The Existing Conflict Between Republican Government and Southern Oligarchy - Primary Source Edition
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History of Illinois Republicanism, Embracing a History of the Republican Party in the State to the Present Time: Together With Its Noted Achievements, ... Men of Commanding Ability (Classic Reprint)
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It is undoubtedly true that the safety, progress, prosperity and happiness of a free people depends upon their political wisdom.
Divided in opinion, as the people will be, upon grave matters in govern ment both of principle and policy, it is essential to the well - being of the whole, that the majority of electors shall embrace and tenaciously adhere to that set of political opinions which are founded upon justice and equality, and which aim to secure the complete development of the resources of the country and full scope for the intelligence, industry and genius of the people.
The marvelous growth of the United States since 1860 in population, wealth and power, has challenged the admiration of the world. This stupendous development was not accidental. This grand march of civilization which has placed the United States in the leadership of Nations was led by the Republican Party.
The United States has practically become a new nation since the election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860. It is the only Republic the world has ever seen with personal, political and religious freedom, protected under laws made and enforced by officers selected by the people.
Our Government has attained to this high distinction under laws enacted by the Republican Party.
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History Of Illinois Republicanism: Embracing A History Of The Republican Party In The State To The Present Time (1900)
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It is undoubtedly true that the safety, progress, prosperity and happiness of a free people depends upon their political wisdom.
Divided in opinion, as the people will be, upon grave matters in govern ment both of principle and policy, it is essential to the well - being of the whole, that the majority of electors shall embrace and tenaciously adhere to that set of political opinions which are founded upon justice and equality, and which aim to secure the complete development of the resources of the country and full scope for the intelligence, industry and genius of the people.
The marvelous growth of the United States since 1860 in population, wealth and power, has challenged the admiration of the world. This stupendous development was not accidental. This grand march of civilization which has placed the United States in the leadership of Nations was led by the Republican Party.
The United States has practically become a new nation since the election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860. It is the only Republic the world has ever seen with personal, political and religious freedom, protected under laws made and enforced by officers selected by the people.
Our Government has attained to this high distinction under laws enacted by the Republican Party.
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History Of Illinois Republicanism: Embracing A History Of The Republican Party In The State To The Present Time ... With Biographies Of Its Founders ... Of Important Political Events Since 1774
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Green Berry Raum was a lawyer, author, soldier and politician.
Background
Green Berry Raum was born on December 3, 1829 at Golconda, Illinois, the son of John and Juliet Cogswell (Field) Raum, and a descendant of Konradt Rahm, an Alsatian who emigrated to Pennsylvania in 1742. John Raum, who had served as an officer in the War of 1812, went to Illinois in 1823, was a brigade major in the Black Hawk War, member of the state Senate, and a clerk of the county and circuit courts.
Education
As a boy, Green Berry Raum studied in the public schools and with a tutor.
Career
He worked on a farm and in a store, and made three trips to New Orleans on a flatboat.
In 1853 he was admitted to the bar. He went to Kansas in 1856, but returned in two years to settle in Harrisburg. In 1860 he was alternate delegate to the National Democratic Convention which nominated Douglas and like his leader he supported the administration on the outbreak of war.
He was commissioned a major of the 56th Infantry, Illinois Volunteers, which he had helped organize, on September 28, 1861. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel on June 26, 1862, colonel on August 31, 1862, and brigadier-general of volunteers on Feburary 24, 1865. He participated in the siege of Corinth, the attack on Vicksburg, and the attack on Missionary Ridge, where he was seriously wounded in the thigh.
Returning to the service on Feburary 15, 1864, he took part in the Atlanta campaign, and was responsible for forestalling an attack by General Hood upon Resaca. The 56th Infantry proceeded on Sherman's march to the sea and the capture of Savannah, Georgia.
Raum resigned from the service on May 6, 1865. After the war he practised law in Harrisburg, Illinois.
In 1866 he aided in securing the charter for the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad, and served as its first president. In 1867, now an ardent Republican, he was elected to the Fortieth Congress where he spoke chiefly on railroad measures and others concerning the commercial development of southern Illinois. He opposed Johnson's reconstruction program and voted for all the articles of impeachment. He was defeated for Congress in the next election, but remained active in the party.
From 1876 to 1883 he was commissioner of internal revenue and did much to suppress illicit distilling and violence to revenue agents, partly by aiding in the establishment of legalized distilleries. From 1883 to 1889 he practised law in Washington, D. C. , and was engaged in various business enterprises.
In 1889 he became commissioner of pensions. His efficiency was attested by the secretary of the interior, but Raum himself, his son, Green Jr. , chief clerk of a newly created division of appointments and the operations of the bureau, were investigated by two committees from the House of Representatives. The first committee, by a vote of three to two, exonerated Raum of the charge of using his office to further business interests; the second, by a vote of three to two, upheld similar charges, the minority laying the vote to the impending political campaign. After his retirement from office in 1893 he moved to Chicago, where he began to practise law. He wrote the following books, The Existing Conflict between Republican Government and Southern Oligarchy (1884), and the History of Illinois Republicanism (1900).
Raum died in Chicago and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.