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Show 26 A POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK FOR 1860. R(soltlled, That all who revere the Constitution nnd 1 thos~ present n.nd ' ' Otinf, ho~1ltl ~? reqtti.rcd to the Union, must look with alarm at the parties 1~ ~he I nonunate can<lldatcs. I he JollO\\ lllg Platform field In the present l'resldentlal cn.mpaign-one flatm~ng WHS nuopted nnd, without taking a ballot for ~~~e!~:;P~~~~~~s!~t~~~ ~~~~~~~: ~~~t~~·ej;~~c~~eo~\~; ! Pr6'8iuent, th~ Convention again adjourned. Southern ' tates ; that the success of either factton must , ·o JU.t OJo' 1 860 adu fuel to the flame which now threatens to wrap our PLA 1 F · dearest interests in a common ruin. Re8olmed Thnt we, the d ~l eg:llccl representatives of fhe Resol!ved 'l'hat the only remedy for an evil so appal· Itl'puhlicnn 'electors of the United Stat<"ll1 in Couvention ti:Jg is to support a. candidate pledged to neither ot_the assembled in discharge of the duty we owt' to our congcogt ·aphicnl sections now arrayed In political nntngon- atituents 1:nd our country, unite itt the followlng tleclal. i!m but holding bot~ In n just and equal regard. We rations: con'gra.tulate the friends of the Union that such n candl- 1. 'l'hat. the history of the nation, during llw la~t fott date exists in .ll1illnrd J<'lllmore. years, l1as fully e~tabli shetl the p~opri c ty all (\ nece~SltJ Resolved, 'l'hat, without adopting or referring to the of the organization and perr<!tuntton of the l.t.:puhla·an peculiar doct.rines of the party which has already se- party, and that: the c:wscs which call ed it Into t·XiHtence lected Mr. J<'illmore ns a candidate, we look to him a!l n Me permanent 111 thetr nature, nnd now, 111orc than ever wcll·tricd and faithful friend of the Constitution and the before demand Its peaceful and constitut lou a I lt iumph. Union eminent alike for his whsdom and firmness- for 2. Ti1at the maintenance of the princ iples promulgated his ju~tice and moderation in our foreign relatio~ts-for in the Decl!uation of Independence and cmhvd ietl in tile his calm and pacific temperament, so well becommg the Ji'ederal Constitution, "'l'hn t all men o rc created t qual; head of a great nation- for his devotion to the Constltu· that they are endowed by their Creator wi th eertain inlion in its true spirit-his lnflexibilit.y In executing the nliennble rights· that among these nrc li fe, liiJcrty a.nd l!Lws · but b eyond all these attributes, In possessing the the pursuit of 11t:t.ppir~ess; that, to secure th.e~.e righ t.s, one trnns~cndent merit of being a representative or governments are 111stttuted among m~:n, denvtng tltctr neither of the two sectional parties now struggling for just. powers from the consent or the govern ed," it~ e SRtm· rolitical suprcma.cy. . . tial to the preserv~ttion of our Republican insi itutious; Rt8olved That in the present exigency of polttlcal af- and that the J:t'ederal Constitution, tho ltl!(hts of the fairs we nr~ not ~ailed upon to discuss the subordinate St:Ltes, 11 nd the Union of the States, must anJ shall be qucsllons of ndmlnistration In the exercising of the preserved. Constitutional powers of the Government. Jt Is enough! 