Kansas: The Prelude to the War for the UnionHoughton, Mifflin, 1885 - 334 pages |
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... tion by the Committee on Territories , of which Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois was chairman , the bill reappeared in the Senate January 4th , 1854 , variously amended and accompanied by an elabo- rate disquisition upon the status of ...
... tion by the Committee on Territories , of which Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois was chairman , the bill reappeared in the Senate January 4th , 1854 , variously amended and accompanied by an elabo- rate disquisition upon the status of ...
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... tion . In regard to the moral aspects of slavery , which stirred the conscience of the civilized world , he affected a phlegmatic , nonchalant sentiment— an indifference whether it was voted up or down in the territories . Southern ...
... tion . In regard to the moral aspects of slavery , which stirred the conscience of the civilized world , he affected a phlegmatic , nonchalant sentiment— an indifference whether it was voted up or down in the territories . Southern ...
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... tion . At the time of organization the territory was an Indian reservation , inhabited by about a score of native and imported tribes , among which a white population of six or seven hundred civilians had drifted , who congregated ...
... tion . At the time of organization the territory was an Indian reservation , inhabited by about a score of native and imported tribes , among which a white population of six or seven hundred civilians had drifted , who congregated ...
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... tion with tireless and successful enthusiasm , while Mr. Lawrence discharged the burdensome but all- important duties of treasurer . Among the twenty original directors were Dr. Samuel Cabot , Jr. , John Lowell , and William B. Spooner ...
... tion with tireless and successful enthusiasm , while Mr. Lawrence discharged the burdensome but all- important duties of treasurer . Among the twenty original directors were Dr. Samuel Cabot , Jr. , John Lowell , and William B. Spooner ...
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... tion , in addition to the obvious advantages of as- sociated effort , were reduction in cost of trans- portation , oversight by competent conductors , in- vestments of capital in mills , hotels , and other improvements which would ...
... tion , in addition to the obvious advantages of as- sociated effort , were reduction in cost of trans- portation , oversight by competent conductors , in- vestments of capital in mills , hotels , and other improvements which would ...
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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...