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Page 125
... kansas , Missouri , Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , Wisconsin , and Iowa . Now I suppose it will not be denied that these thirteen States are a little more interested in improvements on that great river than are the remaining seventeen ...
... kansas , Missouri , Illinois , Indiana , Ohio , Wisconsin , and Iowa . Now I suppose it will not be denied that these thirteen States are a little more interested in improvements on that great river than are the remaining seventeen ...
Page 182
... Kansas and Nebraska . Slavery already existed among the French at New Orleans , and to some extent at St. Louis . In 1812 Louisiana came into the Union as a slave State , without controversy . In 1818 or '19 , Missouri showed signs of a ...
... Kansas and Nebraska . Slavery already existed among the French at New Orleans , and to some extent at St. Louis . In 1812 Louisiana came into the Union as a slave State , without controversy . In 1818 or '19 , Missouri showed signs of a ...
Page 183
... Kansas and Nebraska . Whether there should or should not be slavery south of that line , nothing was said in the law . But Arkansas constituted the principal remaining part south of the line ; and it has since been admitted as a slave ...
... Kansas and Nebraska . Whether there should or should not be slavery south of that line , nothing was said in the law . But Arkansas constituted the principal remaining part south of the line ; and it has since been admitted as a slave ...
Page 186
... Kansas . Also , about a month after the introduction of the bill , on the judge's own motion it is so amended as to declare the Missouri Compromise inoperative and void ; and , substantially , that the peo- ple who go and settle there ...
... Kansas . Also , about a month after the introduction of the bill , on the judge's own motion it is so amended as to declare the Missouri Compromise inoperative and void ; and , substantially , that the peo- ple who go and settle there ...
Page 192
... Kansas and Nebraska - was to be organized ; and it is proposed , and carried , to blot out the old dividing line of thirty - four years ' standing , and to open the whole of that country to the intro- duction of slavery . Now this , to ...
... Kansas and Nebraska - was to be organized ; and it is proposed , and carried , to blot out the old dividing line of thirty - four years ' standing , and to open the whole of that country to the intro- duction of slavery . Now this , to ...
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