The platform is not abolitionist but firmly anti-slavery expansion.
Balances states’ rights with strong national projects (railroad, tariffs, land distribution).
Appeals to a wide coalition: free soil settlers, industrial workers, farmers, and immigrants.
The West is central: as the future of freedom, industry, and settlement.
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Shows Republicans using corruption as a political weapon.
contemplated treason
Positions Republicans as pro-Union and anti-secession.
propriety and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the Republican party
Strong defense of the party’s legitimacy.
That all men are created equal
preservation of union and constitution