8. 'fhltt to the Union of the Slfttcs this llltlion owes its to know that ciYilwa.r is raging, and that the Union is in unprecedented increase In population, its s ur pr ising deperil; nnd we proclaim the conviction that the restorn.- velopment of m11tcrial resources, Its rapid au!{mentati cn tion of l\lr . . Fillmore to the }.'residency will furnish tlte best of wealth, its J1uppiness at home and its h.onor uhroad; lf not the only means of restoring peace. and we hold In !Lbhorrence all scheme!! for Dtsurtion, comtl l I I '{ F'll from wlt!ttevcr source they ml\y: And we co11gratulate In the election w lie l en uc<' u •·. I more tht' country that no Rcpublicnn member of Congrcs~ has received the vote of ~hryland only, while Mt·. uttered or countenanced the threats of Disun ion so <> ftt'D Buchanan olltninctl those of the 14 other Slave ma.de by Democratic members, without rdJUke and wilh ~La tes, <Uld of~ c w-J c r scy, Pen 11 yl van in, Indiana, opplause from their political associates ; and we denouncl' those threats of di suniun, in case of n popula r overtltrow l11inoi and Califol'llia, lllaking 172 in :tll. Col. of their ascendency, as dcnyin!( the vital pl'inciples of a Fremont received the votes of the eleven other free governmeut, unci as 11.11 avowal of contemplated trenFrec , tate~, making 114 in nll. Pennsylvania son, which it is tho impcrn.tive duty of au iudignaut l't:o· Ill · h d .1 f C 1 F pie sternly to rehuke untl fot· ever silence. nnd iliOJ~, a t.hey votcu Ot' 0. rcmont, 4. 'l'hat tlte maintenance inTiolate of Lite r ights of th~ would have given him the election. States, and e~pecially the right of euch State to order :u~tl REPUBLICAN CONVENTJON-1860. A R<'pul>li can Nat ionnl Convention nsscm bled at hicago, Jllino iR, on W e dnc day, May 16th, l 60, delega.t<.·~ IH·i11g in attendance from all the Free , tate~, as al ,.o from Delaware, Marvland V . , irginia, K c ntuc k.''• Mi ~souri, Texas,* the Tel·- ritorit•s of Kanr-;ns a11d ~curaskn, and the IIi:-;. t1·ict of Coln1nl>in.. Gov. ~Iorg:tn, of X ell'- York, rlS Chairman of t.he National Execnti1•c ( \nlllnittce, nominated Davul \Villllot as tellllHll'itT'.Y Chait·nlan, and he was chosen. 'l'l1c us ual t'onunittccs on perma· Jl(>~lt org aniza tion, crcuential~, etc., were nppOlll!~ d, and the Convention was permanently o•:g:UlJzcd lJy the s e lec tion of George Ashmun, o{ ,\Ia ssachu sl'l.tF~, as rreAidcnt, with fl. VtccPrcf-: idt•nt and a ~ec rc tary from each State and 'l'e1·1'itor.v rC'pl·cse ntc d. A Committee of one frOJil t:a c h . Statt nu<l Tcnitory, was a~pointcd to dral t ~ut tahlc t'C'~olntions or in other words a Pl:uforrn, aud the Conven~ion adjourned. Ou the fo llo wiug day, nn interesting debate aroRl' on. a . pro p?s ition to require n. vote equal t? tt tlta;orlly. of full delegations frolll all the ~tates to llOIIIlll:tte canuia~~.tcs fot· Pt·csiucnt and Vice-l'n·HidenL; which, with the uclcgates n.ctunlly. in ltttend:mcc, would have l>eC'n nbout cqutvalent to a two-third rule. 