Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1860-07-26
THE PLATFORM .


Resolved, That we, the delegated repre-
sentu.i,es Of the Republican electors Of the
United States. in Convention assembled. in
the disc harge OF the duty we owe 10 our
const tuents and our Country, unite in the
rollowi ing declarations.
l. That the history Of our nation during
the last four years. has FULLY established the
proprie,y and necessity of the organization
and perre,uation of tie Republican party;
and tha, the causes which called it into ex
istence are permanent in their nature, and
now, more than ever before. demand ito
peaceful and constitutional triumph.
9. That the maintenance Of the princi-
Piles promulgated in the Declaration OF In
dependence and embodied in the federal
onsi,tulion-"that all men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their Crea-
tor with certain .jnalisnable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and the pur.
suit OF oihsppiness; that to secure these rights
governments are instiiu'ed among men,
deriving their just powers from the consent
of the governed"--are essential to the
preservation Of our republican institutions;
and that the federal constitution, the rights
of the States, and the Union of the States
must and shall be preserved.
3. That to the Union Of the States this
| nstion owes it's Unprecedented Increase 10
population, its surpri,ing development o.
material resources, its rapid augmentation
Of wealth, it's happiness at home and It'd
honor abroad, and we hold iu abhorrence al
schemes for disunion, come fiom whatever
source they NAV; and we congratulate the
country that no Republican member OF Con
press has uttered or countenanced the
threats Of dsynion SO often made by Demo
cratic members, without rcbnke and with
applause from their poiiical associates; nnt
we denounce those threats Of disunion, IN
case Of q ropulsr overthrow Of their ascen'
; dency, as denying ,he vital principles Of q
+ ee Government, and as an avrwal Of con
templated treason, which il is the impern
ti,e duty Of an indignant people sternly tt
rcbuke and forever silence.
a. The the maintenance inviolate Of the
riyhts Of the States, and especially thu
right Of each Stste to order and control III
own domestic institutions according to IT,
own judgment exclusively, Is essential Il
that balance o! power on which the perfec
tion and endurance of our political .fsbri'
depend, and we denounce the ,lawless iRya
. SION by armed force Of the soil ef,spy Stst
u or Territory, no matter under what Prstext
: as among the gravest Of crimes,e-s
s. That the present Democratic admin ID
! tration has lar exceeded our worst sppre
tensions in its messureless suoserviency I
g the exactivns of a sectional interest, az es
Z pecially evinced in its desperate exertion
70 force the infamous LecomptYn Constitr
Il tibn upon the protesting people of Kansas
= rn constituting the personal relation setwee
: mass,ef and servant 10 involve an unqualife
y properly in persons; in iis attempted eI
forcement every~here, on land AMI Sc
a through the intervention Of Congress snd
The federal courts, Of the extreme Prele'
an1i sions Of purely. lpca! interest. end in j
: general and unssrying abuse OF the pow
a entrusted to II by q copfding people
.v g.. Tha, the .Rsople justly view wi
7 alarm the reckless exirAvaganes whit
ls pervsdes every department OF the 'eder
70 government, that return to rigid econon
it, and accountability is indispensable to ARE