Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1867-03-09


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sination of the Missouri Border Ruffians
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ton matter followed. and then tho Dred
Scott Decision. and in 1860, the South
having used Douglas as far as they could
threw him overheard at the Charleston
Convention. and then and there commenced
the cherished scheme of secession. Then
followed the canvass Of 1860. with Lin.
coin, Douglas and Breckenridge in the
field, tn. res 1t Of which was The elccti
OF Abraham Lincoln, and tho rebellion
followed. The issue was the cx,ens on or
the non-extension Of slavery. 1t was the
old irrepres,ib!e conflict between freedom
and slavery, wirh commenced in 1920. 1t
is n singular coincidence that in the same
year that the Pilgrim Fathers laid the
foundation Of American liberty at Ply.
mouth. the foundation Of American slave
ry vas laid in Virginia by the importation
of a cargo of negroes. 1t was then and
there this irreprtssib!c confici commenced
Hav ng spread with the growth of the
country, the close OF the Revolution found
it in almost every State, and yet thos.
great and good mrn who created the na-
ton and formed :he Government rrg,rded
it as great evil. nnc eage,ly looked for.
ward 10 its exierminatinn. With that
view, it was provided in the Constitu-
tion of these United States that "tle mi
grafton or importation Of such persons as
any Of the STATES now existing shall
think proper to admit, shall mt be prohib-
tied by the Congress prior to the year 8 OS.
but that tax or duty day Le imposed"
&c. Congress did in 1903 prohibit the
African slave trade, made it piracy and the
punishment death.
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increase in the cotton trade. slavery extend-
ed into new Territory, and in 1915 Misson,i /
applied for admission in,o the Union as u
slave State Thu friends OF freedom Object.
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institutions and the intention of the trainers
Of our Goycrnne The controversy WIS
bitterone lasting two years, aud in 1920,
resulted in the admission Of Missouri upon
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