, 1870-04-01
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO,

eAAAAEn 36AEs AtV.
On the sth day Of February, 1864, pub
l'c neeflng Eas held In South Market hall,
III the c'ty OF Chicago, at winch was Com
rneueed that political organization that, Tor
nearly sixteen years, has been known as the
hepaehean party Of tae on'fea States anu
whose success and cro"nlng glory IS now
ihetacaely recorded In the hataonM oonsa-
tution, under the thirteenth, fourteenth
and ftseenth Announcements.
N November, 1867 tno wing parry 4aaa
down lta power and organization, and the
Democratic party obtained dominion in
every state, except Vermont, Massaehu-
seffs, henfocky, and Tennessee In Jann-
ary, 1854, Under the lead Of Senator Doug
las, it wnatonly assailed tho conscience OF
the people by the proposed repeal Of the
Missouri Compromise, and this Outraged
public sentiment found formal expression
and effective organization for the first time,
80 far as VIC are advised, in the
meeting in Chicago, in February, 1854.
That meeting Was ca1]ed BY the citizens,
without distinction of party. Tho cali wss
signed t,y several hundred names. about
two-shirds Of whom had been Democrats.
Among the latter We find e1-Mayor Curtiss,
e1-hIsyor Gray, e1-A1ayor F. c. Sherman,
In. Arnold, Judces Dickey and Skinner,
r.B.D Dwger, Eihu Granger. F, A. Hoffman,
S, s. HaTea Elliott Anthony, Fred. Lotz,
Peter Page, L. D. Hoard, and Daniel Nell
ror. These veteran Democrats met in
cornell with a large number Of Whiss, and
with Philo Carpenter, A. G. Throop, and
E G. Larned, and -Abolitionistsand
Free Soilers-to resist, by public organiza-
ton, tho pro -s1avesy scheme Of the Demo
cratic party, Ex-alayor Cnrtiss preslded,
and the Committee on Resolutions con-
sisted OF two e1- " higs and four Democrats
The latter were H. T. DickeF, George
hlanie1re, L. D. Hoard, and Thomas Lon
ergnn. This meeting took the initial steps
which preceded the organization Of the
great Republican party of the United States.
States An active promoter OF tha.
meeting was George Schneider, Esq,
editor and proprietor of the Chicago
State Z<itung, the principal organ Of
the Democratic Germans of the Northwest.
This meeting resulted in the change of that
paper from Democratic To an opposition,
and, subsequently, to Republican organ,
and with it came The great mass Of the Ger
man population, truc to their natiye in
stincts Of freedom, who Ind been pseyi-
ous1v member. of the Democratio party.
Some Of these Democrats afterwards back
sided and returned to their old pa.ty, bat
the r7eat majority of them inc1ud;np the
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