A brief history of the Republican party . -_- .: >:t : Ztiti^i :-z. 1 7:- ~7i:7 ir:::- aiki was KwaSed in-1S*5&_ Al the reunited 133 11:!. while the FnlerilKing; received .ITbegan in li^H. by ioratinML Batik i^zrTr l*li, i-i--r S? -:.ie5 :.. It ^: IiL-L. :_, Iti_ ?:•:- ~:ci- — :t Ht 21: lis:- - ^.:--- :. v :-I:-r^_ I::- : ~ . 1: — tTt :ir _--_ — .: :!...: :•: _-tHrif thr nM priBtiril pmrtira hij in iwlj rrl_ -_~~.-f :_ . ._: ~-:-~ ?_:. : :_ : :ir ri-^rz. :_-rf»fc^I w^rerssba-the-tradi&:»ns c€ old btiugfele* than any- 1 • :- -- -I—.: . H :_: •: :•.-•:• 1 IS: _• ?...: :- given
A brief history of the Republican party . -_- .: >:t : Ztiti^i :-z. 1 7:- ~7i:7 ir:::- aiki was KwaSed in-1S*5&_ Al the reunited 133 11:!. while the FnlerilKing; received .ITbegan in li^H. by ioratinML Batik i^zrTr l*li, i-i--r S? -:.ie5 :.. It ^: IiL-L. :_, Iti_ ?:•:- ~:ci- — :t Ht 21: lis:- - ^.:--- :. v :-I:-r^_ I::- : ~ . 1: — tTt :ir _--_ — .: :!...: :•: _-tHrif thr nM priBtiril pmrtira hij in iwlj rrl_ -_~~.-f :_ . ._: ~-:-~ ?_:. : :_ : :ir ri-^rz. :_-rf»fc^I w^rerssba-the-tradi&:»ns c€ old btiugfele* than any- 1 • :- -- -I—.: . H :_: •: :•.-•:• 1 IS: _• ?...: :- given to Rrfos King by the Statees of WafgariatMAlj^ Gonnecti-cnt. and Delaware- Xosw began what is known in onr pofiticalhistory as the era o€ good feeting:~ Xo one was disposed ;- .--:- _ :-!:;- : :i:7-:r: :^i^:. :-; f?e»>Qas or monarchical powers. Roth the Democrats and the 7- ..- I-~- -7 7 rr-l I£ -t ;-^ : _?.- — - ?t—IttTt-I lz. _-j:j :Z : :_- 7r.: :\7 ~ ;..-s ?;:..— :~-. BiSTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN PAUTW 9 CHAPTER II. THE BEGINNING OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT. Up to 1820, the existence of slavery in the United States hadbeen regarded as a misfortune by the people of all sections ofthe country. Indeed, among the causes of grievances broughtagainst Great Britain, was her action in forcing the slave tradeupon the colonies against their will. With scarcely an excep-tion, the early statesmen of the Republic looked upon the insti-tution of slavery as an evil which would gradually be gottenrid of by wise emancipation measures. Looking to that end,the slave trade was prohibited and ranked with piracy, as acrime, as early as 1808. Mr. Jefferson, the head of the Demo-cratic party, was one of the most enlightened opponents ofslavery, and was far from foreseeing that the party which hehad founded would in after-years, become its chief first anti-slavery society in the country was formed by theQuakers of Pennsylvania, but there
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