The+Republican+Party

=What is a Republic?= =Republic is the form of government structure that America's founding fathers set us up with initially. Over the years our Republic has been butchered and perverted until we now suffer under a totalitarian democracy. Americans understand that the Democrats have turned the Republicans upside down, and we will continue to suffer under the democracy. In a Republic, you have natural, God-given rights.= ="The Republican is the only form of government which is not eternally at open or secret war with the rights of mankind."-Thomas Jefferson. Republicans protect the rights and property of the sovereign people.=

The Republican Party was born in the early 1950's by anti-slavery activists and individuals who believed that government should grant western lands to settlers free of charge. The first informal meeting of the party took place in Ripon, Winsconsin, a small town northwest of Milwaukee. The first official Republican meeting took place on July 6, 1854 in Jackson, Mississippi. The name "Republican" was chosen because it alluded to equality and reminded individuals of Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party. In 1856, the Republicans became a national party when John C. Freemont was nominated for president under the slogan: "Free soil, free labor, free speech, free men, Freemont." Abraham Lincoln became the first Republican to win the White House. The Republicans worked to pass the 13th Amendment which outlawed slavery, the 14th, which guaranteed equal protection under the laws, and the 15th, which helped secure voting rights for African-Americans. The Republican Party also played a leading role in securing women the right to vote. In 1896, the Republicans were the first major party to favor women's suffrage. When the 19th Amendment finally was added to the Constitution, 26 of 36 states legislatures that had voted to ratify it were under Republican control. The first woman elected to congress was a Republican, Jeanette Rankin from Montana in 1917. ([|www.lipolitics.com])