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English Pages 490 [498] Year 1885
THE
COXSTITUTIOXAL A^•D
POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES. BY Dr. H. vox
HOLST,
PKOFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF FREICCRG.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY
JOHN
J.
LALOR
^/c\ ^ 18-54-1856.
KANSAS-NEBKASKA BILL — BUCHANAN'S ELECTION.
CHICAGO:
CALLAGHAX
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COMPANY.
Entererl, according to
Act of Congress, in the year 1885,
By Callaghan & In the
(Jllice ol
Co.,
the Librarian of Congress, in W'ubhington.
COXTEXTS. CHAPTER Fruitless Efforts at A^sexatiox.
I.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Bill (ind the Annexation Fever. Attacks on The Attitude of Pierce. The Gadsden Treaty. Greytown. England and the Cuban Question. The Annexation QuesMarshall's Resolution. Pierre Soule's tion more actively discussed. and Marcy's Instructions. The Black Warrior Episode. — The Message of the 15th of March.—The Instructions of the 3rd of April.— The ProMexico. Cuba.
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Clingman and Perkins.
—Slidell's
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Resolution of
May
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The "Africanization"' Alarm and Clayton's Criticism of it. The Demands of Mall arj- and the Richmond Enquirer. Quitman at the Head of the Filibusters. Pierce's Attitude. Soul