from their political
sOciates and We denOunce those threats of dis
i,n, in case Of popular overthrow Of their as
ndency as denying the vital principles Of free
vernment, and avowal of contemplated
sason, which it is the imperative duty of an in
gnant People sternly to rebuke and forever 81
ice
4. That the maintenance involste of the Rights
the States, and especially the right of each State
order and control its own domestic institutions
cording to its own judgment exclusively, is
ltial to that balance of powers on which the per-
:tion and endurance OF our political fabric de-
nds; and We denounce the lawless invasion by
msd force of the soil of any State or Territory,
matter under what pretext, as among the grayest
crimes.
). That the present Democratic Administration
s far exceeded worst apprehensions, in its
sasureless subserviency TO the exactions of sec
nal interest, especially eviIced in its desper-
sexertions to force the infamous Lecompton Con-
tuition upon the protesting people OF Kansas; In
lstruing the personal relation between master
servant to involve an unqualified property in
rsons in its attempted enforcement, eyeryw
land and sea, through the Intervention OF Con-
ess and of the Federal Courts, of the extreme
atensioDs of purely local interest and in its
neral and unvarying abuse of the power intrusted
it by q cOnfding people.
) That the People Justly view with alarm the
kless extravaganza which pervades every depart
Mt of the Federal Government; that return to
i'd economy and accountability ID indispensable
arrest the systematic plumber of the public treas
by favored partisans; while the recent startling
ielopme nts of frauds and corruptions at the Fed
Il Metropolis, show that an entire change OF
ninistration is imperatively demanded.
,. That he new dogma that the Constitution of
own force, carries Slavery into any or all of the
rritories of the United States, is a dangerous
itical heresy, at variance with the explicit pro
IONS of that instrument Itself, with cOntenpora-
Gus exposition and with legislative and judicial
'cedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and
Dyersive of the peace aud harmony of the country
That the normal condition of all the Territory
the United States is that of freedom: That as
Republican fathers, when they had abolished
very in all our national territory, ordained that
Po person should be deprived of life, liberty, or
iperty, without due process of law, - 1t becomes
duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation
Necessary, to maintain this provision of the Con-
utiOn against all attempts to violate it and We
Congress-. q
ture, or of any individuals to give legal exist
e to Slavery in any Territory of the United
ties.
That we brand the recent re-opening of the
lean SIave-Trade, under the cover of our Ma
nal Flag, aided by perversions of judicial power
crime against Humanity and burning shame
our Country and Age and we call upon Congress
take prompt and efficient measures for the total
final suppression of that execrable traffic
q. That in the recent vetOes, by their Federal
Eernors, of the acts of the Legislatures Of Kan
and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in those
'ritories, we find practical illustration of the
.sted Democratic principle of Non-Intervention
Popular Sovereignty embodied In the Kansas
0raska bill, and demonsu alton Of the deception
fraud involved therein.
l. That Kansas should, of right, be Immediately
nitted a State under the Constitution recently
ned and adopted by her people, and accepted by
House of Representatives.
2 That while providing revenue for the sup
of the general government by duties upon i'm
Is, sound policy requires such an adjustment OF
SO imFosts as to encourage the developments OF
industrial interests of the whole country and
commend that policy of national exchanges,
ich secures to the working men liberal wages, to
iculture remunerating prices, to mechanics aud
lufacturers adequate reward for their skill,
Dr., and enterprise and to the nation commercial
sperity and independence
3. That protest against any sale or aliena-
! TO others Of the Public Lands held by actual
lers, and against any view of the Free Home
ID policy which regards the settlers as paupers
uppiants for public bounty; and We demand
passage by Congress of the complete and salts
DRY Homestead measure which has already pass.
be House.