....as a law to themselves and to me, the clear and emphatic resolution which I now read: " 'Resolved, That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the...according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to the balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we...

...and as a law to themselves and to me, the clear and emphatic resolution which I now read: Resolved, That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the...force of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. I now reiterate these sentiments, and in doing so I only...

...on which Mr. Lincoln is elected, explicitly declares: "That the maintenance inviolate of the rights, and especially the right of each State, to order and...the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends." I have seen nothing in the administration of the Government, as yet, which would warrant...

...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...

...institutions. * id., p. 30. 4 The Fourth Resolution in the Republican Party platform of 1 860 declared That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the...to order and control its own domestic institutions [especially slavery] according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power...

...1860 did not contradict Lincoln's views in regard to the territories, but it stressed its support for "the right of each state to order and control its...domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively."6 Furthermore, in response to opponents' charges that they favored "African amalgamation...

...inclination to do so."49 This was the same course announced in the 1860 Republican platform, which read: 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; and we denounce the lawless...

...of 186o 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...

...especially the right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions . . .[,] "rights' essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends." The phrasing comes from resolutions two and four of the Republican Party Platform of 1860....

...and Whigs, acknowledged the obligation to preserve "the rights of the States . . . inviolate . . . , and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions . . . exclusively, 'rights' essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance...