Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library, Illinois State Historical Society, Issue 16Illinois State Historical Society., 1913 - Illinois |
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... Slave Empire , " and it was of thrilling interest . Mr. Baldwin traced the causes of the war and gave the social and economic reasons which led to it . The address of Col. Bluford Wilson , of Springfield , on the part taken by southern ...
... Slave Empire , " and it was of thrilling interest . Mr. Baldwin traced the causes of the war and gave the social and economic reasons which led to it . The address of Col. Bluford Wilson , of Springfield , on the part taken by southern ...
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... slaves were held in bondage . Illinois was admitted into the Union as a free State in 1818. Three years later , in 1821 , Missouri was admitted into the Union as a slave state . In those early days all the emigration to the west was ...
... slaves were held in bondage . Illinois was admitted into the Union as a free State in 1818. Three years later , in 1821 , Missouri was admitted into the Union as a slave state . In those early days all the emigration to the west was ...
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... slavery existed all about them , when to be a slave - holder was almost a title of nobility , disregarding their own interests , permitted the wealth and grandeur of the south to pass by them in order that they and their posterity ...
... slavery existed all about them , when to be a slave - holder was almost a title of nobility , disregarding their own interests , permitted the wealth and grandeur of the south to pass by them in order that they and their posterity ...
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... slavery ticket . In his reply some months later , Sloo frankly tells Phillips that he believes that Judge Thomas Browne will get the vote of his county and the result shows that he was correct . Judge Browne received 139 1 Thomas Sloo ...
... slavery ticket . In his reply some months later , Sloo frankly tells Phillips that he believes that Judge Thomas Browne will get the vote of his county and the result shows that he was correct . Judge Browne received 139 1 Thomas Sloo ...
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... slavery votes between Browne and Phillips which gave the election to Coles by a plurality of 50 votes.1 In this same year , 1822 , Sloo himself was elected to the Illinois Senate as a Representative of Hamilton and Jefferson counties ...
... slavery votes between Browne and Phillips which gave the election to Coles by a plurality of 50 votes.1 In this same year , 1822 , Sloo himself was elected to the Illinois Senate as a Representative of Hamilton and Jefferson counties ...
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Page 81 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine is the momentous issue of civil war. The Government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the Government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 87 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 71 - The pains of death are past; Labor and sorrow cease ; And, life's long warfare closed at last, His soul is found in peace. Soldier of Christ, well done ! Praise be thy new employ ; And, while eternal ages run, Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
Page 15 - History of the first New Hampshire Regiment in the War of the Revolution.
Page 69 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Page 71 - The voice at midnight came; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 71 - There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore. There is no death!
Page 80 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 15 - The Siege of Charleston by the British fleet and army under the Command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton, which terminated with the Surrender of that Place on the 12th of May, 1780.
Page 71 - For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.