Wednesday, March 16, 2005

This Day in Republican History 03/16/05

March 16, 1868 Death of U.S. Senator David Wilmot (R-PA), anti-slavery champion and author of first Republican Party platform. Among other things, the platform: "Denounces the opening of the African slave-trade, and urges Congress to take prompt and efficient measures for the total and final suppression of that infamous traffic.” That was the beginning of the end of the Democrat's slave trade.