The 1860 National Republican Platform

CPRR.org ^ | May 17, 1860 | National Republican Convention

[Soul Seeker]

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[EternalVigilance]

[SJackson]

17 points on one page....The 2004 Republican Party Platform was 85 pages,have we lost our way?

Probably not. A few years ago my son gave me a post convention Republican "leaflet" from the 1860 election. Not handy right now but hard bound, I'm guessing 6x8 or so, medium print, probably 150 to 200 pages.

And could they ever talk, till the Gettysburg Address. You tube could never handle the bandwidth.

[mdittmar]

Those most likely, were the debates my FRiend,comes a time when debates are over.

[SJackson]

Now I'll have to find it, which may take a few hours or a few days but I'll ping you if you're interested. Couple years since I read it, but not the debates, essentially a very long position paper as I recall.

That said, I regretted not being more explicit in my prior post as to the benefits of brevity. Gettysburg exists to this day, the Tribune, and elsewhere, editorials ripping Lincoln for the disrespect inherent in his brevity are long gone.

I was a great fan of the Contract for America. The Dems appreciated too, because for a decade they substituted "on", acknowledgement of it's importance.

We need a Republican candidate who can communicate succinctly.

[longtermmemmory]

Rush should post this.

It would freak out the democrats. (just the fact they supported slavery and all that)

[mdittmar]

We need a Republican candidate who can communicate succinctly.

[Constantine XIII]

I’d vote for em.

[joesbucks]

Sadly, I hear nothing but crickets chirping in response to your question.

[TexConfederate1861]

Ditto.

That platform DID break up the Union.

[TexConfederate1861]

The Southern View is really quite simple:

“Mind your Business, and we will mind OURS!”

Whether the issue was slavery, tariffs, or whatever.

[TexConfederate1861]

The Democrats of today, are not the Democrats of 1860.
Far from it.

[Nuc1]

...have we lost our way?

Rhetorical question?

[Eastbound]

" . . . and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any state or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes."

Were they talking about the alphabet soup agencies?

[Nuc1]

Not so much crickets chirping. IMHO we will coalesce around the candidate in the end. With a few exceptions everyone on FR already knows it.

[antisocial]

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[SJackson]

You were right about speaches, it was a bio, but produced by the campaign. An 1860 Life of Abraham Lincoln published by the campaign, in a sense prepratory to the Life of Abraham Lincoln: 1865 Edition

And it's on the internet in it's entirety. Who needs books at all?

[SoConPubbie]

As long as it includes pro-life, anti-gay agenda, pro-gun, reducing taxes, states-rights, reducing the size of government, anti-illegal Alien, anti-socialized health care, and free and FAIR trade statements, I can agree with it and that is only 9 issue position statements.

Otherwise, the Republican Party can take a hike!

[SoConPubbie]

"Not so much crickets chirping. IMHO we will coalesce around the candidate in the end. With a few exceptions everyone on FR already knows it."

Not likely if the candidate is Rudy!

[LexBaird]

The Southern View is really quite simple: “Mind your Business, and we will mind OURS!” Whether the issue was slavery, tariffs, or whatever.

Here is the 1860 Douglas Dem platform. Here is the Breckinridge faction version. Here is the 1856 "Cincinnati" platform of the Dem party, which they reference. It's pretty plain what was the most important issue to Democrats. in 1860, and it wasn't MYOB. It was the expansion of slavery into the Territories. The Breckenridge platform has three points, all of which are about that.