Kansas: The Prelude to the War for the UnionHoughton, Mifflin, 1885 - 334 pages |
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Page 29
... marshal it against the ag- gressions of the South ; to secure the territories in the first place , and then turn his revolutionizing agencies upon the slave states themselves . - The public declined to embark in this wholesale and ...
... marshal it against the ag- gressions of the South ; to secure the territories in the first place , and then turn his revolutionizing agencies upon the slave states themselves . - The public declined to embark in this wholesale and ...
Page 37
... marshals , surveyors , land commissioners was fitted out in Washing- ton . One or two gentlemen of leisure , reckoning , though wholly without their host , on a dearth of local candidates , accompanied these dignitaries with design of ...
... marshals , surveyors , land commissioners was fitted out in Washing- ton . One or two gentlemen of leisure , reckoning , though wholly without their host , on a dearth of local candidates , accompanied these dignitaries with design of ...
Page 113
... marshal that if he touched him it would be at his peril a show of spirit that pleased the spectators , who came crowd- ing into the room . But the situation soon grew intolerable , and there was safety only in flight . Reeder succeeded ...
... marshal that if he touched him it would be at his peril a show of spirit that pleased the spectators , who came crowd- ing into the room . But the situation soon grew intolerable , and there was safety only in flight . Reeder succeeded ...
Page 117
... justice of the territory , whose discourse on treason before a grand jury initiated the whole movement , a major - general of militia , and a United States marshal stood guard over the pris- oner during SOME HEAVY BLOWS . 117.
... justice of the territory , whose discourse on treason before a grand jury initiated the whole movement , a major - general of militia , and a United States marshal stood guard over the pris- oner during SOME HEAVY BLOWS . 117.
Page 118
... Marshal Donaldson issued a proclamation calling upon law - abiding citizens to rally at Lecompton for his assistance . It was time to cease dawdling . Lawrence , that " foul blot on the soil of Kansas , " must be humiliated ; her ...
... Marshal Donaldson issued a proclamation calling upon law - abiding citizens to rally at Lecompton for his assistance . It was time to cease dawdling . Lawrence , that " foul blot on the soil of Kansas , " must be humiliated ; her ...
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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...