The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-05-03

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t1sESOTA, MAY 3, 1904.
System some advantages which they
hoped would be Temporary, and thus
tar'not dangerous to;the stability Of
EEtthe new government
A stern resista ace was ia 816- 70
made BY the opponents of y slavery
to the admission Of Missouri as a
Slave state. Though this was de-
fea ted, it resulted in the famous J. ls
Missouri comp promise, which caused q
aprofound reposes in regard to the
Esubject, but the sighs of suffering
slaves fell heavy on the ears of the
people Of the north especially the
tQuakers and by means of lectures
newspapers tracts and public meet.
ings, they created greatsex xcitement
" ri = F, ,,as
through the country, which finally re-
suited in The organizationHof salts
factory societies. In 184Othe Lib
lEerty party which labored with great
zeal and success fors.the abolition Of
Islayer
Ip l846s an IMP rtant step was
made by David IN Nnmor for the re-
n sAssoeatio moi this fe eud a curse and
Icheski its progress; hs#laid down
|fhe principles upon though not
||ledapted at the tiine The north was
destined to take its stand and march
to victory.
n The new territory was rapidly
kbeing taken up BY aathse anti 5S|la slavery
people, and the prospe5 Of confning
tslavery to the territory set apart for
|it By Clay in the E'Missouri Compro-
mise greatly alarmed The pro-sla,ye,zz
ry people. s .a and threats ofssssce cession
beganto bsAeard. e eannlJya yea yesaE
the. controversy went on until the
NGreat Parifrator," Henry Clay,
eG} t. Il *se
1.-The difficulty.
H AT this time an illegal traffic in
tslaves was carried on the District of
Columbia chiefly with the people OF
Cuba law having been passed pro
|syidhg br thssI return Of theNsslaves Al iSte ito
Their native lind after having served
Ia periodaof sight years, buFthe slave
holders managed to smuggle them to
1.-The District Of Columbia, where they
were sold, This s,1na aerhana eH{ Sd
of the people Of the United
States in robbing the defenceless
zages.of thair freedom was stem.
bnied, buf 81 TIE other hand fEe
officers Of tie United States were
charged with the right of arresting
fugative slaves who found :srefuge in
the north. The barbarity with which
this was executed thoroughly aroused
the people, of the north, and it's whole
genious was soon arrayed against the
measure, twas discussed ssat every
freside, and by every. journal and
public speaker. The pulpit thunder
ed against the measure as involving
national morality; "a turpit,lde So
lpE,alpable that it., might justly call
down the Indignation Of heaven" al
SO Its supporters now resorted to vio7
lent measures, but nothing could
daunt the resolution Of the aboluti on
lists. E.:1
In the meantime great and alarm
ing concession was made to the slave
power by the aid Ola northern
adoughface, Stephen l. a 4,i Douglass;
who, to obtain a, high position, would
betray his country and see his fellow
mon trampled under foot; 4: =. I'D
|. The struggle for sovereignty now
went on until 1855. The: effectf Of
the. Dred Scott. decision, and revival
of the African slave trade finally ar
rayed the, north and south against
each other, and filed the, air with.
dismal farebodings Of war, and filled
the, air il !, with dismal forebodihgs Of
war, and in 1859 an act performed by
John Brown sounded the key note Of
the approaching conflict. .ss:as,-, e &.
t..-s@=4ss%1 = d% V1croR PAULsoN,. q
-. .'.' .'.2s@'a " t., i,........ Eighth Grade
Frank Hatton, ex-postmaster gen.
eral, died at his home in Washington
Monday last: AZ the time Of 's, big y
death he was editor Of the Washing
i''' L L.