 The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to "platform" for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless, will be a firebrand elsewhere, and especially in a national convention. As instances, the movement against...  Life of Schuyler Colfax - Page 146by Ovando James Hollister - 1886 - 535 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1887 - 984 pages
...1860. The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to ' platform ' for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless,...Massachusetts ; in New Hampshire, to make obedience to the fugitive slave law punishable as a crime ; in Ohio ' to repeal the fugitive slave law ; and ' squatter... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Illinois - 1894 - 444 pages
...1860. The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to "platform" for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless,...as a crime; in Ohio, to repeal the fugitive-slave 1 Schuyler Colfax, who was vice-president during Grant's first term, was in Congress at the time he... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 pages
...186o. The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to ' platform' for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless,...Massachusetts; in New Hampshire, to make obedience to the fugitive slave law punishable as a crime; in Ohio, to repeal the fugitive-slave law; and squatter sovereignty... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - Presidents - 1902 - 476 pages
...1860. The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to ' platform' for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless,...national convention. As instances, the movement against fore1gners in Massachusetts; in New Hampshire, to make obedience to the fugitive slave law punishable... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 408 pages
...wrote: The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to " platform " for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless,...especially in a national convention. As instances, the *July 6, 1859. The letter is given entire in " Complete Works," (N. & H.), I., 535. movement against... | |
 | John George Nicolay - Presidents - 1906 - 612 pages
...1860. The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to 'platform' for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless, will be a firebrand elsej where, and especially in a national convention. As instances : the movement against foreigners... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1923 - 392 pages
...appreciative of the opportunities Amerthe temptation of different localities "to platform" for something which will be popular just there, but which nevertheless will be a firebrand elsewhere, especially in a national convention. He cites the movement against foreigners in Massachusetts. FI... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - 1926 - 526 pages
...congressman, Schuyler Colfax, "for your eye only," he outlined dangers, and suggested the safe course. "The movement against foreigners in Massachusetts; in New Hampshire to make obedience to the Fugitive Slave Law punishable as a crime; in Ohio to repeal the Fugitive Slave Law; and 'squatter sovereignty'... | |
 | Emanuel Hertz - 1927 - 774 pages
...1860. The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to 'platform* for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless,...Massachusetts; in New Hampshire, to make obedience to the fugitive slave law punishable as a crime; in Ohio, to repeal the fugitive slave law; and squatter sovereignty,... | |
 | 1887 - 980 pages
...1860. The point of danger is the temptation in different localities to ' platform ' for something which will be popular just there, but which, nevertheless,...Massachusetts ; in New Hampshire, to make obedience to the fugitive slave law punishable as a crime; in Ohio ' to repeal the fugitive slave law; and 'squatter... | |
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