Published in part as a propaganda tool for the 1888 US presidential elections, this book also serves as a concise and substantial early history of the Republican Party, its accomplishments during its terms in office, its economic principles, its failures and successes, and the State of the Union in 1888. This work is not a cheap scan or the result of copying and pasting; It contains no missing pages, areas of blurred or missing text, photocopier's fingers, coffee stains, or other scanning artifacts. It has all of the original text, retyped and reformatted in an easy to read format.