The Origins of the Republican Party

The Origins of the Republican Party

Attempting times produce new constrains. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 partitioned the nation at the 36° 30' parallel between the professional subjection, agrarian South and slavery resisting, modern North, making an uneasy peace which went on for three decades. This peace was broken in 1854 by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Pilgrims would choose if their state would be free or slave. Northern pioneers, for example, Horace Greeley, Salmon Chase and Charles Sumner couldn't kick back and watch the surge of star servitude pilgrims cross the parallel. Another gathering was required. 

Salmon Chasewhere was the gathering conceived? Emulating the distribution of the "Bid of Independent Democrats" in significant daily papers, spontaneous exhibitions happened. In right on time 1854, the first proto-Republican Party meeting occurred in Ripon, Wisconsin. On June 6, 1854 on the edge of Jackson, Michigan upwards of 10,000 individuals turned out for a mass gathering "Under the Oaks." This prompted the first sorting out meeting in Pittsburgh on February 22, 1856. 

The hammer tumbled to open the Party's first selecting gathering, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 17, 1856, advertising the conception of the Republican Party as a bound together political power. 

Horace Greeleythe Republican Party name was dedicated in an article composed by New York daily paper head honcho Horace Greeley. Greeley printed in June 1854: "We ought not give a second thought much whether those therefore united (against subjection) were assigned "Whig," 'Free Democrat' or something else; however we think some straightforward name like "Republican" would all the more fitly assign the individuals who had united to restore the Union to its actual mission of champion and promulgator of Liberty as opposed to proselytizer of servitude." 

The decisions of 1854 saw the Republicans take Michigan and make propels in numerous states, however this decision was ruled by the rise of the fleeting American (or 'Fool') Party. By 1855, the Republican Party controlled a greater part in the House of Representatives. The new Party chose to hold a sorting out assembly in Pittsburgh in ahead of schedule 1856, paving the way to the Philadelphia gathering. 

As the assembly approached, things reached a critical stage — and to blows. On the floor of the Senate Democratic delegates Preston Brooks and Lawrence Keitt (South Carolina) severely assaulted Charles Sumner with a stick after Sumner gave an energetic slavery resisting discourse which Brooks took offense (he was identified with the fundamental opponent of Sumner's discourse, South Carolina Senator Andrew Butler). Both agents surrendered from Congress with serious irateness over their ouster, however were come back to Congress by South Carolina voters in the one year from now. Sumner was not fit to come back to the Congressional lobbies for four years after the assault. Streams was heard gloating "Next time I will need to kill him," as he cleared out the Senate floor after the assault. 

On that day as the assault came the news of the equipped assault in Lawrence, Kansas. As an immediate outgrowth of the "pioneer power" of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, a furnished band of men from Missouri and Nebraska sacked the town of Lawrence and captured the pioneers of the free state. The opposition to abolitionists had made it clear that "pilgrim sway" implied ace servitude. Named just as "rascals" by Southern legislators, Horace Greeley was snappy to denounce both occasions as plots of the expert subjection South. "Neglecting to hush the North by dangers. . .the South now depends on real viciousness." 

Grand Old Party (GOP)

Grand Old Party (also called the GOP or “Republican Party”) is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery activists in 1854, it dominated politics nationally for most of the period from 1860 to 1932. There have been 18 Republican presidents, the first being Abraham Lincoln, serving from 1861-1865, and the most recent being George W. Bush, serving from 2001-2009.Currently the party's platform is generally based upon American conservatism, in contrast to the Democratic Party, who endorse more liberal policies. 

American conservatism of the Republican Party is not wholly based upon rejection of the political ideology of liberalism, as many principles of American conservatism are based upon classical liberalism. Rather, the Republican Party's conservatism is largely based upon its support of classical principles against the modern liberalism of the Democratic Party that is considered American liberalism in contemporary American political discourse. In the 113th Congress, elected in 2012, the Republican Party holds a majority of seats in the House of Representatives and a minority of seats in the Senate. The party currently holds the majority of governorships as well as the majority of state legislatures.

Knucklebones

Knucklebones or Jacks, is a game of very ancient origin, played with usually five small objects, originally the "knucklebones" (actually the astragalus: a bone in the ankle, or hock) of a sheep, which are thrown up and caught in various ways. Modern knucklebones consist of six points, or knobs, proceeding from a common base, and are usually made of metal or plastic. The winner is the first player to successfully complete a prescribed series of throws, which, while of the same general character, differ widely in detail. The simplest consists in tossing up one stone, the jack, and picking up one or more from the table while it is in the air; and so on until all five stones have been picked up. Another consists in tossing up first one stone, then two, then three and so on, and catching them on the back of the hand. Different throws have received distinctive names, such as riding the elephant, peas in the pod, and horses in the stable.

As with many children's playground games. The game is known by a wide variety of names including astragaloi, hucklebones, dibs, dibstones, jackstones, chuckstones, five-stones jackrocks, onesies, jax, kugelach, batu seremban, or snobs.

HUD, VA TO PROVIDE PERMANENT HOUSING AND SUPPORT TO 550 OF HOMELESS VETS IN FLORIDA

MIAMI, FL - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric K. Shinseki announced today that HUD will provide $3,760,107 to public housing agencies in Florida to supply permanent housing and case management for 550 homeless veterans. See chart below for list of recipients.

This funding, from HUD's Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (HUD-VASH), is a coordinated effort by HUD, VA, and local housing agencies to provide permanent housing for homeless veterans. Read a complete local breakdown of the rental vouchers announced today.

"Over the past three years, HUD helped thousands of homeless veterans find a permanent place to call home while VA provided medical treatment, case management and other services to address their specific needs," said HUD Secretary Donovan. "We have no greater mission than to prevent and end homelessness, especially for those brave men and women who risked their lives to protect our nation"

"This initiative will strengthen our ongoing efforts to eliminate veteran homelessness by 2015 and improve quality of life for veterans," said VA Secretary Shinseki. "Working with our partners at HUD and in Congress, we continue to make good progress to reduce veteran homelessness though much work remains. VA is committed to providing veterans and their families with access to affordable housing and medical services that will help them get back on their feet."

"These vouchers will provide critical support to thousands of veterans so that they will finally get the services they need and a permanent place to call home", said Ed Jennings, HUD Southeast Regional Administrator. "This is a key step forward towards ending veterans' homelessness."

This funding to local housing agencies is part of the Obama Administration's commitment to end Veteran and long-term chronic homelessness by 2015. Opening Doors: Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness serves as a roadmap for how the federal government will work with
state and local agreements to confront the root causes of homelessness, especially among former servicemen and women.

The grants announced today are part of $50 million appropriated for Fiscal Year 2011 to support the housing needs of 6,900 homeless veterans. VA Medical Centers (VAMC) provide supportive services and case management to eligible homeless veterans. This is the first of two rounds of the 2011 HUD-VASH funding. HUD expects to announce the remaining funding by the end of this summer.

Homeless veterans are referred to the public housing agencies for these vouchers, based upon a variety of factors, most importantly the need for and willingness to participate in case management. The HUD-VASH program includes both the rental assistance the voucher provides and the comprehensive case management that VAMC staff provides.

Veterans participating in the HUD-VASH program rent privately owned housing and generally contribute no more than 30 percent of their income toward rent. VA offers eligible homeless veterans clinical and supportive services through its medical centers across the U.S., Guam and Puerto Rico.

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