The Republican Party: History, Principles, and Policies

427 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; Part I.--Historical: Political Parties: 1789 to 1856; Rise and Progress of the Republican Party, 1856-88. Part II.--Vital Questions: Public Lands; Pensions; Our Fisheries; The American Navy; Our Coast Defenses; The American Merchant Marine; Our Foreign Trade; Internal Revenue; A Protective Tariff; Internal Development; The Civil Service; The New South; A Fair Vote and an Honest Count; The Future Mission of the Party. Part III.--Campaign of 1888: The National Republican Convention; The Republican Platform Adopted at Chicago, June 21st, 1888; Life and Public Services of Gen. Benjamin Harrison; Life and Public Services of Hon. Levi Parsons Morton. List of Illustrations.