Excerpt from Origin and Early Progress of the Republican Party in the United States: Together With the History of Its Formation in Massachusetts: Memorial Addresses, Recurrence of Its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary, Celebrated at Mechanics' Hall, Worcester, Sept, 15, 1879You are invited to assemble in mass meeting at Mechanics Hall in Worcester on the evening of Monday, September 15, to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the birth of the Republican party, the party which in twenty-five years has abolished slavery, has subdued a gigantic rebellion has added to our national family six young States, has enforced apology and reparation from Great Britain, has compelled foreign governments to abandon the doctrine Of perpetual allegiance has preserved the public faith inviolate has paid seven hundred millions Of public debt, has made the national currency equal in value to gold the world over, has re-established and assured the prosperity of labor, commerce, agriculture and manufacture, and has exhibited for a genera tion in our own State, a model Of wise, honest, humane and economical government.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.