Great American Legislators: Source Extracts

abolition abolitionists Adams administration admitted African Slave Trade American annexation appointment arguments bank believe bill Blaine Calhoun Candidate cause character Cited in Sheahan citizens civil Clay Clay's Clayton-Bulwer Treaty compromise Congress Constitution Cuba danger debt Democratic doctrine Douglas duty election England equal established evil exist favor feel foreign freedom Freeport Doctrine friends Gallatin give honor hope House Ibid institutions JAMES GILLESPIE BLAINE January 28 John Quincy Adams justice labor legislation legislature letter liberty Lincoln Louisiana Purchase Memoirs ment Mexico Missouri Compromise never object opinion party peace petition political present President principle regard republic Republican Republican party secure Senate Seward sion slave Slave Power slaveholding slavery South South Carolina speech spirit stitution suffrage Sumner tariff territory Texas tion trade treaty Union United views vote Washington Webster Whig whole writes wrote