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 . modestfew. In Henry Wilsons Rise and Fall of the Slave Power inAmerica, however, on pages 409 and 410, Vol. II, appearsthe first attempt to place where it belongs, in a permanent,public manner, the credit of taking methodical and premedi-tated action to organize Republicanism for the control ofthe affairs and to shape the destiny of this nation. The hightestimony of Henry Wilson shall be appropriated for t
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 . modestfew. In Henry Wilsons Rise and Fall of the Slave Power inAmerica, however, on pages 409 and 410, Vol. II, appearsthe first attempt to place where it belongs, in a permanent,public manner, the credit of taking methodical and premedi-tated action to organize Republicanism for the control ofthe affairs and to shape the destiny of this nation. The hightestimony of Henry Wilson shall be appropriated for thepurpose of this chapter before proceeding further: One of the earliest, if not the earliest, of the movementsthat contemplated definite action and the formation of a newparty, was made in Ripon, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, inthe early months of 1854, in consequence of a very thoroughcanvass, conference and general comparison of views, inau-gurated by A. E. Bovay, a prominent member of the Whigparty, among the Whigs, Free-Soilers and Democrats of thattown. A call was issued for a public meeting to considerthe grave issues whrch were assuming an aspect of suchalarming HISTORY OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 149 The meeting was held on the last day of February, in thefCongregational Church. It was largely attended by persons•of both sexes from the town and surrounding country. Itwas a meeting solely for the discussion of principles andcomparison of views. The burden and drift of the speecheswere the hopeless subserviency of the national parties to thebehests of the slave-holders, the necessity of abandoningthem, and the proposed policy of constructing a party fromthe materials thus set at liberty, with such as could be per-suaded to leave the Democratic party for a similar purpose. A resolution was adopted that, if the Nebraska bill, thenpending, should pass, they would throw old party organiza-tions to the winds, and organize a new party on the soleissue of the non-e
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