Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jam'iyyar Republican ta kaddamar da taron farko na kasa da kasa a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania a ranar 22 ga Fabrairu, 1856. Wannan taron ya zabi Kwamitin Gudanarwa na Kasa kuma ya zartar da shawarwari da ke kira ga soke dokokin da ke ba da damar bautar da bayi a yankuna masu 'yanci da kuma "tsayayya ta hanyar Tsarin Mulki na Bauta a kowane yanki", kare mutanen da ke adawa da bautar a Kansas waɗanda ke fuskantar hare-hare ta jiki, da kuma kira don "tsayayya da kuma juyar da Gwamnatin Kasa ta yanzu" na Franklin Pierce, "kamar yadda aka gano tare da ci gaban ikon Bautar zuwa ga mulkin kasa". Na farko na kasa da ke ba da shawara
an yi shi a watan Yuni 1856 a Philadelphia. John C. Frémont ya yi aiki a matsayin dan takarar Republican na farko a matsayin shugaban kasa a 1856 a bayan taken "Free ƙasa, azurfa kyauta, 'yanci maza, Frémont da nasara!" Kodayake tayin Frémont bai yi nasara ba, jam'iyyar ta nuna tushe mai ƙarfi. Ya mamaye New England, New York da arewacin Midwest kuma yana da karfi a sauran Arewa. Kusan ba shi da goyon baya a Kudu, inda aka yi masa hukunci a shekara ta 1856-1860 a matsayin mai rarraba ra'ayi wanda ya yi barazanar yakin basasa.