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Mexico (Mexico, Mexico) (search for this): chapter 44
uri Compromise surrendered all the new territory except Missouri north of thirty-six degrees and thirty seconds. The compromise of 1850 gave up the northern part of Texas, and the North took, by vote of a majority, all the territories acquired by Mexico. A determined and preconcerted stand was made by the North and West against the admission of any Territory in the benefits of which the South had any participation, except by the sacrifice of its right of property in slaves. Mr. Davis, in 1886eal of the Missouri Compromise of 1820; but this opinion is hardly tenable in view of the fact that the Missouri Compromise had been rendered and declared inoperative and void by the refusal of the North to apply it to the territory acquired from Mexico south of the geographical line established by that instrument. Whenever the effort was made to claim our rights under it, the Wilmot proviso was pressed upon the two houses and defeated all efforts at a peaceful adjustment. The fact that it was
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): chapter 44
ut are the complement of each other, and their extreme opinions would have thus been modified by the education of each in the other's sphere. In Baltimore. June 18th, the convention met again with General Cushing again in the chair. Everyone who could find standing room went from the adjacent cities. It put one in mind of the old Scotch song, O little wot ye wha's coming. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina-indeed, the anxious, thoughtful men from all the States poured in with propositions of pacification. They talked in groups of twos and threes in subdued tones, and listened to the proceedings of the convention as to their doom. In the galleries there were extraordinary scenes and by-plays. A Western lady was criticising most severely the South and all things Southern, when an old man, who was supposed to be a preacher, looked at her and said, in a persuasive tone, Oh, lady, please don
Tennessee (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 44
on for President, on April 30th, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Texas withdrew in orderly procession; Tennessee, Kentucky, California, and Oregon followed. The president of the convention, General Caleb Cushing, then withdrew; a p the South, and her common destiny with the entire Republic. On the next day, May 1st, Georgia withdrew, followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. Virginia presented a test-resolution that the citizens of the United States have an equal right to settlold Scotch song, O little wot ye wha's coming. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina-indeed, the anxious, thoughtful men from all the States poured in with proposorable action. That remnant of the Southern party was again divided by the candidacy of the Honorable John Bell, of Tennessee. Spent by the fury of the shock, the different Democratic candidates each sustained a defeat, as was to have been expec
Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 44
pealed, if the right in the property of the several territories reverted to the original owners, Kansas and Nebraska would, by the absence of compromises, revert to the States in common, and thus be l of the army, who was believed to be sturdily honest, to report on the true state of affairs in Kansas. Strict orders were given to the officers stationed there to insist upon impartial justice betwvery men and placed the State in the hands of the antislavery men. This was the condition of Kansas when Mr. Davis returned to the floor of the Senate, and the sectional excitement was kept up until the admission of Kansas as a free State on January 29, 1861. For a fuller statement refer to the Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, by Jefferson Davis. And now, wrote Mr. Davis, the hat sacred instrument, the compromise of 1820. For the fratricide which dyed the virgin soil of Kansas with the blood of those who should have stood shoulder to shoulder in subduing the wilderness; f
Lawrence, Kansas (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 44
original owners, Kansas and Nebraska would, by the absence of compromises, revert to the States in common, and thus be left open to the whole country, whose property they were, to decide by actual occupation whether its system of labor should be by freemen or by slaves. While the two sections were thus hotly engaged in Congress, a Territorial government was organized in a regular manner and the Territories applied for admission, but the antislavery men established their headquarters at Lawrence, and brought in squatters by the thousands, elected another so-called Legislature at Topeka by these votes, and asked to be recognized as the legal government, alleging fraud on the part of the regularly elected Territorial body. This lawless condition of things had caused the administration of Mr. Pierce to send out an officer of the army, who was believed to be sturdily honest, to report on the true state of affairs in Kansas. Strict orders were given to the officers stationed there
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 44
m, and would vote for no person or thing but him, and Squatter Sovereignty was his shibboleth. No conclusion could be reached, and the convention adjourned to meet at Baltimore on June 18th. It was always a proud memory to Mr. Davis that Massachusetts gave him forty-nine votes, in unbroken succession, a testimonial of confidence and respect that cannot be lost or, like his name on Cabin John Bridge, be chiselled out of the work. Perhaps, had he stood among the citizens of other Northern States with his heart and hand open to them as he did in Massachusetts, his services might have been more potent to preserve peace. Years before the feud between the States had culminated in bitterness, I had a theory which perhaps, like Black Hawk's plan for abolishing slavery, was at least original if not practicable — that was to send the boys and girls of the North to schools in the South, and send our boys and girls to the North. The people of the two sections are not the same people, but
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): chapter 44
The Douglas men had in several instances elected new men to the convention in lieu of the old ones, and as an Alabama free-soiler said, speaking to me of the convention, It was pieded, very much pieded, and not much of anything. New York coquetted a while with the South, and then went over to the majority. When the motion, without affirmation or guarantee of the rights of the Southern States in the Territories, was made to proceed to an election for President, on April 30th, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Texas withdrew in orderly procession; Tennessee, Kentucky, California, and Oregon followed. The president of the convention, General Caleb Cushing, then withdrew; a part of the Massachusetts delegation followed. Some few delegates from five of the eight seceding States remained, and the convention passed a resolution to recommend the Democratic party of the several States to supply the vacancies so created. On the strength of this resolution the remnant of t
Oregon (Oregon, United States) (search for this): chapter 44
abama free-soiler said, speaking to me of the convention, It was pieded, very much pieded, and not much of anything. New York coquetted a while with the South, and then went over to the majority. When the motion, without affirmation or guarantee of the rights of the Southern States in the Territories, was made to proceed to an election for President, on April 30th, Louisiana, Alabama, South Carolina, Florida, and Texas withdrew in orderly procession; Tennessee, Kentucky, California, and Oregon followed. The president of the convention, General Caleb Cushing, then withdrew; a part of the Massachusetts delegation followed. Some few delegates from five of the eight seceding States remained, and the convention passed a resolution to recommend the Democratic party of the several States to supply the vacancies so created. On the strength of this resolution the remnant of the convention definitely refused admission or the right to vote to the seceding delegates. Mr. Russell, of Vi
Georgia (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 44
f the assassin, was her heart penetrated with so profound a grief as that which will wring it when she is obliged to choose between a separate destiny with the South, and her common destiny with the entire Republic. On the next day, May 1st, Georgia withdrew, followed by Tennessee and Kentucky. Virginia presented a test-resolution that the citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territories of the United States; and that under the decision of e impaired by Congressional or Territorial legislation. When this reaffirmative resolution was submitted, it was smothered by cries of not in order. Virginia then retired. With astonishing inconsistency, half of the retiring delegates from Georgia, and half of the newly elected delegates were admitted; the same course was pursued toward those from Arkansas. The resolutions of the majority, except the nine relating to the Georgia delegation, were adopted in succession. When the minority
Pacific Ocean (search for this): chapter 44
and such action as the united South might take to secure then a settlement which would guarantee our constitutional rights, and in many speeches stated the belief that if the occasion was allowed to pass, any future assertion of our rights must be written in blood. The lease it gave was, as you say, of short duration, because it was a compromise only in name. It had no element of permanent pacification. The refusal to extend the line of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes to the Pacific Ocean, with all its political significance, was, in 1850, a denial of the obligation to recognize the existence of a compact between the North and South for a division upon that line; therefore it was illogically argued in 1854, by Mr. Douglas, chair. man of the Committee on Territories, and others, that the political line of 36°, 30‘ had been obliterated by the legislation of 1850, and that the bill introduced by him declared it to be the true intent and meaning of said bill neither to legi
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