BEING AN ACCOUNT OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES SINCE THE FOUND-
ATION OF THE GOVERNMENT; TOGETHER WITH A CONSIDER-
ATION OF THE CONDITIONS ATTENDING THEIR

FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT; AND

WITH A REPRINT OF THE SEVERAL

PARTY PLATFORMS

BY

JAMES H. HOPKINS

FORMERLY REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM PENNSYLVANIA

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press

ΤΟ

MY TWO SONS;

AT WHOSE EARNEST SOLICITATION
THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN,

WASHINGTON, D. C.
MARCH 4, 1899.

CHAPTER I

1789-1824

PAGE

FEDERALISTS ANTI-FEDERALISTS - DEMOCRATS - REPUBLICANS. I-49

DEMOCRATS 5-WHIGS-ANTI-MASONS-

PARTY-FREE-SOILERS.

1222

CONTENTS

-

INDEX

CHAPTER II

1828-1852

GENERAL REVIEW

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C

APPENDIX D

DEMOCRATIC-

UNION

TIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS - NATIONAL PEOPLE'S

.

ABOLITIONISTS LIBERTY

CHAPTER III

1856-1898

REPUBLICAN—WHIG-AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL

LABOR-PROHIBITION-GREENBACK-AMERICAN NA-

50-88

89-242

243

259

455

463

466

475