History of the Republican Party, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from History of the Republican Party, Vol. 1 The Wilmot Proviso - The Mexican War and the Democracy - Attitude of Political Parties in 1848 - Free Soil Revolt of the Barnburners - Compromise Measures if 1850 - President Pierce and the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 - The Kanas Nebraska Bill - Complete Triumph of Slavery - Despair of the North - Eil Thayer - Organization for the Kansas Conflict - Governor Reeder and the Border Ruffians. The first foundation stone of the Republican party was a hurried amendment, offered in the 29th Congress, that became famous as the Wilmot Proviso. The declaration that a state of war existed between the United States and Mexico was approved May 13, 1846, and on the fifth of August, President Polk sent a special message to Congress, in which he suggested that "the chief obstacle in securing peace was the adjustment of a boundary line that would prove satisfactory and convenient to both Republics." In this message he asked that a sum of money should be placed at his disposal, to be used at his discretion, in the adjustment of the terms of peace. As a precedent, the President cited the example of Mr. Jefferson, who, in 1803, asked and received a special appropriation from Congress for the acquisition of Louisiana. After the message was read, Mr. McKay, of North Carolina, Chairman of the Ways and Means, introduced a bill into the House directing that two millions of dollars be appropriated, to be "applied under the direction of the President to any extraordinary expenses which may be incurred in our foreign intercourse." The bill followed the simple phraseology of the Jefferson act of 1803, word for word. An animated debate followed, in which Robert C. Winthrop said he "could not and would not vote for this bill as it now stood ... It was a vote of unlimited confidence in an administration in which, he was sorry to say, there was very little confidence to be placed." As Mr. Winthrop had voted three months before that war existed by the act of Mexico, Mr. Adams declared that he now differed from his colleague with a regret equal to that with which he had differed from him on the bill by which war was declared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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