OF THE

RISE AND FALL OF THE SLAVE POWER

IN AMERICA.

BY HENRY WILSON.

VOL. II.

SEVENTH EDITION.

BOSTON:

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge.

CONTENTS TO VOL. II.

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CHAPTER I.

ADMISSION OF FLORIDA.

Slavery made a national interest. - Equilibrium in the United States

Senate. Iowa and Florida united in the same bill. - Mr. Pettit's

motion. Remarks by Mr. Levy, Belser, and Hunt. - Mr. Morse's

motion. Remarks by Mr. Bayly.—Mr. King's motion. - Mr. Evans's

amendment on imprisonment of colored seamen. — Remarks by Walker,

Archer, Berrien, and Choate. - Amendment lost

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Protest of the Mexican minister. - American government refused inter-

course "with the Mexican government. - General Taylor ordered to

advance to the Rio Grande. -Ampudia requests General Taylor to

return to the Nueces. General Taylor attacked by General Arista. -

Mexicans defeated. - President's message. - Views of Mr. Calhoun. —

Remarks of Clayton, Crittenden, and Cass. - The House declares that

war exists by act of Mexico. Passage of the war bill in the House

in the Senate. Debates in Congress. The President asks for two mil-

lions for the settlement of boundaries. -Two-million bill reported.-

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Mr. Wilmot's motion to exclude slavery from territory to be acquired

of Mexico. Amendment agreed to. - Fails in the Senate

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CHAPTER III.

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TREATY OF GUADALOUPE HIDALGO.- - ACQUISITION OF TERRITORY. CONTIN-

UATION OF THE SLAVERY STRUCGLE.

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Meeting of Congress. Message. Speech of Mr. Wilmot. Remarks

of Mr. Wood. Brinkerhoff, Stephens, Bayly, Dowdell. - Mr. Ham-

lin's amendment. Three-million bill reported. - Berrien. — Upham's

amendment. Mr. Webster's Views. - Wilmot's amendment lost..

Treaty of Peace. - Declarations of Mr. Trist. - Potency of slavery. —

Meeting of XXXth Congress. - Mr. Winthrop elected Speaker. - Mr.

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Putnam's resolution. -Root's bills for California and New Mexico.

Amendment excluding slavery. Mr. Walker's amendment. - Action

of House. Defeat of measure for prohibiting slavery. Mr. Thomp-

son's amendment.-Agreed to by the House. Rejected by the Sen-

ate. Victory of the Slave Power

CHAPTER IV.

EXCLUSION OF SLAVERY FROM OREGON.

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Characteristics of Slave Power. Oregon, its boundaries and govern-

ment. Winthrop proviso. - Douglas's bill. - Burt's amendment.

New bill. Hale's amendment. - Senate debate. - Bright's motion.

Calhoun's new dogma. — Underwood's speech. - Remarks of Baldwin,

Niles, Berrien, Johnson, Dix. — Calhoun's position. — His character. —

Berrien, Phelps, Davis, Mason, Johnson of Georgia, Jefferson Davis. —

Clayton's proposition. - Compromise committee. - Report. Great de-

bate.Clarke's amendment. - Baldwin's amendment. John Davis's

amendment. - Passage of the Clayton bill.-Laid on the table in the

House. Caleb B. Smith's bill. — Palfrey's amendment. - Passage of

the bill in the House. - Douglas's proposition. - Remarks of Mason,

Dayton, Webster, Butler, Calhoun, Niles, Reverdy Johnson. Rejec-

tion of Foote's motion. - Extension of the line of the Missouri com-

promise. Passed in the Senate. -Defeated in the House. - Menacing

demands of Mr. Calhoun. - Benton's motion. - Remarks of Bell, Hous-

ton, and Benton. - Benton's motion agreed to. - Passage of the Oregon

bill. Message of the President. - Triumph of freedom

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Domestic slave-trade stimulated. - Slaves escaping.-Eastern Pennsylva-

nia. Active friends of the slave. John Jay. - Case of the Mobile. -

Before the courts. - Arguments of Jay and White. The slave set at

liberty. Brazilian vessel. - Escape of slaves from the Tombs. - Slave

case in Boston. - Forcible abduction in the harbor. - Meeting in Fan-

euil Hall. - John Quincy Adams. - Speeches of Sumner, Stephen C.

Phillips, Wendell Phillips, Theodore Parker. - Personal liberty laws. —

Unfriendly legislation in New Jersey, New York. - Opposition to anti-

slavery press. -Decision of Supreme Court affirming the right of prop-

erty in man. Government sale of slaves

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CHAPTER VI.

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UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. -BURR.

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WORK.

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- THOMPSON.

Essential violence of slavery.- Escape of slaves. Workings of Under-

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ground Railroad. Characteristics of Western society.

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Heroic endur-

ance of the fugitives. -Sacrifices of their friends. - Van Dorn, Coffin,

Rundell Palmer. - Noble conduct of Palmer's daughter. - Imprison-

ment of Burr, Work, and Thompson. Their fidelity and Christian

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CHAPTER VII.

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. OPERATIONS AT THE EAST AND IN THE MIDDLE

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STATES.

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Charles T. Torrey.- Slaveholders' convention in Maryland. - Arrest of Mr.

Torrey. Sent to jail. Released by the judge. - Consecrates himself

to the work of freeing the slave. - Aids slaves to escape. - Arrest. —

Trial. Conviction. — Imprisonment. Sickness. - Death. - William

L. Chaplin. Helps slaves to escape from Washington. - Arrested

in Maryland. - Held in exorbitant bonds. Bonds paid. - Jonathan

Walker. Thomas Garrett

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CHAPTER VIII.

ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF THE PEARL.

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RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS.DEBATES IN

CONGRESS. -TRIAL OF DRAYTON.

French Revolution of 1848. General rejoicings. Resolutions of con-

gratulation introduced into Congress. - Amendments of Ashmun and

Schenck. Speeches. — Popular demonstrations. — Escape of slaves.

Sad fate of the fugitives. - - Popular excitement and indignation. - Dem-

onstrations against the "National Era."— Action of Mr. Giddings. -

Mr. Palfrey's resolutions. Remarks of Stephens, Haskell, Toombs,

Stanton, Thompson, Bayly, Wick, Giddings, and Root. - Hale's reso-

lution in the Senate. Remarks by Calhoun. -Foote's threat. — Re-

marks of Jefferson Davis, Butler, Douglas, Cameron. - Reply of Hale

to assailants. Trial and conviction of Drayton and Sayers. -Impris-

onment and pardon

Differences of opinion among antislavery men. - Serious difficulties of the

situation. — Differences on the question of political action. — Garri-

sonians. Their distinctive doctrines. - Modes of operation. - Leading

men and women. - Liberty Party. - Differences therein. Conventions

at Port Byron and Macedon. - Gerrit Smith nominated. - National

convention of the Liberty Party. - John P. Hale nominated. - Liberty

League. Its advanced opinions. — Nomination of Gerrit Smith by con-

vention at Auburn. - Speeches at convention

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