The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-07-14

POLITICAL TExT-BOOK FOR 1850,
Compiled By Horace Greeley and John F.
Cleveland, is nov in press and will soon be
issued. Il is ,nteoded to embody every
important proposition, vote, document or
passage, calculated to shed hight on the
pending Presidential struggle, and to be
specially useful as book of reference TO
all speakers, writers and others actively
engaged in she canvass. Among its .snsents
are The following:
A SKETCH OF ALL TIE NATIONAL NOMINATING
CONVENTIONS held in the United States since the
frst IN 1880 including the Party Platform adopted
BIZ each Conveatien.
4 HISTORY OF THE STRUGGLE FOR SLAVERY
EXTENSION OR RESTRICTION IN THE UNITED
STATES froua the Declaration Of Independence TO
the exclusion Of Kansas IN 1850, mainly from the
Journals o. Congress. and showing the vote by
Yeas AMI Nays the NEST important divisions Of
either House.
A HISTORY OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON THE
QUESTION OF GRANTING FREE HoMgsTE ADS
TO AOTUAL SETTLERS on THg PUBLIC LANDS,
with he Yeas anassN On all important questions.
THE MONROE observation-disclosures frcm President
N5ancs Message OF 1928. regard to the rights Of
Foreign Governments or this Continent
POPULAR s0yEREIGNTT.-Mr, Douglass Essay
originally published in Harper's Magazinel on the
Dividing Line between Federal and Local Auihori-
THE IRgEPREsSIsLE CoNrLICT.-Ar. seward's
speech delivered a; Rochester in 1855.
MrDSILLs. Extract trom Senator Hammoud's Speech
which he da.crsbas Markham Mechanics the
MuaSiils OF Society.
THE RESOLUTIONS recently passed by Z. S, Senate
on the powers and duties Of Congress in regard to
Slavery in the Territories.
APRoPosED sEpITIoN LAw.-Extrats from Mr..
Douglass Speech in favor Of law 10 punish sedi-
tious Publications.
PoPCLAR OR SQUATTER OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
from Senator Beajamin's Speech against squatter
Sovereignty andin review of Mr.. Douglass theories
on the subject 0; Slavery in the Territories-al.o
Mr. Breckinridge's Speech at Frankfort, KY, on
the powers and duties Of Congress in regard to the
Territories.
PRINCIPLES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.-AbTa-
ham LtacoIn's Speech af Springfield, III, June IT,
1858 receiving the Republican nomination for
U. s. Senator
+UNFRIESDLY LEGISLATION. "--ouestions and
slavery and Mr.. Lineolu's replies. Also, Mr.. Lin
coins questions TO Douglas with Douglass replies
LETTERS OF DISTINGUISHED STATESMEN Gen.
Cass's letter to 0. A, p. Nicholson, of Tennessee
in which he enuncates the theory of squatter Sow
ereignty. Martin Van Burens letter of 1918 ON the
Power Of Congress over Slavery in the Territories
Greene C. Bronson's letter ns4s, declaring Slavery
exist only by the force of local law. Daniel S.
m ehn ame 9war 1 Rat
3 the Missouri Delegation to the Republican Nation
al Convention; also his letter sustaining the nomi-
nation Of Mr.. Lincoln
POWERS OF THE SUPREME CouRT-Extracts from
the writings and Speeches Of the Fathers of the
Republic and particularly of the Jeaersonian Re-
publican party the powers and duties of the SUI
preme Cour' of the United states.
ELECTION RETURNS. The returns Of each State by
counties for President since and including 1910 |;
also the vote of each State by counties at the last
General Election preceding the Presidential Eiec-
tipn CT 1860.
RESOLUTIONS &e.-Resolutious of Party State Con-
yentiun5 and Legislatures on the subject of
sIa-ary, and such extracts from the speechs and
writings - prominent Statesmen and Politicians
who are RECON 'zed leaders OF their respective
parties viii give clear iaea oi 'hc issues la-
voiyed in the coming Political Campaign and the
psili5n by the various parties to the contest.
Tho Textbook will be ready il the
course of July. Price 81 per copy. tbs
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