Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 3, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1860 — REPUBLICAN PLATFORM [ARTICLE]

REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

Adopted by the Republican State Convention at j Indianapolis,. February 32, 1860. Resolved, 1. That while disunion doctrines ate pro-! cla.med in the Halls of Congress by the Democracy,! and disunion p rposes openly avowed, we point with '• pr'de to the (act that not a single Kepuolic in, either I in Congress or in the walks of i rivate life—notasin- j gle Republican press—not a single Republican ora- i tor —not a single Republican conventi ,n, has avowed ; any design against the integrity of tho Union, even should ihe present Administiation and its corrupt j policy be perpetuated by the vote of the people. it. That we are opposed to t e new and dangerous | doctrine advocated by the Democratic pa ty, that the federal Constitution carries slavery into the public Territories; that we believe slavery cannot exist any- j where in this Govern, .cut unless by positive local] law, and that we will oppose its czteusiou into the | Territories of the federal Government by all the j power known to the Constitution ol the United .States. 3. That we are opposed to any inter erence with slavery where it exists under the sanction of S ate law; that the soil of every State should be protected from lawless invasion from every quarter, and that the citizens of every State should be protected from illegal arrests and searches, as well as from mob violence. 4. That the Territory of Kansas, now desiring admission under a Constitution Republican in form, expressing the will and wish of an overwhelming majority of her people, ought to be admitted as a sovereign member of the Union, speedily and without delay. 5 That we are in favor of the immediate passage by Congress of a Homestead Law. thereby giving oat of i our public domain, homes to the homeless. ti. Taat the fiscal aaairs of the Stale ol iudiauahave been bad > managed. 1 hat Slate olticeis have bceu shown to be defaulters to large amounts, and suffered to go unprosecuted. That large amounts o. the public money have been squandered to enrich otiiciais and partisan favorites, and that when the represents tives ol the people sought to stop those peculations, by the passage of an •*Embezzlement Bill,’’ the GoV- , ernor of Ine State vetoed that nill, and thus kept the \ doors of the Treasury opened to be further robbed by dishouest partisans. j 7. That it is the duty or every branch of the Federal Government to enforce and practice the must rigid , economy in conducting our public affairs, and the ! acts of certain parlies in high places, in cheating find defrauding the Government out of large and valuable tracts ol public lauds, as well as a reckless waste and extravagant expenditure of the public money,by which the National I’reasury has become bankrupt and a borrower in the public market, by the sale of bonds and treasury notes, meets our earnest condemnation. 8. That we Consider the slave trade as justly hqld to be piiacy by the iaw of nations aud out own laws, and that it is the duly of all civilized nations, and of j cur public authorities to put a stup to it in all pails ■ of the world. j 9. That we are in favor of equal rights to ail titi i zens, at home and alnoad, without reference to the place ol their nativity, »;..i that we will oppose any , attempt to change me piesent Naturalization i.aws. | 111. Thai We rtgaid tlic preservation ol the Ameri ! can Union as the highest object and duty of patriotj ism, am' that it must and shal 1 he preset ved, and titai 1 all who advocate disunion are, and deserve the fate I of traitors. 11 That we take this occasion to express our ] thanks lj our Republican members in Congress, from ] this aitd other States, for their persevart-nce and tri--1 umphant success in the oigauizalioii of the House of Representatives, in the election ol high-minded aud National men, ove the efforts of a corrupt, sectional ! and disunion party. { Iv. That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean, by the ] most centra, practicable route, is imperatively de- { manded by the interests of the whole country, and that the Federal Government ought to render inline I diate and efficient aid to its construction, j 13. That the soldiers of the war oflHHf, who yet re- ] main among us, deserve the grateful remembrance of the people, and fbat Congress should at once recogj nize their services by placing their names upon the pension rolls of the government. 14. That wc are opposes to t.,e retrocession of the Wabash ami Krie Canal, as Well as to the State becoming liable for any of the debts, or bonds, for which ihe same was transferred to satisfy.