Birth of the republican party?

Answer 1

The Republican Party name was christened in an editorial written by New York newspaper magnate Horace Greeley.
Following the publication of the "Appeal of Independent Democrats" in major newspapers, spontaneous demonstrations occurred. In early 1854, the first proto-Republican Party meeting took place in Ripon, Wisconsin. On June 6, 1856 in Jackson, Michigan upwards of 10,000 people turned out for a mass meeting. This led to the first organizing convention in Pittsburgh on February 22, 1856.
On the floor of the Senate Democratic representatives Preston Brooks and Lawrence Keitt (South Carolina) brutally attacked Charles Sumner with a cane after Sumner gave a passionate anti-slavery speech. On the same day as the attack came the news of the armed attack in Lawrence, Kansas.

Horace Greeley was quick to decry both events as plots of the pro-slavery South. "Failing to silence the North by threats. . .the South now resorts to actual violence." The first rumblings of the Civil War had begun.

Answer 2

The original Republican Party was formed with the primary platform of the abolition of slavery and involutary servitude. It was made up of mainly Democrats, Whigs, and other small parties, with the people that were against slavery in their political parties. Abraham Lincoln was nominated for President, because officially, he wanted to stop the spread of slavery to the Weastern states. This was a compromise that the first Republican Party came up with as a platform. However, it did not solve the problem. Most of the Southern States left the Union any way, They got their butts whuped by a drunken General. Now they are a part of the USA.

Answer 3

john fremont was sooo close to becoming president that the 1860 republican primary winner was a lock for the presidency.

Answer 4

To the best of my knowledge, it came about to free the slaves.