Young folks' history of the United States . arly explored and settledby the French ; and, as slavery had been prohibited inall that territory by the Ordinance of 1787, Michi-gan came in as a free State; but Arkansas came in asa slave State. CHAPTER XXVII. VAN BUREN, HARRISON, TYLER, AND THE ANNEXATIONOF TEXAS. THE next President was Martin Van Buren of New The eighthYork (1837-1841). Like General Jackson before P^-^^^d^^*-him, he was the candidate of the Democratic party,which differed from the Whig party, as the oppositionparty was now called,mainly in insistingmore on the rights ofthe separa
Young folks' history of the United States . arly explored and settledby the French ; and, as slavery had been prohibited inall that territory by the Ordinance of 1787, Michi-gan came in as a free State; but Arkansas came in asa slave State. CHAPTER XXVII. VAN BUREN, HARRISON, TYLER, AND THE ANNEXATIONOF TEXAS. THE next President was Martin Van Buren of New The eighthYork (1837-1841). Like General Jackson before P^-^^^d^^*-him, he was the candidate of the Democratic party,which differed from the Whig party, as the oppositionparty was now called,mainly in insistingmore on the rights ofthe separate States,and less-on those ofthe General Govern-ment. During Burens admin-istration there wasgreat excitement onthe Canadian fron-tier, because of a re-bellion against theBritish Governmentin Canada. Many people in the States martin van buren. bordering on Canada sympathized with this rebellion;but the American Government discouraged all activeassistance, as being contrary to international law. Therebellion was finally subdued. 267. 268 YOUNG folks UNITED STATES. Anti- But there was an excitement which kept on increas- agitation, i^g in the United States during ali President VanBurens time, and was far more important than theCanadian rebellion. This was the antislavery agitationwhich grew steadily greater, and was often resisted by \mobs and violence, even in the free States. A slavechild named Med, who had been brought by her masterinto Boston, was declared free by the Supreme Court ofthe State, as not being a fugitive; and several similartriumphs were obtained. On the other hand, a meet-ing of the Boston Female Antislavery Society wasbroken up by a mob, while the mayor declared himselfunable to protect it; and Mr. Garrison, who had at-tempted to address the society, was dragged throughthe streets with a rope round his body, and was finallysaved by the police, who lodged him in jail for protec-tion. A public hall in Philadelphia, called Pennsyl-vania Hall, where the na
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