All the Republican National Conventions from Philadelphia, June 17, 1856Henry Harrison Smith R. Beall, 1896 - 166 pages |
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... motion of George William Curtis of New York , was inserted in its present place . It will be observed that this platform has a wider scope than that adopted at Philadelphia . At that convention the slavery question was uppermost in the ...
... motion of George William Curtis of New York , was inserted in its present place . It will be observed that this platform has a wider scope than that adopted at Philadelphia . At that convention the slavery question was uppermost in the ...
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... motion was adopted . Mr. William Jessup of Pennsylvania , Austin Blair of Michigan ( subsequently its " War Governor " ) , Mr. F. P. Tracey of California , Horace Greeley representing Ore- gon , with myself from Iowa , constituted this ...
... motion was adopted . Mr. William Jessup of Pennsylvania , Austin Blair of Michigan ( subsequently its " War Governor " ) , Mr. F. P. Tracey of California , Horace Greeley representing Ore- gon , with myself from Iowa , constituted this ...
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... motion was then adopted " recommending " that the delegation vote for Mr. Bates , which they did not consider binding or conclusive on them . They claimed the right to vote for the candidate of their choice . The chair ruled that under ...
... motion was then adopted " recommending " that the delegation vote for Mr. Bates , which they did not consider binding or conclusive on them . They claimed the right to vote for the candidate of their choice . The chair ruled that under ...
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... motion of Thaddeus Stevens that all contested cases be laid over was agreed to . A contest arose as to representation from states then in rebellion , ending in the reference of all credentials from such states to the Committee on ...
... motion of Thaddeus Stevens that all contested cases be laid over was agreed to . A contest arose as to representation from states then in rebellion , ending in the reference of all credentials from such states to the Committee on ...
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... motion , Irving M. Bean of Wisconsin and Gen. H. H. Bingham of Pennsylvania were elected temporary secretaries . A resolution was then adopted for a call of the roll of states and territories , the chairman of each delegation to ...
... motion , Irving M. Bean of Wisconsin and Gen. H. H. Bingham of Pennsylvania were elected temporary secretaries . A resolution was then adopted for a call of the roll of states and territories , the chairman of each delegation to ...
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Page 17 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend...
Page 133 - We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver, except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be preserved.
Page 17 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Page 150 - To facilitate to them the performance of their duty, it is essential that you should practically bear in mind, that towards the payment of debts there must be revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant...
Page 17 - ... encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country; and we commend that policy of national exchanges which secures to the workingmen liberal wages, to agriculture remunerating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor, and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and independence.
Page 150 - ... avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars may have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear.
Page 12 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 28 - ... the Constitution, the measures and acts which he has adopted to defend the nation against its open and secret foes; that we approve, especially, the Proclamation of Emancipation, and the employment as Union soldiers of men heretofore held in slavery...
Page 27 - Resolved, That we approve the determination of the government of the United States not to compromise with rebels or to offer them any terms of peace except such as may be based upon an unconditional surrender of their hostility and a return to their just allegiance to the Constitution and laws of the United States; and that we call upon the government to maintain this position and to prosecute the war with the utmost possible vigor, to the complete suppression of the rebellion...
Page 16 - Constitution is essential to the preservation of our republican institutions, and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States, and the Union of the States, shall be preserved.