. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . referred notes this fact in its report that it is not expedi-ent at this time to siispend the sixth article of compact. PresumablyLemens messenger went to Dearborn County also, for the people theresent in a memorial stating that the legislature had passed an unconstitu-tional law as to slaves, and asking that the law be revised or that theybe added to Ohio. It is probable that Congressmen adopted the squatter-sovereignty idea as a happy solution of the problem, for BenjaminParke, who repres
. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . referred notes this fact in its report that it is not expedi-ent at this time to siispend the sixth article of compact. PresumablyLemens messenger went to Dearborn County also, for the people theresent in a memorial stating that the legislature had passed an unconstitu-tional law as to slaves, and asking that the law be revised or that theybe added to Ohio. It is probable that Congressmen adopted the squatter-sovereignty idea as a happy solution of the problem, for BenjaminParke, who represented Indiana in Congress could get no action on the INDIANA AND INDIANANS 255 matter, and after his return stated that Congress would not permit theintroduction of slavery even if a majority of the people asked for it.!**The revelations of Lemen s diary not only explain the sudden awaken-ing of the Indiana anti-slavery men, but also the continuous refusal ofCongress to suspend the slavery proviso year after year, when committeeswere reporting in favor of its suspension. Jeffei*sons influence at the. Jesse B. Thomas time was enormous, not only in Washington, but throughout the was felt still further in Indiana. When the legislature of 1808 metthe proslavery people began a new effort for slavery by sending petitionsto the legislature for another appeal to Congress. But now that the anti-slaveiy element had started petitioning they also kept at it, and thelittle legislative body was fairly stormed with petitions for and against 10 Western Sun, February 25, 1809. 256 INDIANA AND INDIANANS slavery, winding np with a petition from William Atchison and othersof St. Clair County, asking that all anti-slavers petitions be thrownunder the table. Atchison was noted for vehement expression. AVilliamMorrison, whose principal mercantile house was at Kaskaskia, had severalbranch stores, and Atchison managed his store at Cahokia. On accountof the high prices he charged, he was comm
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