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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.200 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1856 |
| Title | Read and reflect! |
| Date | 1856 |
| Document Type | Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Pro-Democrat pamphlet attacking John Fremont. Lists fifteen charges against the Republican party led by Fremont. "Let every lover of his country remember that during the present Congress...the Republican (Fremont) party have voted to violate the most solemn treaties of the United States..." Includes official records to support the charges, namely a report on the territory of Kansas by Stephen Douglas. No date listed, but dated as 1856 from David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC. |
| Subjects | Democratic Party Republican Party President Election Politics Government and Civics Congress Treaty Bleeding Kansas Abolition Slavery African American History Westward Expansion |
| People | Frémont, John Charles (1813-1890) Douglas, Stephen Arnold (1813-1861) |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The Presidency; Slavery & Abolition; African Americans; Westward Expansion |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Fremont was the first candidate of the Republican Party for the office of President of the United States, and the first Presidential candidate of a major party to run on a platform in opposition to slavery, despite being a native of Georgia. He championed the expansionist movement, a political cause that became known as "Manifest Destiny." |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |