REPUBLICAN MEETING IN HARTFORD. A PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD IN HARTFORD, ON THE 11TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1856, IN PURSUANCE OF A CALL FROM MANY CITIZENS, TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE PRESENT EXIGENCIES IN POLITICAL AFFAIRS, AND PRELIMINARY TO THE FORMATION OF A REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, TO "CO-OPERATE WITH THE REPUBLICAN MOVEMENT IN OTHER STATES."
[Hartford: 1856]. 4to, folded. [3], [1 blank] pp. A few fox spots, old tape remnants, Good+.
This scarce item records the beginning of the Republican Party in Connecticut. Its organizers claim that Democrats and Whigs lack acceptable programs to resolve the great questions of the day; indeed, "the Administration in its weakness has fallen under the influence and control of the Nullification party,"
It is necessary to mobilize opposition to the extension of slavery, a "local monopoly interest" which "has perverted the plainest provisions of the Constitution" and sought "to coerce the people into the adoption of dangerous principles." The "disorders, outrages and crimes that have been perpetrated in Kansas" result from the dominance of the Slave Power in the national government.
The Meeting emphasizes the Republican Party's disinclination to interfere with slavery where it exists; but its determination to prevent slavery's spread into any additional territory.
Sabin 70034. OCLC 317733363 [1- Boston Public Library], 36389513 [1- CT Hist. Soc.], 1281796347 [1- DLC] as of October 2022. Item #38876
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