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

OF Common Pleas, at the October election.
THE HICAGO PLA TFOR M
AS AMENDED AND ADOPTED.
Resoirea That we, the delegated representative
Of the Republican electors of the United States il
Convention assembled in the discharge of the dut,
owe TO our constituents and country, unit,
in the following declarations:
Ist That the history of the nation during thu
last four years. has fully established the propriety
and necessity of the organization and perpetuatior
of the Republican party and that the which
called ii into existence are permanent in their
ture, and now, more than ever before, denland 1T
peaceful and constitutional triumph.
,. That the maintenance of the principles pro-
mulgated in the Declaration of Independence and
embodied i'll the Federal Constitution &c That all
men are created equal that they endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable rights that
among these life, liberty, and the pursuit oil
happiness that to secure these rights, governments
instituted among men, deriving their just pow
from the consent OF the governed is essential
the preservation of Repu b!ican institutions
and that the Federal Constitution, the Rights of
the States, and the Union of the States must and
shall be preserved.
g. That to the Union of the States this nation
owes its unprecedented increase in population, its
surprising development of material resources, its
rapid augmentation of wealth, its happiness at
home and its honor abroad and we hold in alb
hOrrence all schemes for DisunOn, come from what
ever source they may And We congratulate the
country that no Republican member of Congress
has uttered or cOuntepanced the threats of Dis
union so often made by Democratic members, with
out reIuke and with applause from their political
associates; and We denOunce those threats of dis
union, in case of popular overthrow of their as
tendency denying the vital principles of a free
government, and avowal of cOntem plated
treason, which it is the imperative duty OF in
dignaut People sternly to rebuke and forever ST.
lence
4. That the maintenance inviolate of the Rights
Of the States and especially the right of each State
to order and control its domestic institutions
according to its own judgment exclusively, is es-
sential 10 that balance of powers which the per-
fiction and endurance of our political fabric de-
ponds; and We denounce the lawless invasion by
armed force of the soil Of any State Territory,
no matter under what preteX, as among the gravest
of crimes.
s. That the present Democratic Administration
has far exceeded our worst apprehensions, in its
measureless subserviency TO the exactions of
tona Interest, especially evinced in its desper-
ate eXertIons to force the infamous Lecompton Con-
sttution upon the protesting people of Kansas in
constituting the personal relation between master
and servant to involve an unqualified property in
persons in its attempted enforcement, everywhere
on land AMI sea- through the Intervention of Con-
gross and Of the Federal Courts, of the extreme
pretensions of purely local interest and in its
general and unvaryng ebuse of the power intrusted
10 it by a confding people.
G. That the People justly view with alarm the
reckless extravaganza which pervades every depart
ment of the Federal Government; that return to
rigid economy and accountability is Indispensable
20 arrest the systematic punder Of the public
Try by favored partsans while the recent startling
eVelopmt nts of frauds and corruptions the Fed
raj Metropolis, show that an entire change OF
administration is imperatiVely demanded.
T. That he new dogma that the Constitution, of
Is own force, carries Slavery into any all of the
territories of the In ted States, is dangerous
official heresy, at variance with the explicit pro
isions Of that instrument itself, with cUntempora-
eous exposition and With legislative and judicial
recedent is revolutionary in its tendency, and
ubversive OF the peace aud harmony of the country
g. That the normal condition of all the Terrltory
the United States is that of freedom; That
ar Republican fathers, when they had abolished
avery in all national territory, ordained that
no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or
-oparty, without due process Of law, it becomes
IT duty, by legislation whenever such legislation
IN mai ntaFT q "a
tuition against all attempts to violate it; and we
ny the authority Of Congress- of territorial leg
lature or of any individuals, to give legal exist
ice to Slavery in any Territory Of the United
ates.
3. That We brand the recent re-opening of the
rtcan Slave-Trade, under the cover of Ma
NAL Flag, aided by perversions of judicial power,
crime against Humanity and burning shame
Country and A ge and we call upon Congress
take prompt and efficient measures for the total
final suppression of that eXecrabe traffic
10. That in the recent vetoes, by their Federal
vernors, of the acts of the Legislatures of Kan
and Nebraska, prohibiting Slavery in those
rritores, we find practical illustration of the
lsted Democratic principle Of Nom Intervention
Popular Sovereignty embodied in the Kansas
braska bill, aud a demonsu alton of the deception
fraud involved therein
l. That Kansas should, of right, be Immediately
ntted as n State under the Constitution recently
med and adopted by her people, and accepted by
House OF Representatives.
z That, while providing revenue for the sup
I of the general government by duties upon i'm
Is, sound policy requires such an adjustment of
imhOst5 Is encourage the development 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 and
1ufactnrers adequate reward for their skill,
)r and enterprise and to the nation commercial
sperity and independence.
;. That protest against any sale or aliena-
to others of the Public Lands held by actual
ers, and against any view of the Free Home
policy which regards the settlers paupers
uppliants for public bounty and We demand
passage by Congress Of tina complete and salts
DRY Homestead measure which has already pass
he House
That the Republican party is opposed to any
age in Naturalization Laws, or any State
Station by which the rights of citizenship hith-
accorded to immigrants from foreign lands
be abridged or impaired and in favor of CIV
full and efficient protection to the rights of
lasses of citizens, whether native natural
both at home and abroad
That appropriations by Congress for River
Harbor improvements Of a National character,
ired for the accommodation and security of
ling commerce., are authorized by the Consti-
N, and justified by the obligation of Goverp-
to protect the lives and property ofits citizens
That a Railroad to the Pacific Ocean is I'M
lively demanded by the interests of the whole
try that the Federal Government ought to
er immediate and efficient aid in its construc-
; and that as preliminary thereto, daily
land Mail should be promptly established.
Finally, having thus set forth our distinctive
,iples and views, we invite the cooperation of
items, however differing other questions,
substantially agree with us in their atfrmance
uppOrt.
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