. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. ad been so successful in the State and local elections of1855, would now try its hand in national affairs as The AmericanParty. It took the field
. The political history of the United States : or, popular sovereignty and citizenship; birth and growth of the colonies; march to independence; constitutional government; presidents and administrations; congresses and political measures; party platforms and principles; rise and fall of parties. Questions of the hour-civil service reform, polygamy, prohibition, surplus revenue, tariff and free trade, arguments for and against, review of tariff acts. ad been so successful in the State and local elections of1855, would now try its hand in national affairs as The AmericanParty. It took the field first, and met in national convention, atPhiladelphia, Feb. 22, 1856. There were 227 delegates the States were represented except Maine, Vermont, Georgia,and South Carolina. Many of the delegates (probably a fourth)were not so much Americans as anti-slavery men. MillardFillmore, New York, was nominated for President, and AndrewJ. Donelson, Tennessee, for Vice-President. The platform an-nounced: (i) Perpetuation of the Union. (2) Preference ofnative-born citizens for office. (3) No office for any one whorecognizes obligation to any foreign prince, potentate, or power.(4) Non-interference by Congress with questions belonging toindividual States, nor by States with each other. (5) The right * Geary arrived Sept. 9, 1856, and succeeded in bringing about a suspension oflocal hostilities without directly using the United States CHARLES SUMNER.
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