Kansas: The Prelude to the War for the UnionHoughton, Mifflin, 1885 - 334 pages |
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... in what Theodore Parker said in 1856 , at the anniversary of the Anti - Slavery Society , concerning the Kansas busi- ness , " I know of no transaction in human history which has been covered up with such abundant lying.
... in what Theodore Parker said in 1856 , at the anniversary of the Anti - Slavery Society , concerning the Kansas busi- ness , " I know of no transaction in human history which has been covered up with such abundant lying.
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... slavery totally and permanently out of national politics . They drained their vocabulary in ap- plauding that ... slave marts from the District of Columbia . When at last it received the sanction of Congress , Henry Clay , drawn ...
... slavery totally and permanently out of national politics . They drained their vocabulary in ap- plauding that ... slave marts from the District of Columbia . When at last it received the sanction of Congress , Henry Clay , drawn ...
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... slavery . " In 1852 Whig and Democratic conventions struck hands in eulogizing the compromise , and resolved that mankind should be dumb in regard to the wrongs of the negro . The triumphant election of Franklin Pierce as president ...
... slavery . " In 1852 Whig and Democratic conventions struck hands in eulogizing the compromise , and resolved that mankind should be dumb in regard to the wrongs of the negro . The triumphant election of Franklin Pierce as president ...
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... slavery in the public domain . Though Mr. Douglas did not leave his theo- ries in doubt , and insisted that the compromise ... slave state , but all unoccupied portions of the old Louisiana province north of the parallel 36 ° 30 ' were ...
... slavery in the public domain . Though Mr. Douglas did not leave his theo- ries in doubt , and insisted that the compromise ... slave state , but all unoccupied portions of the old Louisiana province north of the parallel 36 ° 30 ' were ...
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... slavery movement the tendency and outcome of which had been " not to enlarge , but to restrain , not to set free but to bind faster , the slave popu- lation of the South . " Douglas did not assume a new rôle by leading the crusade ...
... slavery movement the tendency and outcome of which had been " not to enlarge , but to restrain , not to set free but to bind faster , the slave popu- lation of the South . " Douglas did not assume a new rôle by leading the crusade ...
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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...