...Lincoln was elected, contained this resolution : " Resoloed, That the maintenance inviolate of tho rights of the States ; and especially the right of...according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to the balance of power on which the- perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we...

...me, did so with the full knowledge that I had made this, and many similar declarations, and had never recanted them. And, more than this, they placed in the platform, for my acceptance, and as a lav to themselves and to me, the clear and emphatio resolution which I now read: " Resolved, That the...

...recanted them. ' ' He then read a resolution adopted by the Convention which nominated him, declaring, "that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the...control its own domestic institutions according to its judgment exclusively, is essential to the balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of...

...religious belief."1 The Carolinians conveniently ignored the Republican party platform's pledge to the "maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States,...institutions according to its own judgment exclusively." The platform did not even require the president to seek legislation against slavery in a territory...

...barbarism— Polygamy and Slavery." In 1 860 this clause was dropped. The new platform promised to respect "the right of each state to order and control its...institutions according to its own judgment exclusively." It stated less directly that slavery ought to be excluded from the territories and that this could...

...recanted them.'' He then read a resolution adopted by the Convention which nominated him, declaring, "that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the...control its own domestic institutions according to its judgment exclusively, is essential to the balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of...

...of 1860 directly addressed southern concerns, advocating "the maintenance inviolate of the rights of States, and especially the right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions," while condemning any "lawless invasion" of a state or territory "as among the gravest of crimes." Republican...

...involved "an unqualified property in persons"?35 Would he stand by the part of the platform which pledged "the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States,...domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively"?36 Was the belief that he had so often uttered representative of the true Lincoln: "A...

...made this and many similar declarations, and had never recanted them. And more than this, they were placed in the platform for my acceptance, and as a law to themselves and to me, in the clear and emphatic resolution which I now read. I now reiterate those sentiments, and in doing...

...only nominated Abraham Lincoln as their presidential candidate but also passed a resolution declaring "that the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the...judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends." That sounded like the...