 It is now, Mr. Chairman, less than a quarter of a century since, in this city, the great Republican party for the first time organized for victory, and nominated Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, who broke the fetters of the slave and rent them asunder forever....  Theodore Roosevelt, the Boy and the Man - Page 50by James Morgan - 1907 - 324 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1884 - 226 pages
...of Illinois, who broke the fetters of the slave and rent them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this Convention one...to sit within these walls is due to the blood and the treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party. And it is but a further vindication... | |
 | William Ralston Balch - 1884 - 562 pages
...who broke the fetters of the slave and rent them asunder forever. [Applause.] It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this Convention one...to sit within these walls is due to the blood and the treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party. [Applause.] I trust that the... | |
 | Alexander Kelly McClure - 1902 - 558 pages
...nomination the young orator said that it was "a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over the convention one of that race whose right to sit within...lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party." Mr. Lynch was promptly and unanimously elected, and the young orator who thus presented the first negro... | |
 | Murat Halstead - 1902 - 496 pages
...rent them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this Convention or of that race whose right to sit within these walls is due to the blood and the treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party. And it is but a further vindication... | |
 | 1903 - 480 pages
...of Illinois, who broke the fetters of the slave and rent them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this Convention one...to sit within these walls is due to the blood and the treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party. And it is but a further vindication... | |
 | Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ). National Convention - 1903 - 482 pages
...of Illinois, who broke the fetters of the slave and rent them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this Convention one...to sit within these walls is due to the blood and the treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party. And it is but a further vindication... | |
 | Francis Curtis - 1904 - 592 pages
...of Illinois, who broke the fetters of the slave and rent them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this convention one...to sit within these walls is due to the blood and the treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party. And it is but a further vindication... | |
 | James Morgan - 1907 - 408 pages
...conclusion, "It is now, Mr. Chairman, less than a quarter of a century since, in this city, the gre^f Republican party, for the first time organized for...battle of the convention when it nominated James G. Elaine for President. It was indeed a hard choice for him. He and his associates had opposed Mr. Blaine... | |
 | Charles Grenfill Washburn - 1916 - 272 pages
...of Illinois, who broke the fetters of the slave and rent them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this Convention one...to sit within these walls is due to the blood and the treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party. And it is but a further vindication... | |
 | Charles Grenfill Washburn - 1916 - 284 pages
...of Illinois, who broke the fetters of the slave and rent them asunder forever. It is a fitting thing for us to choose to preside over this Convention one...to sit within these walls is due to the blood and the treasure so lavishly spent by the founders of the Republican party. And it is but a further vindication... | |
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