The indicator., 1904-07-02

Gl WI nj cur at Jnckson.
Hl4J jEl Mich. July q.
Hf4~OkD The selection
@> Of Jackson II
..,u.rly appropriate since It was
~ state convention held there,
s,,d., the Oaks" July Q. 1854. that
name Republican IL believed to have
..o arst officially used to designnte
4. marty which was to exercise such
sominating influence upon the nf-
~ Of the country for the ensuing
m century. The Republican party
N not spring full panoplied into the
r,os Of national politics as the result
.rfully laid plans for the exalta-
Nm Of any Individual or set of indi-
,Nuals. 1t came Into being In re-
,.o,e to the long growing impression
s,t the old parties were unable to
III with the momentous questions
.hcb most OF the progressively
Tsoushtful public men realized were
,.mortog for Immediate settlement.
The name Republican had been de-
.6.d upon at meeting of some thirty
nsube. Of the national house of rep
,,,eutatives on May n. 1854. the day
,tm the passage of the Kansas-Ne-
r,ska bill, and the chairman Of that
pe.ttng, Israel washburn Of Maine.
Immediately began to use II MS party
nme A contemporaneous movement
v,s that at Ripon. Wis. where had
heen effected early In April local
s.anlIation, the outcome Of a mass
netting OF Wings, Free-soilers and
Democrats. This organization suggest
4 Republican" as good party name.
nd in July 1t was formally adopted at
~ Wisconsin state convention Of the
bw party.
Aiehigan's Claim.
During the months of July and Au.
mt 1854. the name was also adopted
b the state conventions OF Maine.
DIDO, indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and
pme Of these states, as well a. Wis
eosin, dispute with Michigan the hon.
z Of being the party's birthplace. Polit-
hal authorities, however, generally rec
snise the validity Of Michigan's claim.
he slavery question was the father
~ state rights the mother Of the Re-
Hsaean party. The latter question had
lssa sgitated from the foundation Of
~ republic. always finding Its most ear
~ advocates In the Dsnscratic ranks.
The slavery question had been as
sming commanding position a. 20
nteal problem since tho acquisition Of
D Lounnna terIssoey. To slavs
lhts demanded the right to eoloniss
~ territory with their institutions %
veil as with their people. Then came
n annexation Of Texas, an indepsnd-
ut republic in which slavery existed,
nd the consequent war with Mexico,
b result Of which was q great In
esass in the AREA Of the Untted States.
The Wiimot Pyopilo.
The antislavery Representatives In
cosress fought bitterly the encroach-
eent Of the slave power upon this vast
sritory. The famous Wilmot proviso,
: resolution introduced by David WI.
e@ OF Pennsylvania, declaring that no
tats should b. admitted from ths ~.
estory acquired from Mexico unjssA
thsaey within IL beedsrs sAeuA e<
lsohiblted, passed the houss ssvssai
tnss, but always failed In The senate.
u 1850 Missouri applied Tor admis-
eoo Is a slave state. This added fuel
= the flames, and the climax Of The
struggle between the slave power and
% enemies seemed to have bsen reach
~ The storm, however, was tsmpo-
nrily averted By the Missouri CON-
Promise. This act Of eonsrsss pro
aibited forever slavery In that portion
q the territory ceded BY France, which
~ north Of Mason and Dixon's line
ALTITUDE 80 degrees % minutss-sxsspt
IN the state Of Missouri.
"Biseding Kansss."
70 1854 the Democratic majority In
nnsress Itself struck the sudden blew
which crystaIlissd it, opposing ~
eents into a single party. TAs KaA-
esNebraska bill, passed against ths
ye0sment opposition Of ths porth3a
'smbers and even of some Of tAsss
sem the south. declared null and void
1s compromise Of 1oo0 and providsd
.s the organisatios u the tsrritsesss
! Kansas and Nsbeaska, lsaving 10
= Inhabitants OF each tsrritoey the
sot to determine whether Or not It
seuh lesaliss slavery. Ths north
nj caravans Of settlers into "Bjssd-
e Kansas" hoping thus 10 create N
majority thsrs, willis tAs
osiavery forces poured over the Linz
som Missouri. Armed clashss were
asquent and bloody. Each slsmsnt
.0.med territorial sovssamsat 81
.aopted contributes. 'Ths ant1slav.
81 men made Topeka thsir capital,
1nle the proslavsry msn had thslr
.saaquartsfs in Lscompton, whs1cs
ar famous eenseftuasea lsgivea ID
..me. The Dsmocratic administration
y Warrington in svsey instance up-
'sn the Lscompten fact3ea, svsn ~
aovlng governors who wses inin3eal
. me slave interest2
ne sunn9 q 1soA was Al sra o.
oehtion- Tbs Kansas -Nsbraska bill
"a practically htllsd the Whig party,
= majority Of which in the south
.sat over to the Democrats and in the
~ 70 the Asw -RspaAliean -paxty.
.oe Free-soilsss Joined The new party
'noR oodify. OF ~ Ffvesoflsfs
4 s'lnent N Ne eoeaeelua w9s Jshs
: e,sis Of New HaapsAirs. salnon
l: oaass. Charles Summer, Charles
,ancis Ahxna, DAVID wsimot ard
,eetos King. Bfs0 ehs fSins u ne
.ais parry cane nen 'iiks Abraham
,aoo'n, WAtiam n. 0swad, Horace
sesey' samuel nj rsoesn0ssk Tlad-
- stsveaA. John 1hsrman, Thomas
erwin q 0eae, rWnalaan Ilsw1s Day
Il u NV 54Sgy. 5ass1 0Ui'amsr of
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