'l'hi proposition was voted down, and the Convention decided by a vote of ~31 to 130, that ouly tl majority of! control its own (lomesUc institutions occor<li 11g to its own judgment exclu!'iv'cly, is essential to that hal:tnce of poiVers on which tlte perf~cti o n a.nd endurance of Ill' polit i· ca.! f1tbric depends; 1U1tl we denounce the lawless iuvru,i on by armed force of the soil of any State or 'J'erri rory, no matter under what pre tt:xt, as among the gmvest (Jf crimes. 6. 'l'hat the present Democratic Administration lta.s far exceeded our worst apprehensions, in its measureless suQ· ~erviency to the exactions of a sectional Inter est, a.s es· pecially evinct!d in Its d~Rpt.>rate exertions to force the in fa mou~ Lecompton Cons titution upon the protesting people of K:Ln~a ; in construing t.he personal relntiou between lllllSt er nud &~rvnnt. to involve an unqualifiutl vropcrty in p er~ons ; in its n.tt cmpteu e n~O r l'emc n t, cvt: ry· where, on land and sea, through the intcrvcn ti 111 of Cou, rres~ and of tltc .1<\:dernl Court.s of the ex t rcrnc proleusions of n purt:ly local Interest; aud in it~ gcnel'lll nut! unv:Lrying abu ~ e of the power iutru:StC(l to it by a confid· iul-\' people. 6. Tltat the people justly view with alarm the rec kle,;s extmvngance which perv1tdes every dt•pnrtntcut of the Federal Government; tltat n. return to rigid econor11y and !Lccountabil ity i:i indi~pcnsabl e to nrrc" t t he 8yst~liHLlic plunder of the public trea!>ury hy fa von·d p:trtl· sans ; while tlte recent st a rtl ing d cvdnpntcnt<; or fntntls llnd corru pi Iotts llt ~l 1e J:t'ed cru I mctropol is, show that nn entire change of !Ld tu ini:nration is I Ill per a t iv ely dellllllld ed. 1. '1 hat the new dogrn11. that tl1e Con stitut ion, of It$ own fo1·ce, nLrries lavery into any or all of the 'l'crrlt o· ries of flte United Stntes, i11 a dan¥erous p olit ical heresy, at Vllriance with the explicit pr ovi~iou:s ut tlmt instrument itHclf, with cotetiiJl'll'lltteous expositi on, and with legislative ILlHI jutlicial pr ce~<.lcnt; is re volutiorwry lu its tendency, and ;;ulJversive of the peacc lllHl ltar111ony of Ute country. 8. 'J'It:Lt the llOI'IIIaJ Cott<Jition Of all the te rritory Of lire Unired 'tntes is that or freed om: 'l'h l'.t as our H•·puhlican f1lt hm·~, when tl• ey hud :tbol lsltc<.l ::ila very iu :ill our llll· tiona! territory, ot'd•ducd tlmt "no pe rson sh ould be dt· prirc(l of lif..:, liuertv, ur lli'Oper.y wirhuut due proccrl r I II ' I o a.w, it becomes our duty by lcgi:-dation, whcncvt'r such le~islnllon is nece!lsary, to maintain this provision u. '!'he ~eleA'n\ion f~om T~~(\8 hAA 81nce been proved fmndnlcut or the Constitution against all attempts to violare It j ll~Jd " ' 111 K 0011 &'OL up lu \licbtgnn to olfecta puraou14l end. ' wc deny tlte authority of Co Fess, of n territor ial l~g1~ NATIONAL C0~VE~TIO~~ AXD I'LATFORMS. 2'1 latnre, 0 1 of any itHlivi(lual s, to gi ve legal e xis ten ce to I Shvery iu a ny Territ ory of the United ~tate !! , FIRST BALLOT, ..: .: 9. 'l'h;Ll we brnml the recent r·e-opeoing of the Afrir.nu <> slave-tmd•', uncl er th • c .. ver of our na tion al fiug, 1titll'd I b.v pt•rve rsions of jud icial j)O\fer, a1 a c rime ag ai n~t ltU· uuwiry antl a h11r nlug shame to our coun try and n,re ; cti ~ c ~ ;.., .., c 0 p ~ 8 .e.. nntl wt: ca'l upnu Congress to take prompt and etli cient. Maine.