History of the Republican Party, embracing its origin, growth and mission, together with appendices of statistics and information required by enlightened politicians and patriotic citizens
History
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Source of Republicanism
In the begining: acquiring territory
Constitutional slavery: the Missouri compromise
Price of Florida: a thrilling chapter
Rights of petition denied: the mails rifled
Martyrdom of Elijah P. Lovejoy
General violence: expulsion of Samuel Hoar
Texas, Lopez, Oregon, California
Kansas and Nebraska: a bloody chapter
The bludgeon in the Senate
The Dred Scott decision
Booth and Glover: state and federal courts at loggerheads
A glimpse at slavery: the mobile booksellers
The Republican party: its name
The Republican genesis
Organizing for battle: Michigan leads
Wisconsin, Indiana, and other states in line
Organizing for the national struggle
First national Republican convention
Convention of 1860
Condition of the Republic from 1856 to 1860
Convention of 1864
Another troublous period
Convention of 1868
Convention of 1872: Grant's administration
Convention of 1876: administration of R.B. Hayes
Convention of 1880: administration of C.A. Arthur
Convention of 1884
Finances: new banking basis suggested
The tariff: England and the South
Sectionalism: Southern sentiment
The negro: in his condition hopeless
Southern election methods: fraud, crime and blood
Our duty to the South
Who can support the democracy?
Lives of Republican presidents