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John C. Calhoun
Identifier: storyofconfedera00derr (find matches)
Title: Story of the Confederate States; or, History of the war for southern independence, embracing a brief but comprehensive sketch of the early settlement of the country, trouble with the Indians, the French, revolutionary and Mexican wars ..
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Derry, Joseph Tyrone, 1841-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America -- History
Publisher: Richmond, Va., B.F. Johnson Publishing Company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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The South was thoroughly aroused. Conserva-tive men in the North denounced the Abolitionistsand broke up their meetings. Those in the SouthernStates wdio had favored a gradual emancipation of theslaves changed their views. Up to 1835 free negroeswith property were allow^ed to vote in North Carolina;but in that year North Carolina changed her Stateconstitution and took from these free negroes theright to vote. Virginia passed laws forbidding freenegroes to enter her borders. Even Ohio, a Statewhich did not allow slavery, passed similar laws. 17. There were many men in the North opposed toslavery who did not sympathize with extreme men ofthe Garrison sort. But the conduct of the fanaticscaused the people of the South to regard all anti-slavery men as belonging to the same class. In 1837many efforts were made by Northern men to procurethe abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia.Mr. Calhoun of South Carolina introduced into theSenate a series of resolutions to the effect that the
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JOHN C. UAXiHOUil, r T4( TUK Sl.AVKItY QirAKKEL. 73 Federal Oovciiiiiicnt was creatcy the States witli aview to tlicir inci-c^ised security against all dangers,domestic as well as foreign; that tlie citizens of oneState liad no right to interfere with the domestic insti-tutions of another State; and that the Federal Govci-n-nuiit had no right to interfere with slavery in cithcithe States or the Territories of the Union. TheSenate hy a largo mnjoritv adopted these resolu-tions. 18. In 1838 jin attempt was made in the House ofRepresentatives to renew the slavery agitation, l^utMr. Atherton of New Hampshire introduced a seriesof resolutions, whose purport was that, under the Con-stitution of the United States, Congress had no rightto interfere with slavery in the several States of theConfederacy; that Congress had no right to do indi-rectly what it could hot do directly, and thereforeshould not interfere with slavery either in the Districtof Columhiaor in the Territories. Thes