Mr. Buchanan's Administration: On the Eve of the RebellionDigital Scanning Inc, 2000 - 296 էջ An autobiographical vindication of the policy of the Buchanan administration during the last months of his term, this book is an important source for understanding the political events leading to the secession and the Civil War. Throughout his administration, Buchanan was constantly plagued with the issues of slavery, even though the existence of domestic slavery in the South was recognized and protected by the Constitution of the United States. This book details the rising conflict within the nation as Southern slave holding states argued with Northern abolitionists and Anti-Slavery societies as to whether or not slavery should continue to flourish in the United States. Feeling the pressures of the unbearable tension between the North and South, Buchanan tried desperately to compromise, pleading with both sides of the issue. He repeatedly warned his countrymen, at every opportunity, of the imminent danger they were putting the nation in and advised them of the means to avoid the certainty of civil war. Despite these efforts, Congress rejected his recommendations. The result was the escalation of a conflict that led to the secession of the South and one of the bloodiest battles in our nation's history. |
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... tion and the Union which it established, and having been an eye-witness of the blessed effects of these, in securing liberty and prosperity at home, and in presenting an example to the oppressed of other lands, he felt an abiding ...
... tion that women were admitted as members. Sensitive and en- thusiastic in their nature against wrong, and believing slavery to be a mortal sin, they soon became public speakers, in spite of the injunctions of an inspired apostle; and ...
... tion of domestic slavery is the weak point in our institutions. Tariffs may be raised almost to prohibition, and then they may be reduced so as to yield no adequate protection to the manufac- turer; our Union is sufficiently strong to ...
... tion. It was thus rendered competent for State Legislatures to pro- hibit their own functionaries from aiding in the execution of the Fugitive Slave Act. Then commenced a furious agitation against the execution of this so-called "sinful ...
... tion of Congress, as well as of State Legislatures, session after ses- sion, in various forms. Whilst Northern Legislatures were pass- ing resolutions instructing their Senators and requesting their Representatives to vote for the ...