I’ll have to get back to you later on this....... best wishes to you and the rest of the participants on this thread for a while until I can return.....
http://www.ushistory.org/gop/convention_1856republicanplatform.htm
Republican Platform of 1856
Original Republicans never trusted Mormons.
“Resolved: That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign powers over the Territories of the United States for their government; and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism — Polygamy, and Slavery.”