Buffalo convention. - Mr. Chase president of the delegated convention.
Mr. Adams president of mass convention. - Unity and enthusiasm.
Governor Slade's letter. King's. - Platform. -Speeches of Adams,
Giddings, Butler, Grover, White, Nye, Stanton, Briggs, May, Mahan,
Bibb, Bird, and Sedgwick. - Van Buren's letter. - Van Buren and
Adams nominated. — Van Buren's letter of acceptance. — Popular feel-
ing. State conventions in Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio.
Movements in the Southern States. The canvass
Mr. Wilson's resolutions. Mr. Hillard's resolutions. Mr. Hopkins's
resolutions. State mass convention at Faneuil Hall. - Address and
resolutions reported by Richard H. Dana, Jr. — Remarks by Palfrey,
Wilson, Hopkins, Webb, Adams, Phillips, and Keyes. Hopkins's
resolutions. Branning's amendment. Remarks of Schouler, Bout-
Resolutions
well, Stone, Lawrence, Wilson, Kimball, and Earle.
adopted by the House. Debate in the Senate. -Resolutions amended
and passed. Meeting in Faneuil Hall. - Petitions to instruct Mr.
Webster. Mr. Wilson's resolution. Debate thereon. - Resolutions
defeated
lic meetings. Wilson at Lowell. -Adams at Boston.
Faneuil Hall. - Burlingame at Northampton. -Meetings of religious
bodies. Utterances of clergymen. -Furness, Stone, Beecher, Chee-
ver.- -Aid and protection extended. The act defended. - Concerted
measures for its vindication and support. - Mr. Webster. - Mr. Clay. -
Buchanan, Clayton, Benton, and Berrien. Union-saving meetings. -
Castle Garden and Faneuil Hall. - Clerical defences. - Dewey, Taylor,
Spencer. The President indorses the Fugitive Slave Act in annual
message. Debate in Congress. - Speeches of Giddings, Seward, Hale,
and Mann
Caucuses of both parties. -Resolutions indorsing the compromise meas-
ures. Debate thereon. - Linn Boyd, Speaker. Foote's resolution. ·
Petition of the Friends for repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act. Sumner's
amendment and speech. - The Fugitive Slave Act defended by Clemens,
Badger, Dodge, Douglas, Weller, Bright, Dixon, Clay, Butler, Mason,
and Pettit. Sumner's rejoinder.
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