The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1860-11-21
The REPUBLicAN PLATFORM.

ResolreI That we, the delegated rep.
rcsentative' of the Republican Electors Of
the United States, in Convention assem-
blcL, in the discharge of the duty we
owe 10 our constituents and our country,
uu;o in the following declaratIous:
First: That the history of the nation
during the last four years has fully estab-
;;>I,ed the prorrie;y aud necessity of the
organization and perpetuation of the Re
publican party. and that the causes which
called it into existence are permanent IN
their nature, and now more than ever be-
fore demand its peaceful and constitution
al triumph.
Second, That the maintenance of. the
principles promulgated in the Declaration
VI independence, and embodied IN the
Federal Constitution, is essential to the
preservation of our republican institutions.
and that the Federal Constitution, the
rights of the States. aud the Union of
the States, must and shall be preserved.
Third. That to the Union ofthe States
Ibis nation owes its unprecedented in
erase in population; its surprising devel-
opment of material resources; its rapid
augmentation of wealth: its happiness nj
home anu its honor abroad; aud we hold
IN abhorance all schemes for disunion,
come from whatever source they may;
aud we congratulate the country that no
Republican member of Congress has ut
tered or countenanced threat of disun-
ion, so often made by Democratic mem
bers of Congress without rcbuke. and
with applause from their political associ-
ntcs; and VIC deuounce those threats of
disunion, in case of n popular overthrow
of their asccndencv, us DENYING the y.tal
principles of free Government, and as
ala avowal ofcOntemplatcd treason, which
it is the imperative duty of an indignant
people strongly to reluke and forever
silence.
Fourth; That the maintenance invio-
late Of the right of the States, aud espec-
iaIy the right of each State to order and
control lis own domestic institutions ac-
corIing to its own judgement exclusively,
is essential to that balance of power on
which the perfection aud endurance OF
our political faith depends, and We de-
nounce the lawless invasion by armed
forces Of any State or Territory, no mat
ter under what preiext, rs among the
gravcst of crimes.
Fillh: That the present Democratic
Administration has far exceeded our
worst apprehensions in its measnreless
suGseryency to the exactions of section
nj interest, as is especially evident in its
desperate cxertions to fo:co the infamous
Leconpton Constitution upon the pro
testing people of Kansas-in constituting
the personal relation between master apd
servant TO involve al unqualified property
ia persons III lis attempted enforcement
orcryw herc, on land and sea, through
the intervention of Congress and the Fed
eral Counts Ct tho extreme pretensions of
{. purely local interest, anu in IFS general
and unvasying abuse of the power iu-
trusted to it by confiding people.
.Sfrth:: That the people justly view
with alarm the reckless extravaganza
which peryades every department of the
Federal Government; that a return to
rigid economy and accountability is indis
rensabe to arrest the systea, of plumber
of the public treasury hy favored parti-
sans: while the recent startling develop
mcnts of fraud and corruption Mt the
Federal metropolis, shows that an entire
change OF administration in irnperatively
demanded.
.Sercafh. That the new dogma that
Constitution Of its own force carries Sla-
very into any or all tho Territories of the
United States, is dangerous political
here.y, at variance with the explicit pro
visions of that instrument itself, with con
tenporaneous exposition, and with legi,.
lative and judicial precedent, is revoIu
ticnary in its tendency and subvers;ve of
the peace AMI harmony of the country.
Eighth: That the normal condition %
the territories of the United States is that
Of Freedom; that as our republican faith
er<, when they had abolished Slavery in
all our national territory, ordained that
10 person should he deprived of life, lib
erty, or property, without the process of
lsw, it becomes our duty, by legislation.
whenever such legislation IS necessary, To
maintain this provision of tho Cons,itu-
ton against nil tetnpts 10 violate it; and
we deny the authority of Congress, of n
Territorial Legislature, or of any md'vid-
u7ls. to give legal existence to Slavery in
anv Territory of the United States.
Ninth: That We br; nj the recent re-
np'ning of the African slave-trale, un'Ier
the cover of oVr national flag, aided by
lerversions Of ju'li:ial power, ms a crime
against humanity, n burning shame to
our country and age, and we call upon
Congress to take prompt and efficient
measures for The total and final suppress
ION of that execrablc traffic.
Tenth. That in the recent vetoes by
their Federal Governors of the acts of the
Legislatures Of Kansas and Nebraska,
nr,bihitinr Slavery I'm those Territories