After the collapse of the Whig Party, a new political party the Republicans were formed. It's chief reason to organize itself into a new party was based on the opposition to slavery by its members. And like all political parties, there were differences among its members. Some were radicals regarding slavery, others like Abraham Lincoln were moderates.
GOP, Grand Old Party, is used by the Republican Party.
The Republican political party is the more conservative party of the two US political parties, and they generally stand for more conservative decisions regarding finances, laws and other political issues. They strongly back reduction of Federal programs and increasing privately funded programs, and feel that economic freedom is based on this, among numerous other, principles.
He taught school a couple of years then passed the bar and became a lawyer.He also held the lucrative political appointment of Collector of the Port of New York for 8 years and was vice-president.
Unfortunately, the Libertarian party did not have a clear set of goals for the 2004 election. The main objective was to simply raise party awareness. Many people confuse libertarians with liberals, the green party, or Ralph Nader. For the 2004 election, the Libertarian Party tried to define who they are, what they stand for, and how they differ from other political affiliations. The party however is still not organized enough to really get their message out.
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The Republican party. Before the republican party existed the Whig party, which shortly withered away when slavery was first introduced, it could not stand against the Democratic Party. Thus giving birth to the Republican Party.
The Republican party. Before the republican party existed the Whig party, which shortly withered away when slavery was first introduced, it could not stand against the Democratic Party. Thus giving birth to the Republican Party.
The Republicans. They nominated Lincoln because he was moderate on the slavery question - not an Abolitionist, but unwilling to allow any extension of the Southern slave-empire.
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The Republican Party as a whole, were against slavery. President Lincoln was a Republican. The Republican party was is the party of the republic, (a republic is the form of government the founders and framers designed), which is the United States. The party was created to give American's that believed in the Constitution a party to stand with. The Constitution is against slavery and so is the republic. The republican party was the first to have an African American and former Slave, Fredrick Douglass, as a vice presidential candidate.
His political opinion was that he would only stop slavery from spreading, not abolish it. His personal opinion was that slavery should be abolished and there was nothing worse.