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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 Excerpt: ...and Belgium. During his absence occurred the Buffalo Convention, when the Anti-Slavery Party, coalescing with a dissatisfied wing of the Democracy, nominated Mr. Van Buren, for whom 290,000 votes were cast in the canvass which resulted in the election of Gen. Taylor over Mr. Cass. The hopes entertained from Taylor and Fillmore--the latter of whom, when in Congress, had commanded the confidence of the Abolitionists--were disappointed by the defection by Mr. Webster, on the 7th of March, 1850; the death of Gen. Taylor, in July; and the approval, by Mr. Fillmore, of the Fugitive Slave Law. The popular repugnance to that act was increased by the proceedings, similar to those in Long's case, had under color of it; by the efforts of Bishop Hopkins and others of the clergy to vindicate the Divine sanction of slavery; and when, in 1852, Gen. Scott was defeated by Mr. Franklin Pierce, it was said that the Whig Party had died of an attempt to swallow the Fugitive Slave Act When, in 1854, the pledge given by Mr. Pierce in his Inaugural not to disturb the quiet of the country, was broken by the proposal to repeal the Missouri Compromise, Mr. Jay was the president of an anti-slavery organization in New York, called the "Free Democratic Club," and in correspondence with Senators Chase, Hale, Sumner, and other gentlemen of similar views. With the first motion for the repeal, made by Mr. Dixon, of Kentucky--with the view, as was supposed, of forcing Mr. Douglass to adopt that policy--Mr. Jay prepared a call under the heading: "No Violation of Plighted Faitii I No Repeal of the Missouri Compromise!" inviting the citizens of New York to meet at the Broadway Tabernacle, on the 30th of January, to declare their determination to resist any interference with ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781152608320
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 220
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1152608320
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 399 gr


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