·· · · : .. 10 6 me •Sures for the total and final suppression of that cxe- New-linmpslure 1 7 ::rab'c t raffi c. Vermont ...... . - 1 n. That i 11 t lw r rcl'n t vet oe~ , h.v t hci r F e el cnLI 0 oYer- l\lasSjlch usetts. · 21 4 n or!!, of tire n.cts of the Lt•gi~latures of Kansas a111l Ne· !thode I laud.·.oraska, prohihlting Slavery in those Ter:l to ric~ . we tlud n Connecticut.···;;- 2 1 practica l il lw; tration of the hcast.ed Demoerar ic prinei- New-York.·· ... 10 pie of Non I nt ervention and Popular Sovereignty em I)()- ~ e w-Jcrs ey: · · . - died in Lite Kansa.s·Nehra.Pka bill, and n dent or1straLion I ennsylvanta. · 1t 4 or the deception and fmlld involve<! therei n. l\laryland . ..... 3 11. 'l'ha t Kansas should, of right, be immcdiltt ely sui- D~lawnre · · · · · .- ntl t.t.ccl as n Stnte under the Oonl! titutioo r ecent ly ftmned Vtrglnia. · · .. · .. 8 14 and adopted hy he r people, and accepted by t.lae ll o u~ t l<c.ntucky · · · · · · 5 6 2 of llepre ' e n ta.tivc:~. Olu? .. · · · · · ... . - 8 12. 'l'hat, wl11lo providing r ev enue for the support of the Jn.~ran~. · · .. · · .- 26 Gene ra l Government hy duties upon imports, sound policy l\Jtss~utl. · · · · · .- requires such an adjustment of th e~ e imposts ns to en- J\Il.cht~an . · · · .. 12 1 7 6 1 47 ~ - 1 8 6 1 2 1 4 courage the development of the indus! rial lnte:·e~ts of thr !.llt~1 ots · · · · · · · ·- 22 whole coun try : and we commend that p olicy of national 1 e.xas. · ·. · · · · · · 4 exchanges which secures to the working men l1bcral WJsconsm · · · · .. 10 wage1:1, to agric ulture remunerating prices, to mcchani1·s I ow.a · · · · · · · · · · 2 2 - 1 1 1 and ma nu fa cture rs nn adequate rcwanl for their skill, C~ltforni~. · · · .. 8 labor, nnd enterprise, nnd to the nation commercial pro11- l\lmnesota · · · · · 8 perity and independence. Ore'??n ....... .. - .c u 1 1 2 8 84 1 13. That we protest against any sale or nllcnation to Kar?s~~l/rnv.~. othe rs of the Public Lands held hy octual settlers, and Nc!Jr sl. ~· · · · · · 6 2 1 1 2 n~ aiu11t a ny view of tlre IIo m est~:ul policy which regards Di:~. 01~c'~1;~b·l~ 2 _____ _ 0" ' (}cJ ~... u'3 1•- 10 14 1 the ~:~et t l er:~ ItS paupers or supplt!tnts for lllthllc bount.y; and we dcmlln<l the passage by Congr ess of the complete and !lat is f:tctory llomestea<.l measure which has already pa~~ccl the Houl!e. -------- -------- l 'J.. Tha.t the Republican Party is opposed to any change in our Naturaliza tion Laws or any ~tate l eg i :~ l atl •) n by which the r ignts or citizenship hitherto a ccord ed to immi· grants fmm foreign lant.ls shall be abridged or impaired ; :11td in fa vor of f.('iving a full and effi cient protection to the r igh ts f1f a ll clusses of citizens, whether native or ua\ uralized, !Joth at home and abroad. 15. 'l'li ut a ppropriations hy Congress for River an(l IJarlJor improvements of a NaUonal character, r equired for the accommodation and security of an exist ing cornrn t r<'C, nre a utho rized by the Constitution, and ju ~ t i fietl by the obliga tions of Governmettt to protect the live? ancl pt·operty of its citizens. 16. 