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Sebastopol (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
a Senator has not hesitated to appear as his own compurgator. Lxx. And now, as I proceed to show the way in which this Territory was overrun and finally subjugated to Slavery, I desire to remove, in advance, all question with regard to the authority on which I rely. The evidence is secondary, but it is the best which, in the nature of the case, can be had; and it is not less clear, direct, and peremptory than any by which we are assured of the campaigns in the Crimea or the fall of Sebastopol. In its manifold mass, I confidently assert that it is such a body of evidence as the human mind is not able to resist. It is found in the concurring reports of the public press, in the letters of correspondents, in the testimony of travellers, and in the unaffected story to which I have listened from leading citizens, who, during this winter, have come flocking here from that distant Territory. It breaks forth in the irrepressible outcry, reaching us from Kansas, whose truthful tones l
Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
ty, and a suit at common law. The Slave Oligarchy, in defiance of the declared desires of the Fathers to limit and discourage Slavery, has successively introduced into the Union, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, as slave-holding States, thus, at each stage fortifying its political power, and making the National Government give new sanction to Slavery. Such, fellow-citizens, are some of the assumptions, aggressions and usurpations of the Slcommittee of five to report such action as might be proper for the vindication of the House. After a brief debate, the resolution was adopted, and Campbell of Ohio, Pennington of New Jersey, Spinner of New York, Cobb of Georgia and Greenwood of Arkansas were appointed. Liv. This assault upon Mr. Sumner was, however, chiefly noticeable for its related facts and subsequent developments. Standing alone, it was but one of many outrages which have disfigured and disgraced human history, as
Missouri (Missouri, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
lf—and made the condition of the admission of Missouri—without which that State could not have been said, the black flag of the land pirates of Missouri waves at the masthead; in their laws you hearWisconsin, Allen of Rhode Island and Geyer of Missouri, were selected. The committee was chosen whose was made the condition of the admission of Missouri, without which that State could not have beenaska Bill, secret societies were organized in Missouri, ostensibly to protect her institutions, and e perpetual assault of murderous robbers from Missouri. Hirelings, picked from the drunken spew and the polls were occupied by armed hordes from Missouri, they imposed a Legislature upon the Territorpenly confessed. The western counties of Missouri have for the last two years been heavily taxe, as is sometimes said, to protect Slavery in Missouri, since it is futile for this State to complaieir act of adjournment to the neighborhood of Missouri, he did it simply on the ground of illegality[27 more...]<
Poland (Poland) (search for this): chapter 24
ers, claiming hospitality now, which will not glance at once upon the distinguished living and the illustrious dead—upon the Irish Montgomery, who perished for us at the gates of Quebec—upon Pulaski the Pole, who perished for us at Savannah—upon De Kalb and Steuben, the generous Germans, who aided our weakness by their military experience—upon Paul Jones, the Scotchman, who lent his unsurpassed courage to the infant thunders of our navy—also upon those great European liberators, Kosciusko of Poland, and Lafayette of France, each of whom paid his earliest vows to Liberty in our cause. Nor should this list be confined to military characters, so long as we gratefully cherish the name of Alexander Hamilton, who was born in the West Indies, and the name of Albert Gallatin, who was born in Switzerland, and never, to the close of his octogenarian career, lost the French accent of his boyhood—both of whom rendered civic services which may be commemorated among the victories of peace.
