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Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 1: re-formation and Reanimation.—1841. (search)
ondemn it, and that they could not scrutinize the source of money contributed to their funds. And this, too, satisfied the South. The great political event of the year was the death Apr. 4, 1841. of President Harrison and the succession of John Tyler. How much this change of Administration affected the destiny of slavery, either immediately or remotely, can only be matter of speculation. We can, however, affirm with certainty, that whatever legislation the Slave Power might have obtained its sophistical argument for the limitation Lib. 11.43. of the powers of Congress over slavery in the District, had been preceded by a speech at Richmond repudiating, Lib. 11.46. as a native Virginian, the slightest sympathy with abolitionism. Tyler's message, on the other hand, made no Lib. 11.62. allusion to the subject. In the confusion caused by an extra session of Congress, the gag-rule was momentarily relaxed, and John Quincy Adams improved the Lib. 11.97, 98, 102, 106, 125. opportu
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 4: no union with slaveholders!—1844. (search)
ration on the subject of Lib. 14.173. Texas. Polk had been nominated expressly to finish the Lib. 14.94. task begun by Tyler, and received the endorsement of South Carolina, whose delegates took no part in the Convention in order to reserve liberampaign; the hot Presidential canvass, ending in the election of Polk and the national Lib. 14.183. 200. confirmation of Tyler's Texan policy; Tyler's Lib. 14.98, 102. extraordinary appeal from the Senate, rejecting his treaty, to the House, for wTyler's Lib. 14.98, 102. extraordinary appeal from the Senate, rejecting his treaty, to the House, for which John Quincy Adams would have had Lib. 14.98. him impeached, as endeavoring to declare a foreign war without the consent of the Senate; Tyler's message at the Lib. 14.197. next session, pointing to the plebiscit in his favor, and urging an actTyler's message at the Lib. 14.197. next session, pointing to the plebiscit in his favor, and urging an act of annexation; McDuffie's resolution to this Lib. 14.202. end—all this was but a part of what our chronicler of the time had to record as fully as possible, let alone the voluminous documents in the Rogers affair. The year opened with Congression
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 3, Chapter 5: Texas.—1845. (search)
to the people of the free States, and that is, to have no religious, no political Union with slaveholders. On this ground we stand ready to unite again with Whigs, Democrats, and Liberty men; but on nothing short of this can we see any utility in attempting to make effectual resistance to the encroachments of Slavery. Senate and House at Washington had, on the last day of Lib. 15.18, 38, 39. February, 1845, agreed upon the joint resolution prescribing the terms of admission for Texas; Tyler sped the news Mar. 3, 1845; Lib. 17.162. with indecent haste, considering the nearness of his successor in office; the Mexican minister at the capital Lib. 15.43, 54. withdrew; the new President, Polk, made his disposition of forces by land and sea to deter Mexico from asserting in Lib. 15.197. arms her claims to the territory of Texas, and at the same time began to negotiate for the purchase of California. When Congress assembled, the House was in no humor Lib. 15:[202]. to entertain m