Conspectus of the History of Political Parties and the Federal Government/1839 Abolition Party Resolution

Conspectus of the History of Political Parties and the Federal Government
by Walter Raleigh Houghton

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Abolition Resolution, Warsaw, N. Y., November 13.

Resolved, That, in our judgment, every consideration of duty and expediency which ought to control the action of Christian freemen, requires of the Abolitionists of the United States to organize a distinct and independent political party, embracing all the necessary means for nominating candidates for office and sustaining them by public suffrage.