The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1860-07-13
National Republican Platform
TAs AMENDED AND ADopTED.I

resentatiyes OF the Republican electors OF
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 i
/ That the history of the nation during
the last four years. has fully established
the propriety and necessity Of the organl-
zation and perpetuation of the Republican
party, and that the causes which called 1t
into existence are permanent IN their ma
lure, and now, more than ever before, de-
mand it's peaceful and constitutional tn
umph.
z. That the maintenance of the princi |
Piles 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 inalienabie rights
that 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" d"--is essential TO
the preservation Of our Republican insltu
tions; and that the Federal Constitution,
the Rights of the States, and the Union Of
the States must and shall be preserved
i 3. That to the union of the States this
nation owes its unprecedented increase in
population, It's surprising development Of
material resources, its rapid augmentation
OF wealth, Its happiness al home and its
honor abroad and We hold in abhorrence
all schemes for Disunion, come from what
! 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 with applause from their political
associates and we denounce those threats
, of disunion, In case of a popular overthrow
of their ascendaney, AS denying the vital
principles Of a free government, and as an
!, avowai of contemplated treason, which il
is theimperative duty OF an indignant Peo-
!, pie sternly TO rebuke and forever silence
4. That the maintenance inyiolate of the
= rights OF the States. and especially the
: right OF each State TO order and control lis
: own domestic institutions according To its
y own Judgment exclusively, Is essential tx
q that balaDce Of powers on which the per
y fection and endurance of our political fab
I ric depends; and we denounce the law
less invasion BY armed force of the soil o
:. any State or Territory. no matter undel
what pretext, as among the grayest 0
!, crimes.
4. 5. That the present Democratic Admin
istration has far exceeded our worst ap
y prehensions, in It's measureless subseryi
ency 10 the exactions of sectional inter
|, est. as especially evinced in It's desperate
d eaertions TO force the infamous Lecomptol
Constitution upon the protesting people o
Kansas in constituting the personal rela
e. tion between master ard servant to in
volye an unqualified property in persons
IN lis attempted enforcement, eyeryw here
on land and sea, through the intervento
= of Congress and of the Federal Courts, c
the extreme pretensions of a purely locs
- interest; and in its general and unyaryin
IL abuse OF the power entrusted to it by a con
nc tiding people.
in 6. That the people justly view wit
alarm the reckless extravaganza whlc
- pervades every department OF the FEEDER;
is' Government that return TO rigid eeor
omy and accountability is Indispensable
arrest the systematic plumber OF the put
lie treasury by favored partisans viii
the recent startling developments offraut
*, and corruptions al the Federal metropoll
ne show that an entire change of adminisr'
y. ton is imperatiyely demanded.
al Z. That the new dogma that the Coz
stitution, OF its own force, carries Shaver
all 4@{ hA pft
United States. is dangerous political he
esy, at variance with the explicit pro,
sions of that instrument itself, with c
gsK tempofaneous exposition, and with legi
- laiive and Judicial precedent is revol
nsr tionary in its tendency, and subyersiye
the peace and harmony OF the country.
s. That the normal condition of all {
territory OF the United States, is that
freedom That as our Republican father
red when they had abolished slavery IN all o
As national territory, ordained that "no pt
- son should be deprived Of life, liberty,
re- property, without due process of law, =
becomes our duty, by legislation, whene
- er such legislation is necessary. to ma
!. tain this provision of the CONSTITUTE
4 against all attempts to violaieit: !: and
deny the authority of Congress, OF L
-, ritoral legislature, or Of any individua
sAL to give legal existence 10 slavery in a
and ras.;,o~r Eth TT.;.aa St.tas
apo -
Gin y. 1hat we brand the recent re-openl
of the African slave trade, under the c,
/ ,bs er of our national flag, aided by perv
oln. sions Of judicial power, as crime agai
y M - humanity and a burning shame TO
country and age and we callupon G
Z Of gress to take prompt and efficient me
u ures for the total and final suppression
that execrabie traffic.
TO- That in the recent vetoes, by II
IF e. &c +