WHY

I AM A REPUBLICAN.

A HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, A DEFENSE OF ITS
POLICY, AND THE REASONS WHICH JUSTIFY
ITS CONTINUANCE IN POWER,

WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.

Sewall
GEORGE S. BOUTWELL.

JTW

HARTFORD, CONN.:

WM. J. BETTS & CO.

1884.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

The Provisions of the Constitution of the United States in re-

lation to slavery, and their force in the Politics of the

country,

CHAPTER II.

The Missouri Compromise and its repeal.

CHAPTER III.

The organization of the Republican Party, the contest in Kan-

sas, and the elections of 1856.

CHAPTER IV.

The Senatorial contest of 1858 in Illinois, and the election of

Mr. Lincoln in 1860.

CHAPTER V.

The Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln and the political and military

questions then forced upon the country.

CHAPTER VI.

The Proclamation of Emancipation and the amendments to

the Constitution.

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CHAPTER VII.

The election of 1864 with a view of the position of the Dem-

ocratic and Republican parties.