...the Republican Party and play into the hands of the Democrats. In July, he told Schuyler Colfax that "the point of danger is the temptation in different localities to 'platform' there for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless, will be a firebrand...

...Science, Drake University, Des Moines. I was anxious to speak with you on politics a little more fully than I can well do in a letter. My main object in...in different localities to "platform" for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless, will be a firebrand elsewhere, especially...

...to make your personal acquaintance, I was anxious to speak with you on politics, a little more fully than I can well do in a letter. My main object in...to hedge against divisions in the Republican ranks general!}', and particularly for the contest of i860. The point of danger is the temptation in different...