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 .. . slavery was thus brought befoieCongress again. The Missouri Compromise forbade shivery forever in those sec-tions, for both of them lie to the north parallel of 3G° 30. Stephen A. Douglas,however, and a number of other Detnoeraiic leaders in Congress claimed thatthe Compromise of 1850 nullified tlii~agreement, and that the same freedom oichoice should be given to the citizen>of Kansas and Nebraska as was givento those in U
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 .. . slavery was thus brought befoieCongress again. The Missouri Compromise forbade shivery forever in those sec-tions, for both of them lie to the north parallel of 3G° 30. Stephen A. Douglas,however, and a number of other Detnoeraiic leaders in Congress claimed thatthe Compromise of 1850 nullified tlii~agreement, and that the same freedom oichoice should be given to the citizen>of Kansas and Nebraska as was givento those in Utah and New policy was called Squatter Sov-ereignty. THE .MISSOURI COMPROMISE. The bill was bitterly fought in Con-gress, but it passed the Senate by a voteof thirty-seven to fourteen, and afteranother fierce struggle was adopted inthe liouse by a vote of 113 to received several amendments, and thePresident signed it ]May 31, the Missouri Compromise wasrepealed and the first note of civil wai-sounded. The question of slavery wa>opened anew, and could never be closeilwithout the slieddiu- of blood to an extent no one dreanuN. LUCBETIA MOTT. Tlie advance Agent of emancipation.(1703-1880.) IOKMATION OF THE IAKTV. The enforcement of the fugitive slave law was resisted in the North andniunerous conflicts took place. During the attempted ai-rest of Anthony Burnsin Boston a deputy-sheriff was shot dead, and Federal troops from Ilhode Islandhad to be summoned before Burns could be returned to shivery. Former politicalopponents began uniting in both sections. In the North the opponents ofslavery, comprising Democrats, Free-Soilers, Know Nothings, Whigs, and Al)o-litionists, joined in the formation of the Anti-Nebraska Men, and under thatname they elected, in 1854, a majority of the House of Representatives for the 270 TAYLOR, FILLMORE, PIERCE, AND BUCHANAN. next Congress. Soon after the election, the new organization took the name ofRe
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