A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Birthplace of Stephen A. Douglas, Brandon, Stephen A. Douglas Memorial Stone and Tablet Born at Brandon, Vt., April 23, 1813 U. S. Senator from Illinois 1847 to 1861 The Civil War 271 CHAPTER VIII The Civil War 1. The Anti-Slavery Vote.—In 1853 the anti-slaveryvote for governor was large enough to prevent an election bythe people. In 1854 a vacancy in the senate of the UnitedSta
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Birthplace of Stephen A. Douglas, Brandon, Stephen A. Douglas Memorial Stone and Tablet Born at Brandon, Vt., April 23, 1813 U. S. Senator from Illinois 1847 to 1861 The Civil War 271 CHAPTER VIII The Civil War 1. The Anti-Slavery Vote.—In 1853 the anti-slaveryvote for governor was large enough to prevent an election bythe people. In 1854 a vacancy in the senate of the UnitedStates was to be filled by the legislature of Vermont, andLawrence Brainerd, a Liberty Party man of 1841, wasunanimously elected senator. In 1856 the State, by a largemajority, chose electors to vote for John C. Fremont, theRepublican candidate for President of the United was a new party founded to prevent the spread ofslavery in states. 2. Growth of the National Idea.—During the lastwar with Great Britain the people of Vermont had exaltedthe authority of the state at the expense of the authority ofthe nation. Many of them had disputed the right of thefederal government to call the militia of a state to act be^^ondthe borders of the s
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