The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-06-21
National Republican Platform


/. That the history Of the nation during
thesiast four ysans has fully esta ablished
the propnety and necessity or the organi-
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 aud constitutional tri-
umph. !. -
I. That, be nainte enaase Of The pr;pei-
pies promulgated insthe 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 hie. liberty snd the
pursuit or happiness thai to secure these
nights, governments are instituted among
men. deriving their just powers from sat
consent Of the governed''-is essential to
the preservation Of our Republican ins,itu-
tons: and that the Fedesal Constitution,
the Rights OF the States, and the Union Of
the States must and shall be preserved.
3. That 70 the union of the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase in
populatioa.oits SIR p,iaiag development of
material resources, its rapid augmentation
wealth, its happiness al home and its
honor abroad and se hold In adherence
all schemes for Disnnion, come from v hat
ever source they may And we congratu-
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 uiaAapplM @ f. ON thsir political
associates and We denounce those threats
Iyof disunion, in cass Of popnlsr ovenhrow
Fof their ascendaHey, Is denying Abe vital
principles Of tree government, and as an
avowai OF contempaed treason, which it
is the imperative duty of an indignant Peo-
pie sternly 70 rebake and forever silence
q. That the maintenance mriolste Of the
rights OF the States, and especially the
right OF each State to order aud control its
own domestic institutions according TO its
own judgment exclusively, is essential TO
that balance Of powers on which the ser
fection md endursnce of our political lab
nc depends; and we denounce the law
less invasion by armed force of the soil Of
any State or Territory, no matter under
what preiexi, as among the grsvest of
crimes 49,
O. That The present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded our worst ap-
prehensions, in its mcasurelsss subsersi-
ency 10 the exactions of sectional inter-
est, as especially evinced IN its desperate
exeruons 10 force the Infamous Lecompton
Constitution upon the protesting people of
Kansas, IN constituting the personal rela-
saon between master and servant 10 in
voIve an unqualified property in per sons
in its attempted enforcement, everywhere,
on hand and sea. through the intervention
Of Congress and of the Federal Courts, of
the extreme pretensions OF q purely local
Interest. and in its. general and unyarying
abuse OF the power entrusted to il by con-. /.
fding people.
6. fhsi the people Justly view with
alarm the reckless extaavagance which
perxades every Department. ofths Federal
Government that a return to rigid econ
omy and accountability is Indispensable to
arrest the systematic plumber OF the pub
lie treasury BY favored pardssns; while
the recent startling developuents offrsnds
and corrupsions a. the Federal metropolis,
show that an entire change of adminislra-
tion is inperatiyely demanded.
2. That the new dogma that the Con-
ytitution. of ito own force, carries Slavery
into any or all OF the Territories OF the
United States, isa dangerous political her
esy, at variance with the explicit provi-
sions Of that instrument itself, with CO.
temporaneous exposition. and with legis-
lssiye and judicial precedent; is revolu.
tionary in its tendency and subversive Of
the peace and harmony Of the country.
8. That the normal condition ol all the
territory Of the United, States, is thst of
freedom That as our Republican fathers,
when they had abolished slavery in llosr
national territory, ordained that emo per-
son should be deprived of fife, liberty. Or
properly, 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 it; and We
deny the authority Of Congress. Of y ter
IOaai ic3ieiaIhIc, OF Oi any lndiviuuaiS,
10 give legsl existence 70 slavery in any
Territory of the United States. -
y a. That we brand the recent re-npeninr
Of the African slave trade, under the COW
er Of our national flag, aided by Perver
sions Of judicial power. as crime against
hnmsnity and . burning shame 10 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 trsflic
10. That in the recent vetoes. by their
Federal Governors. Of the acts Of the Leg
islatures OF Kansas and Nebraska, prohib-
iting Slavery in those Territories, we find
a practical illustration oil the boasted Dem
ocralic principle of -Intervcntion and
Popular Sovereignty embodied in the Kan
ca O. Nnl,raSEa hill a,,I = Jor,nrsyrat.au .xC