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Page vii
... slave - holding states . It is the chief aim of this study to correct the mistakes ... slavery controversy . I soon found , from a preliminary survey of the origin ... anti- Jackson opposition organization which included in the South an ...
... slave - holding states . It is the chief aim of this study to correct the mistakes ... slavery controversy . I soon found , from a preliminary survey of the origin ... anti- Jackson opposition organization which included in the South an ...
Page viii
... anti - slavery radicalism in the northern wing ren- dered them unfit to act as the champions of the slave power . A steady decline , accelerated by developments in the campaign of 1852 , led to their downfall and to the disappearance of ...
... anti - slavery radicalism in the northern wing ren- dered them unfit to act as the champions of the slave power . A steady decline , accelerated by developments in the campaign of 1852 , led to their downfall and to the disappearance of ...
Page 67
... slave ' holdings , there was always a very considerable Whig vote cast . Self interest inclined the slave - holding ... anti - Jackson alliance with added zeal for state rights doctrines when he found whatever confidence he had left in ...
... slave ' holdings , there was always a very considerable Whig vote cast . Self interest inclined the slave - holding ... anti - Jackson alliance with added zeal for state rights doctrines when he found whatever confidence he had left in ...
Page 104
... slave property of the South . ' With definite interests in the " peculiar institution " , state rights Whigs , especially , came out boldly in its defense against the abolitionists and the other anti- slavery forces . Agitation was ...
... slave property of the South . ' With definite interests in the " peculiar institution " , state rights Whigs , especially , came out boldly in its defense against the abolitionists and the other anti- slavery forces . Agitation was ...
Page 108
... anti - slavery convictions , the southern Whig senators , placing duty and justice before their own honor , broke the pledge of secrecy and made rati- fication possible by their votes . " Many southern Whigs 14 McMaster , History of the ...
... anti - slavery convictions , the southern Whig senators , placing duty and justice before their own honor , broke the pledge of secrecy and made rati- fication possible by their votes . " Many southern Whigs 14 McMaster , History of the ...
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