Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . -isana i^urchase. Troubles over the Indian titles delayed its settlement until1851, after which its growth was wonderfully rapid. Oregon was admitted in1859. The streams of emigration to California overflowed into Oregon, wheresome of the precious metal was found. It was learned, however, in time that Oregons most valuable treasuremine was in her wheat, which is ex-ported to all parts of the , of which we have giv
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . -isana i^urchase. Troubles over the Indian titles delayed its settlement until1851, after which its growth was wonderfully rapid. Oregon was admitted in1859. The streams of emigration to California overflowed into Oregon, wheresome of the precious metal was found. It was learned, however, in time that Oregons most valuable treasuremine was in her wheat, which is ex-ported to all parts of the , of which we have given anaccount in the preceding pages, wasquietly admitted, directly after theseceding Senators abandoned their; seats, their votes having kept it outup to that time. The population ofthe United States in 1860 was 31,-443,321. Prosperity prevailed every-where, and, but for the darkeningsliadows of civil war, the condition ofno people could have been morehappy and promising. THE DEED SCOTT DECISION. Dred Scott was the negro slaveof Dr. Emerson, of Missouri, a sur-geon in the United States army. Inihe discharge of his duty, his ownertook him to military posts in Illi-. JAMES BUCHANAN. (17>J1-1SU5.) One term, 1S37-1S61. nois and Minnesota. Scott mariied a negro woman in Minnesota, and bothwere sold by Dr. Emerson upon his return to Missouri. The negro brought suitfor his freedom on the ground that he had been taken into territory whereslavery was forbidden. The case passed through the various State courts, and,reaching the United States Su2ireme Court, that body made its decision in March,1857. This decision was to the effect that negro slaves were not citizens, and nomeans existed by which they could become such; they were simply property^like household goods and chattels, and their owner could take them into any THE I)RED SCOTT DECISION. 279 State HI the Union without forfeiting his ownership in tlicm. It fbllowed alsofrom this important decision that the IMissonri Compromise o
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