According to this quote, what was the main purpose of the new Republican Party?
to support the new businesses of the Industrial Revolution
to expand the power of America in global affairs
to champion and spread liberty
Quote:
“We think some simple name like 'Republican' would more fitly designate those who had united to restore the Union to its true mission of champion and promulgator of Liberty rather than propagandist of slavery.”
Newspaper publisher Horace Greeley, 1854