Show The very first national platform of the Republican party 1rumed fouly w four years ago cqntained this plank Resolved That the Constitution confers upon Congroxs sovereign power pvfV the r k Territories for their government and that goerl 1 In tho exercise of this power It Is both I the right and the duly of Congress to I prohibit In the Territories those twin T relics of barbarism polygamy and slavery so cr In those days the Democracy were striving with all their might to extend slavery and then as now the Republicans Repub-licans understood the crowd and were doing what they could to stand ofC the sinister aggregation |