Massachusetts Bay (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
ty are alike fatal. And now he stands forth the most conspicuous enemy of that unhappy Territory. As the tyranny of the British King is all renewed in the President, so are renewed on this floor the old indignities which embittered and fomented the troubles of our fathers. The early petition of the American Congress to Parliament, long before any suggestion of Independence, was opposed—like the petitions of Kansas—because that body was assembled without any requisition on the part of the Supreme Power. Another petition from New York, presented by Edmund Burke, was flatly rejected, as claiming rights derogatory to Parliament. And still another petition from Massachusetts Bay was dismissed as vexatious and scandalous, while the patriot philosopher who bore it was exposed to peculiar contumely. Throughout the debates our fathers were made the butt of sorry jest and supercilious assumption. And now these scenes, with these precise objections, are renewed in the American Sena
Savannah, Tenn. (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
s bending their muscles to the work. At the bar and in the high places of commerce, you will find them. Enter the retreats of learning, and there you will find them too, shedding upon our country the glory of science. Nor can any reflection be cast upon foreigners, claiming hospitality now, which will not glance at once upon the distinguished living and the illustrious dead—upon the Irish Montgomery, who perished for us at the gates of Quebec—upon Pulaski the Pole, who perished for us at Savannah—upon De Kalb and Steuben, the generous Germans, who aided our weakness by their military experience—upon Paul Jones, the Scotchman, who lent his unsurpassed courage to the infant thunders of our navy—also upon those great European liberators, Kosciusko of Poland, and Lafayette of France, each of whom paid his earliest vows to Liberty in our cause. Nor should this list be confined to military characters, so long as we gratefully cherish the name of Alexander Hamilton, who was born in the
Atchison, Kan. (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
rue! I never did go into that Territory, I never intend to go into that Territory, without being prepared for all such kind of cattle. Well, we beat them, and Governor Reeder gave certificates to a majority of all the members of both Houses, and then, after they were organized, as everybody will admit, they were the only competent persons to say who were and who were not members of the same. 4. It is confirmed by contemporaneous admission of The Squatter Sovereign, a paper published at Atchison, and at once the organ of the President and of these Borderers, which, under date of 1st April, thus recounts the victory:— Independence, [Missouri,] March 31, 1855. Several hundred emigrants from Kansas have just entered our city. They were preceded by the Westport and Independence brass bands. They came in at the west side of the public square, and proceeded entirely around it, the bands cheering us with fine music, and the emigrants with good news. Immediately following the band
Massachusetts (Massachusetts, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
end of my sword. The elaborate answer of Massachusetts—a paper of historic grandeur—drawn by Samund injustice to my friend the Senator from Massachusetts, if I were to fail at this time to expressself: In the argument which my friend from Massachusetts has addressed to us to-day, there was no aState Convention of the Free-Soil Party of Massachusetts, held at Lowell, on the 16th of September,to tread again the free soil of our native Massachusetts, and to enjoy the sympathy of friends and ons to present to you another statesman of Massachusetts, he on whose shoulders the mantle of the dwrong. Passing strange it is that here in Massachusetts, in this nineteenth century, we should be Here I might leave the imputations on Massachusetts. But the case is stronger yet. I have refhen we directly compare South Carolina and Massachusetts. Of continental troops, and authenticated field! During all this period the men of Massachusetts were serving their country, not at home, b[72 more...]<
New Hampshire (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
continent a spirit that will be recorded to our honor with all future generations. In every Colony, from Georgia to New Hampshire inclusively, the stamp distributors and inspectors have been compelled by the unconquerable rage of the people to rehile President of the United States, at the close of his Administration, he sought to recover a slave who had fled to New Hampshire. His autograph letter to Mr. Whipple, the Collector at Portsmouth, dated at Philadelphia, 28th November, 1796, whichivery of this speech, which should be preserved, since the speakers have all passed away. Mr. Hale, the Senator from New Hampshire, said: I feel that I should be doing injustice to my own feelings, and injustice to my friend the Senator from Massacental troops.Number of militia.Total militia & continental troops.Conjectural estimate of militia. Northern States. New Hampshire12,4962,09314,5987,300 Massachusetts67,93715,15583,092 9,500 Rhode Island5,9084,28410,192 1,500 Connecticut32,0397,
Orange, N. J. (New Jersey, United States) (search for this): chapter 24
I do not forget with what facility and frequency hard words have been employed—how that grandest character of many generations, the precursor of our own Washington, without whose example our Republic might have failed—the great William, Prince of Orange, the founder of the Dutch Republic, the United States of Holland—I do not forget how he was publicly branded as a perjurer and a pest of society; and, not to dwell on general instances, how the enterprise for the abolition of the slave-trade was exalted diplomatic trusts in the jealous service of Russia. In the list of monarchs on the throne of England, not one has been more truly English than the Dutch William. In Holland, no ruler has equalled in renown the German William, Prince of Orange. In Russia, the German Catharine II. takes a place among the most commanding sovereigns. And who of the Swedish monarchs was a better Swede than Bernadotte, the Frenchman; and what Frenchman was ever filled with aspirations for France more tha<
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