1'hat :L Itailroacl to the Pacific OceRn i:~ irnpern.tivt:ly dctnand t•d by the interes t.~ o r the whole country; that the Fede r a l Govemment ought to ren (ler immed iat e and effici ent a id in its co n~tru et io n; an(J t hat, as prclir11inary thereto, a d aily Overla.nd l\la.il shoulu be pro111ptl y est ablishcrl. · 17. Finally, having thn!l set forth our d is tinct ive pt·incipl es a nd views, we Invite the coopera tion of all citi~. ens, h o w ~:vc r (Jilf,·ring on. other qu e::~ti o nll, who ~uh~t a ntially agree with us in their nllirmance und support .. On th fo llowing day, Fr·iday, May 1 t.h, thr Chait· h a virtg tlllllOllllCcd th:lt the n runin~ of canuicl a t e s for Prcsi<lent was iu or·cler, \Vm. M. Evnrt R, of N cw-York, named William H. Scwn.rd. Mr. J tulcl . of IllinoiR, name d Abmharn Lincoln. Ut·. Dudley, of Ncw-Jc r cy, nominntcd Wm. L. Day ton. Gov. Reeder, of PenmwlvnYa. nia, nominated Simon Cameron. Mr. Carttor, of Ohio, nominated Salmon P. ChaRc. Francis P. Blair, of Maryland, nominated Euwaru Rat s, of Miss ouri. I ndianR. seconded the nomination of Abraham Lin~oln. Mr. Austin Blair, of Michi<"an, seconded the nomination of Mr. Seward; ~o naiRo ditl Cad Schurz, of WisconRin, Mr. Worth, of MinncRotn llnrl lf r. \Viltler, of Kansas. ' :\1r. Corwin, of Ohio, nominated Judge ?tfcLen. n. Mr. Delano, of Ohio, seconded the nominution of Mr. Lincoln, as ditl also one of the delcO'I\tcs from Iowa. 0 The balloting then proceeded, with the followlug result: Total. . .. 173r 102 8 :>Or 48 12 1 49 14 1 1 10 " ' hole . ntllnbcr· of vote s, 4G5. Ncccssnry to a choice, 23:3. The ecoud ballot was th en taken. .Mr. Cameron's name was withdrawn. SRCOND DALLO'l. Statc8. Maine ......... .... .. . 10 New-Hampshire . . . . . . . 1 Vermont .. ... .. .. . ... . 1\lassachusett.s ... . . .• . . 22 Hltode Island .......... . Conncct,icut . .. .. . . ... . New-York . .. ........ . . . New·.Terscy . . . . . . . . . . 70 4 ci 0 <.> s:: ~ 6 !) 10 4 3 4 Pennsylvauia . . . .. . . . . l\lnrylaod . .. . . . . .. .. . . 2¢ 4 8 Delaware ......... . .. . 6 Virginia ... . . . . . . . . . . 8 14 1\rntucky. .. . .. . . . ... 7 9 Ohio.. ... . . ... ....... .. U l ntliana ..... . .. ... . . . . 2/i .1\li;;souri. ..... .. .. . . .. . 1\lichigan .... .... . .... 12 Illinois . . .. .. .. ... . . . . . 22 'l'exas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . () Wisconsin . . . . ......... 10 4 8 Q e Cl) .e. u 1 1 ci 0: ..'!.<. (.) ::::l 2 cti ~ .c u 8 2 6 3 2() g ;.., 0: 0 10 Iowa ... . . . .. . . . . .. . . California .. .. . . . . ... . . t-l\ llnnesota . . . ...... . .. . Oregon .... . ... . ..... . 1'Nt ito irR. I<nnsns . . .. . ....... . . . . N el>raska .... . . . ... . . . . District or Columbia .. . 8 6 8 2 1 2 ~ [) ~ 0 - ---·---- Total. .... . .. . 1841 181 30 2 8 42i 10 i The third ballot was tnk cn amid exc itement, and cries for II the uallot." In tense feeling existed during the voting, cnch vote being awnited in breath l c~R silence and expectancy. The progress of the ballot wns watched with most intcn e intcrc t, cspeciall_v toward the last, the crowd UN"'ming silent as the contest na.tTOW('d down. Tho SLI\tcs, a.s called, voted as follows: • Previously withdrawn. |