2 verb A word or group of words that modifies another word describes or classifies something, or restricts the meaning of the word. It is a rule of English that adjectives generally precede the noun they modify: we say `a good cry', not `a cry good'.
The Republican Party was formed by Free Soilers who did not want slavery to spread into the western territories. They were not friendly toward blacks, they just did not want to compete for jobs or lower the wages available.
, Northerner from Wash. The stance of the Republican Party and Lincoln in particular was this: Not to abolish slavery in the states where it already was, but to be against the admission of new states (such as Kansas, Nebraska, and California) as slave states.