Birthplace of the Republican Party

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Birthplace of the Republican Party, Ripon, Wisconsin URSUANT to a call published in the Ripon Herald, a meeting was held by men of all parties at the Congregational Church, Feb. 29th, 1854, to discuss the "Nebraska Swindle." and vigorous resolutions were passed against the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill by Congress, and for a new party to be organized, "such an one as the country has not hitherto seen, composed of Whigs, Democrats and Free Soilers," to accomplish its repeal if passed. Three days previous the moving spirit, Alvan E. Bovay, wrote to Horace Greely, of the New York Tribune, sug- gésting a new party under the name "Republican." It becoming evident that the bill would pass, a second meeting was held at the school-house- shown in the above picture-where steps were taken, cutting loose from the established parties; but, acting under the advice of Bovay, no name was adopted, it being thought that while the name Republican seemed most suitab'e, a formal christening should not be by so small a body of men. See Wilson's History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, and Flower's History of the Republican Party for full recogni- tion of the claims of Ripon, Wisconsin, as the birth-place of the party. Stop at the Hotel Englebright When in Ripon Mrs S.E, S. Sall Wall Flat March 4/07

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PONIWIS Post Card MAR 6 4 PM 1907 Mrs A.C, Smain, # 180 Barrow street. ww BHANERIEN 1902 UNITED STATES OF peroy Citz NJ 1706 FRANKLIN 1290 ONE CENT