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Their Territory has been invaded by an armed force; Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial, and executive officers have been set over them, by whose usurped authority, sustained by the military power of the government, tyrannical and unconstitutional laws have been enacted and enforced;
The Republican Party ran on a platform that emphasized their opposition to the extension of slavery to the western territories. However, they did not call for the outright abolition of slavery within the entire nation.
Jul 18, 2016 · As Republicans finalize their 2016 platform, ook back at the party's first-ever platform, issued in 1856.
In 1860, the Republicans drafted a party platform dominated by the slavery issue and, after several ballots, nominated Abraham Lincoln for president and Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for vice president.
May 2, 2013 · Organized around the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the Republican Party was born out of this meeting. It would adopt a platform two years later that called for repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act and restoration of the Missouri Compromise.
Republican Party Platform of 1856. May 17, 1860. Republican Party Platform of 1860. June 07, 1864. Republican Party Platform of 1864. May 20, 1868.
The new Republican Party, accused of being a sectional rather than national organization by the Democrats, held its convention in Philadelphia. The party's emphasis on the containment of slavery, as well as the composition of its membership, did give some validity to the charge.
