. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . constitutional measure, suc-ceeded in electing their can-didate, James Buchanan, ofPennsylvania, who was ac-cordingly inaugurated onthe 4th of March, 1857. 23. Buchanans Admin-istration—Browns Raid.— The agitation of theslavery question was con-tinued ; and John lirownsEaid, in 1859, still further increased the bitterness of feeling between the two sec-tions. Brown,* who was enthusiastic in his hatred of slavery, desired to set free as many slaves as
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . constitutional measure, suc-ceeded in electing their can-didate, James Buchanan, ofPennsylvania, who was ac-cordingly inaugurated onthe 4th of March, 1857. 23. Buchanans Admin-istration—Browns Raid.— The agitation of theslavery question was con-tinued ; and John lirownsEaid, in 1859, still further increased the bitterness of feeling between the two sec-tions. Brown,* who was enthusiastic in his hatred of slavery, desired to set free as many slaves as he could ; and with this object he and twenty-one associates seized the arsenal at Hai*pers Ferry, for the purpose of making it a rendezvous. The movement, however, entirely failed. Those engaged in it were overpow- seal of minnksota JAMES BUCHANAN. * John Brown was the descendant of a Puritan family, and at an early age imbibeda bitter hostility to the institution of slavery. After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill, he went with his six sons to Kansas, to aid in the settlement of the ter-ritory. With such boldness and determination did he oppose the violence of the pro-slavery party there, that his name became a terror to them. He was styled Osawato-mie Brown, because at that place he encountered, with a mere handful of men, aforce of nearly five hundred Missourians, and after killino; thirty-live of their number,made good his retreat. Just previous to this, one of his sons had been shot dead by aborder ruffian. 23. Describe Browns Raid(Map, p. 206) ? How did it result ? Where is Harpers Ferry 1860] BUCHANANS ADMINISTRATION 237 ered by Virginia troops, assisted by the national forces ;thirteen of tiiem were killed, two escaped, and the rest,including Brown, were tried, and, under the laws of Vir-ginia, executed.* 24. Elect
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