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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, 1879
You 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.