The Republican Party

A History of its Fifty Years' Existence
and a Record of its Measures and Leaders

1854-1904

By

Francis Curtis

With a Foreword by President Roosevelt, and Introduc-
tions by William P. Frye, President pro tempore
U. S. Senate, and J. G. Cannon, Speaker

U. S. House of Representatives

In Two Volumes

I.

"Let us all consider the history and declarations of the great parties, and thoughtfully
conclude which is the more likely to promote the general interests of our people.

BENJAMIN HARRISON.

"The Republican party was dedicated to freedom. It has been the party of liberty and
emancipation from that hour; not of profession, but of performance."-WILLIAM MCKINLEY.

G. P. Putnam's Sons

New York The knickerbocker Press

1904

Bentley Historical
Library
University of Michigan

London

COPYRIGHT, 1904

BY

FRANCIS CURTIS

Published, April, 1904

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

BIRTH OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY-RISE OF SLAVERY AND

EARLY POLITICAL HISTORY PRECEDING THE MISSOURI

COMPROMISE

CHAPTER II.

THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE-EARLY REPUBLICAN PARTY—

THE TARIFF-NULLIFICATION

I

45

CHAPTER III.

ABOLITION-LUNDY-GARRISON-LOVEJOY-ANNEXATION OF

TEXAS-THE WILMOT PROVISO

CHAPTER IV.

78

THE FREE-SOILERS-COMPROMISE OF 1850-FUGITIVE SLAVE

LAW - KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL-" KNOW-NOTHINGS' 114

CHAPTER VI.

THE VARIOUS MOVEMENTS DURING 1854 TOWARDS THE

FORMATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY

PAGE

172

CHAPTER VII.

FORMATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY (Continued)—ANNI-.

VERSARIES-DEATH OF THE "KNOW-NOTHING PARTY 202

CHAPTER VIII.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN-ELECTION OF SPEAKER BANKS-THE

BATTLE FOR KANSAS-OSTEND MANIFESTO-ATTACK

FIRST REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION-FREMONT AND

DAYTON-CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION OF 1856

CHAPTER X.

LINCOLN AND ILLINOIS-THE DRED SCOTT CASE-LECOMPTON

CONSTITUTION-LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES

CHAPTER XI.

249

268

AGITATION IN THE NORTH-JOHN BROWN AND THE RAID AT

HARPER'S FERRY-HELPER'S "IMPENDING CRISIS"-THE

TARIFFS OF 1846 and 1857, AND THE MORRILL TARIFF. 298

CHAPTER XII.

THE HOMESTEAD LAW-LINCOLN's Cooper Institute Speech

-SEWARD-THE CONVENTIONS AND CAMPAIGN OF 1860 334

CHAPTER XIII.

SECESSION OF THE SOUTH-LINCOLN'S UTTERANCES-VAIN

ATTEMPTS AT CONCILIATION-LINCOLN'S INAUGURAL—

FORT SUMTER

366