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... slavery will satisfy the South , the Republican party stands ready to yield it . This point they cannot yield with honor . They will never yield it at all . If the Southern people are afraid that the Republican party intends to ...
... slavery will satisfy the South , the Republican party stands ready to yield it . This point they cannot yield with honor . They will never yield it at all . If the Southern people are afraid that the Republican party intends to ...
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... slavery , had amassed the imposing total of twenty - two slaves , twelve resident , ten transient . The Corwin committee would make it a slave state , urge repeal of personal liberty laws , and protect slavery in the slave states by ...
... slavery , had amassed the imposing total of twenty - two slaves , twelve resident , ten transient . The Corwin committee would make it a slave state , urge repeal of personal liberty laws , and protect slavery in the slave states by ...
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... slavery in the District of Columbia , but declined to guarantee slavery in the territories . He would not , he said , betray the party which had elected him . Morehead's reply to this had been heard many times from Crittenden in the ...
... slavery in the District of Columbia , but declined to guarantee slavery in the territories . He would not , he said , betray the party which had elected him . Morehead's reply to this had been heard many times from Crittenden in the ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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Abraham Lincoln accept administration appeared appointment arrived asked Bates Cameron MSS Chase MSS Chicago Colfax coln compromise conference Congress Constitution correspondence of Jan Corwin crisis Crittenden crowd declared delegation Democrat Department Diary discussed Dispatch of Dec Dispatch of Jan Dispatch of Nov disunion editorial Edward Bates faction favor Fogg friends Gilmer Governor Greeley Hamlin Henry Villard Henry Winter Davis Herndon House Illinois State Journal inaugural Indiana invitation Judd leaders letter Lincoln's cabinet March McClure ment Missouri Montgomery Blair morning newspapers Nicolay & Hay North offer Ohio Papers Pennsylvania political politicians position President Elect presidential received reply reported Republican party rumor Schuyler Colfax secession Secretary Senator Seward Simon Cameron slave slavery Smith South Carolina southern speech Springfield Sumner MSS Swett Thurlow Weed tion Treasury Trumbull MSS Union views visitors vote Wade Washburne MSS Washington correspondence Whig wrote Yates York Herald York Tribune