The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 193A. Constable, 1901 |
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... party in the North con- tinued to throw its weight into the scale of the South , other men were conducting an agitation for the abolition of slavery . In 1831 W. Lloyd Garrison established the ' Liberator , ' a paper instituted with the ...
... party in the North con- tinued to throw its weight into the scale of the South , other men were conducting an agitation for the abolition of slavery . In 1831 W. Lloyd Garrison established the ' Liberator , ' a paper instituted with the ...
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... party , the maintenance of the Union before the abolition or continuance of slavery , to try to arrange the dispute . The Missouri Compromise of 1820 had held things together for thirty years . Was it beyond the capacity of ...
... party , the maintenance of the Union before the abolition or continuance of slavery , to try to arrange the dispute . The Missouri Compromise of 1820 had held things together for thirty years . Was it beyond the capacity of ...
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... party unre- servedly endorsed the Compromise ; and he conciliated Southern opinion by appointing Jefferson Davis , who was already known as the most prominent representative of the slave - owners , to high office in his Cabinet . The ...
... party unre- servedly endorsed the Compromise ; and he conciliated Southern opinion by appointing Jefferson Davis , who was already known as the most prominent representative of the slave - owners , to high office in his Cabinet . The ...
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... parties . The passage of the Kansas- Nebraska Act , however , and the feelings which it excited in the North , created a wide sense of dissatisfaction with the policy of the Whigs , and led to the formation of the Republican party , or ...
... parties . The passage of the Kansas- Nebraska Act , however , and the feelings which it excited in the North , created a wide sense of dissatisfaction with the policy of the Whigs , and led to the formation of the Republican party , or ...
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... party was divided . The secession of the Southern States , it is , perhaps , too often forgotten , was preceded , and perhaps precipitated , by a secession from the Democratic party . If the Democrats were weakened by divisions , the ...
... party was divided . The secession of the Southern States , it is , perhaps , too often forgotten , was preceded , and perhaps precipitated , by a secession from the Democratic party . If the Democrats were weakened by divisions , the ...
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