May 25, 1860 This account of the platform includes seventeen resolutions adopted. Comment by the editor criticizes the platform because it “takes no issue with the Dred Scott Decision, or…
Category: <span>Republican Party</span>
June 29, 1860 Here is a story of Cassius Clay, winning “another victory for free speech, at Richmond, Ky”. The story indicates that he had publicly announced his intention to…
July 20, 1860 Here are some of Garrison’s words: “Now, in regard to the Republican party. Our friend (Senator Wilson) truly said, it is not an anti-slavery party. If it…