Kansas: The Prelude to the War for the UnionHoughton, Mifflin, 1885 - 334 pages |
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... fire in the country , " said Mr. Chase , with a touch of prophecy in his words , " which may consume those who kindled it . " The debate , which began in January and ter- minated on the morning of May 26th with a con- tinuous discussion ...
... fire in the country , " said Mr. Chase , with a touch of prophecy in his words , " which may consume those who kindled it . " The debate , which began in January and ter- minated on the morning of May 26th with a con- tinuous discussion ...
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... fire of straw . The comparatively insignificant anti - slavery vote cast in 1852 swelled , under its powerful stimulus , to a total in 1856 of more than thirteen hundred thousand . From this relative and partial success the mighty ...
... fire of straw . The comparatively insignificant anti - slavery vote cast in 1852 swelled , under its powerful stimulus , to a total in 1856 of more than thirteen hundred thousand . From this relative and partial success the mighty ...
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... of using any of it in manufactories , consequently their houses would be built entirely of mud - brick ( like those of New Spain ) or of the brick manufac- tured with fire . But possibly time may make dis- THE FIELD . 21.
... of using any of it in manufactories , consequently their houses would be built entirely of mud - brick ( like those of New Spain ) or of the brick manufac- tured with fire . But possibly time may make dis- THE FIELD . 21.
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The Prelude to the War for the Union Leverett Wilson Spring. tured with fire . But possibly time may make dis- coveries of coal mines , which would render the country habitable . " With the establishment of American occupancy an era of ...
The Prelude to the War for the Union Leverett Wilson Spring. tured with fire . But possibly time may make dis- coveries of coal mines , which would render the country habitable . " With the establishment of American occupancy an era of ...
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... fire . The opinion universally entertained on the border in 1853 and in the ear- lier months of 1854 , that the safety of slavery in Missouri and its ultimate expansion into Kansas would be assured simply by the repeal of restric- tive ...
... fire . The opinion universally entertained on the border in 1853 and in the ear- lier months of 1854 , that the safety of slavery in Missouri and its ultimate expansion into Kansas would be assured simply by the repeal of restric- tive ...
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Page 222 - The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction ; and the right of> the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same and as inviolable as the right of the owner of any property whatever.
Page 138 - Tis time New hopes should animate the world, new light Should dawn from new revealings to a race Weighed down so long, forgotten so long...
Page 154 - ... about six o'clock next morning, when we prepared to attack them at once, on foot, leaving Frederick and one of Captain Shore's men to guard the horses. As I was much older than Captain Shore, the principal direction of the fight devolved on me. We got to within about a mile of their camp before being discovered by their scouts, and then moved at a brisk pace, Captain Shore and men forming our left, and my company the right. When within about sixty rods of the enemy. Captain Shore's men halted...
Page 6 - A few weeks afterward the committee of thirteen took those two bills and put a wafer between them, and reported them back to the Senate as one bill, with some slight amendments. One of these amendments was, that the Territorial Legislatures should not legislate upon the subject of African slavery. I objected to that provision...