. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... of theiLouisiana purchase, asked permission toform a constitution preparatory to beingadmitted into the Union as a State, When had been graduallygaining ground, andthere were many per-sons in the south whoheld the same religious bo-dies in the country haddistinctly expressedtheir belief that it v/ascontrary to the teach-ings of Christianity toown slaves, and mem-orials had been pre-sented to the legisla-tures of some of theStates, and to the Co
. Our greater country; being a standard history of the United States from the discovery of the American continent to the present time ... of theiLouisiana purchase, asked permission toform a constitution preparatory to beingadmitted into the Union as a State, When had been graduallygaining ground, andthere were many per-sons in the south whoheld the same religious bo-dies in the country haddistinctly expressedtheir belief that it v/ascontrary to the teach-ings of Christianity toown slaves, and mem-orials had been pre-sented to the legisla-tures of some of theStates, and to the Con-gress of the UnitedStates, praying for theabolition of slavery The law for theorganization of theNorthwest Territoryforbade the admis-sion of slavery into the States to be formed out of thatTerritory, and thus secured them for freelabor. Though Congress did not hesitateto legislate upon the subject of slavery inthis case, it steadily refused to comply withthe demands of the petitions presented to itpraying it to take measures for the abolitionof slavery throughout the nation. The exist-ence of slavery within the individual States. OLD WAY OF PICKING COTTON. the bill for this purpose was presented to theHouse of Representatives on the thirteenthof February, Mr. Tallmadge, of New York,proposed to insert a clause providing thatthe further introduction of slavery, or invol-untary servitude, be prohibited, except forthe punishment of crimes whereof the partyshall have been duly convicted; and that allchildren born in said State, after the admis- 552 FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE CIVIL WAR. sion thereof into the Union, shall be free atthe age of twenty-five years. The announcement of this amendmentproduced a great sensation in the House,and throughout the country. It was believedby the advocates of slavery that the resolu-tions of the House of Representatives of1790, in reply to the first petition presentedto it for the abolition of slavery, had settledthe question of the powers of th
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