The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-06-13
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of the line &c degrees 80 minutes. In ifs final
form the bill declared the Missouri Compromise
imperative and void" because it was "inconsst-
eht with the principle of nonintervention by con-
gress with slavery in the states and territories as
recognized by the legislation of 1850"
When the Kansas Nebraska bill was introduced
BoVay wrote to Greeley as follows "Your paper
is now power in the land. Advocate calling to-
gether in every schoolhouse and church in the
free states all the opponents of the Kansas-Ne-
raska bllls no matter what their party affiliations
Urge them to forget previous organizations and to
DC pound together under the name suggested TO
you at Loveioy's hotel IN 1852. mean the name
OF Republican It is the only one which will serve
all purposes, past and future-the only one that
will live and last"
during February of that year Bovay called again
and again to foes of slavery to rally under the
banner of new party. Late in the month he
gathered together in the Congregational church of
klpon group of those who believed as he did
On March ~ mass meeting was called in district
schoolhouse z, small white frame building OF
the hundred or SO voters n Ripon, Bovay was able
10 get flfty-ttree to his meeting. They were
varied iot 50 far as political utilization was con-
cerned--Whigs, Democrats and Free-Soiers IN
them Bovay offered his resolution that q new
party to be called Republican be organized at
once based on the opposition to slavery. AS a
committees appointed by the Free-Sol and Wing
parties were dissolved A committee ON oreaniza
ton was appointed, consisting of three Wings one
ffee-oolier and one Democrat. They were Boyav.
us TREND Jedediah Bowen, Amos Lopez A.
Thomas, and j. Woodruff
considering the slow process which usually rem
resehts the evolution of political party the
growth of the Republican party was swift Under
the leadership of Stephen A. Douglas who was
ambitions tO hn tbn tin
lnee in 1856, the KansasNebraska bill was passed
III May, 1854 Immediately fierce onnosition
named up in the North and during the summer it
icontlnued to burn. 1t is at this point that the
claim of Jackson Mich, to being the Republican
cradle comes to the front On July G. 1854. there
was held in an oak grove on the outskirts of Jack
son statewide representative mass meeting act
lls as state convention, assembled in response
to call signed by several thousand citizens Of
Michigan inviting the cooperation of all who were
opposed to the extension of slavery
The chairman of the committee of resolution
JACOB Nj. Howard, wrote and supported a platform
OF considerable length which was unanimously
adopted. II denounced slavery as "relic of bar
Darlsm, great moral social and political evil'
and declared that it was the purpose of the ia
thers OF tne republic to prevent the spread of
slavery. 1t also asserted that it was now the duty
OF congress to carry out this purpose by restoring
souri, Compromise The delegates also resolved
that postponing and suspending all differences
IN regard to political economy or administrative
policy, we will cooperate and be known as Re
publicanS until after the contest be determined"
They also earnestly recommended that there be
called general convention of the free states and
such of the save-holding states as may desire TO
be represented with view to the adoption of
other more extended and effectnal measures in
resistance to the encrOaphmentc of clavor,, Tho
name Republican was also used later in q Wis
consn convention as well as at state gatherings
In the East, held in New York. Massachusetts. Yer
mont and Maine
The new party gained strength during the next
two years as it drew to its standard various Gle.
ments from other parties. The Wings had suffered
a defeat in 1862 which had demoralized them and
had practically shattered that party Then, also.
there had risen the American party or the All
American party commonly known as the Know
Nothings because of the reply they made when
asked about details of their organization and sun
posedy secret ritual This strange body founded
IN racial and religious prejudces, had succeeded
n electlnS governors in several states and had
sent nearly hundred representatives to the housa
IF representatives
The Know NOthings were condemnation
Some of them favored the extension of slavery
while others opposed. There were also the Free
Sellers committed to the abolition of slavery nv
political means. The Free Soil party had been
onpected With the Liberty party, which had much