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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
- Remarks by Walker,
amendment on imprisonment of colored seamen.
Archer, Berrien, and Choate. Amendment lost
CHAPTER II.
PAGES
1-6
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.
Mr. Wilmot's motion to exclude slavery from territory to be acquired
of Mexico.
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.
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Meeting of XXXth Congress. —Mr. Winthrop elected Speaker. - Mr.
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-
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
- Remarks of Bell, Hous-
ton, and Benton. - Benton's motion agreed to. - Passage of the Oregon
bill. Message of the President. — Triumph of freedom
31-49
CHAPTER V.
FUGITIVES.
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-
Government sale of slaves
ground Railroad. Characteristics of Western society. - Heroic endur-
Workings of Under-
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
61-73
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
74-86
CHAPTER VIII.
ESCAPE AND CAPTURE OF THE PEARL. -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.
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
106-113
CHAPTER X.
SLAVERY AGGRESSIONS.
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CONSCIENCE" WHIGS. "BARN-BURNERS.
State influence. — Georgia resolutions.
Whigs.
Mr. Wilson's resolutions. — Mr.
Wheatland's report. - Mr. Wilson's minority report. - Mr. Wilson's
resolutions agreed to. - Defeated in the Senate. - Divisions among the
State convention. - Speeches of Mr. Sumner and Mr. Win-
throp. Resolutions of Mr. Stephenson. Phillips's resolutions.
Remarks of Adams, Allen, and Child. - Mr. Webster's speech.
Sumner's letter to Winthrop. - Keyes's resolutions. —State conven-
tion of 1848. Palfrey's resolutions. - Opposition of Mr. Winthrop.
Webster's speech. - "Conscience" and "Cotton" Whigs. - Position
of New York. -Treatment of Mr. Van Buren. - Syracuse conven-
tion. Field's resolution. Its rejection. Herkimer convention.
Address reported by John Van Buren. Resolutions. Democracy of
New York pledged to freedom
114-128
CHAPTER XI.
DEMOCRATIC AND WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTIONS OF 1848.
Democratic national convention. - Position of the New York delegation.
Declaration of the Georgia delegation. — Remarks of Dickinson, Smith,
Foster, King. Speech of Yancey. - Right to take slavery into Terri-
tories avowed. - Excited debate.
Cass
Both delegations admitted.
nominated. - Hallett's resolutions. Minority report by Yancey. —
Whig national convention. - Candidates. Conferences. Campbell's
resolution. - General Taylor's nomination. - Tilden's resolution.
Bingham's resolution. Allen's declaration. Whig party dissolved. —
Ashmun takes issue with Mr. Allen. - Mr. Wilson's declaration. — Re-
marks of Mr. Galloway. - Fillmore's nomination. - Position of General
Taylor. Triumph of Slave Power
The Utica convention. -Van Buren's letter. His nomination. - Declara-
tion of principles. - Meeting of antislavery men at Philadelphia. - Com-
mittee to call a national convention. - Ohio convention. - National con-
vention called at Buffalo. - Mr. Wilson's address to the Whigs of his
district. Mr. Allen addresses the citizens of Worcester. - Call for a
State convention. - Convention at Worcester. Resolutions. - Address
to the people. - Delegates to the Buffalo convention. Position of Mr.
Webster. Attitude of the nation