Which policies of the first Republicans would be acceptable to today's Republicans?

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 divided the country between the pro-slavery, agrarian South and anti-slavery, industrial North.  In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act stated settlers would decide if their new state would be free or slave. Northern leaders such as Horace Greeley, Salmon Chase and Charles Sumner did not want to watch a flood of pro-slavery settlers claim new territories.  From this primary issue, a new political party arose ... the Republican Party.

The Republican dislike of slavery came from the belief in a country wherein every man was free to make himself a good life by his own efforts. 

The Republicans were the party of free working white men; they opposed the spread of slavery because they feared competition from unpaid labor in the new Western lands. They were no particular friends of the blacks, slave or free. They were purely a sectional party -- the Northeast for the most part.

Issues put forward by the Republicans included:

• Repeal of the Kansas-Nebraska Act — the Republican opposition to the extension of slavery was based more on economic concerns than moral ones
• Support of the central route for the construction of the transcontinental railroad
• Support of a Homestead Acts, which would ease the process for settlers to own western lands
• Support of high protective tariffs and liberal immigration laws — both were attractive to Northern manufacturers.
• Supported, in its early years, liberal capitalism as opposed to monopoly capitalism.

liberal capitalism - the greatest possible number of economic decisions are made by individuals and not by collective institutions or organizations
monopoly capitalism - a capitalist system typified by trade monopolies in the hands of a few people.

Sources:
ushistory.org
historytoday.com 
u-s-history.com

The early Republicans ...
Help settlers own the western lands
High tariffs to protect U.S. manuafacturers & worker's jobs
Liberal immigration laws to provide labor to Northern manufacturers
Capitalism with economic decisions made by individuals and not by collective institutions or organizations
No particular friends of blacks

Today's Republicans ...
Let business drill, mine, harvest the western lands at low cost
High tariffs to protect U.S. manuafacturers
Tight immigration laws to reduce potential liberal voters
Capitalism with decisions made by a plutocracy
No particular friends of blacks, Latinos, Muslims, Mideastern peoples, refugees, poor, homeless, mentally ill

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What have liberals ever done for the U.S.?

The GI Bill
Endangered Species Act
Environmental Laws
The Space Program
The Peace Corps
Americorps
The Civil Rights Movement
Earned Income Tax Credit
Family & Medical Leave Act
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Americans With Disabilities Act
Freedom of Information Act
Women's right to control their reproductive future
Allowing citizens to view their own credit records
The Internet
Balancing the federal budget
The Brady Bill (5-day wait on handgun purchases for background checks)
Lobbying Disclosure Act
"Motor-Voter" Act
The Voting Rights Act
Unemployment Insurance
Medicare/Medicaid
Food Stamps/WIC
Social Security
Peace between Israel and Egypt
Peace between Israel and Jordan
The Department of Education
The Department of Energy
The Department of Transportation
The Department of Housing and Urban Development
Labor Laws
The Marshall Plan
Winning World War II
Food Safety Laws
Workplace Safety Laws
The Tennessee Valley Project
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The Securities and Exchange Commission
Women's Right to Vote
Universal Public Education
National Weather Service
Product Labeling Laws
Truth in Advertising Laws
Morrill Land Grant Act
Rural Electrification
Public Universities
Bank Deposit Insurance (FDIC)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Public Broadcasting
Supporting the establishment of Israel
The United Nations
NATO

Where does it say in the U.S. Constitution ...

Article VI, paragraph 3, ... no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.

Whether you are religious or not, it matters not under the Constitution. Religion thereby is separated from the state.

What are the odds?

“3,400: Americans who died by Terrorism since 2001. 3,400: Americans who died by household firearms since five weeks ago.” -- Salon.com

So ... what is mostly likely to happen to you or someone you know? The math is not that hard.