The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-02-08

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I'm In the opening chapter Of Vol. the au-
f nor says; THE Kansas Nebraska Act, the
ton triumph had brought the politics Of the
country into a nebulous condition. New
centers of cohesion must be developed
around which the vapors should become
Solldlhed and clarified in order that the con-
nlctlng forces might appear distinct in
principle and purpose. It was a situation
which required the advent Of strong person.
alltles and their advance to the front. They
appeared. They were Jefferson Davis
Douglas. - @, = 80 - : - ''D''-s
Then follows an interesting description
OF each of this celebrated triumvirate of
the most critical period in cur history.
In volume he says: cit must always be
renembered that the Republican party was
NOT originally an Abolition party, but an
anti;slavery extension party and became
gradually an Abolition party through the
experiences and necessities of war; His
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me theory upon which they claimed
ngnt or secession was based was that the
united States was a confederation of SOW
efelgntles connected with each other bv an
agreement, from which each might recede
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c SISSY " was both a sovereign and a legal
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tore there can be no limitation upon a SOW
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manner the entire range of political and
military questions of that period and take
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