. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... Franklin Pierce served the Southern interest faithfully for four years,as he was pledged to do,and in 1857 gave uphis seat to James Bu-chanan of Pennsylvania,also elected by the Dem-ocratic party. Therehad been a hard politi-cal fight against himby the other party, whonow called themselves Republicans, the oldname which ThomasJefferson had beenproud to own. TheRepublicans had for aleader, John C. Fre-mont, the young ex-plorer of the RockyMountains,
. The history of our country from its discovery by Columbus to the celebration of the centennial anniversary of its declaration of independence ... Franklin Pierce served the Southern interest faithfully for four years,as he was pledged to do,and in 1857 gave uphis seat to James Bu-chanan of Pennsylvania,also elected by the Dem-ocratic party. Therehad been a hard politi-cal fight against himby the other party, whonow called themselves Republicans, the oldname which ThomasJefferson had beenproud to own. TheRepublicans had for aleader, John C. Fre-mont, the young ex-plorer of the RockyMountains, and the bat-tle was fought for himwith intense contest was decided in favor of the party which had ruled thecountry so many years, and in 1857 James Buchanan was madepresident in Washington. Of course he had little sympathy withfree-state settlers in Ktmsas, and they fought out their fight therewith no aid or encouragement from him. Meanwhile, John Brown, who found Kansas was now able togain her freedom at the ballot-box, concluded to leave the before he left, a slave came secretly to beseech his good offices. RAID INTO VIRGINIA. 427 in aiding him to escape with his wife and children. He had justlearned they were all to be sold in Texas, and the slaves dreadedbeing sold into the extreme south more than the punishment of thelash. It was a place from which there seemed no hope of any re-lease from bondage. Brown never heard any appeal from the slave without actingnpon it. Just before he started for the East, he went over intoMissouri to the plantation where the slave lived, and took awaywith him twelve slaves who were anxious to escape. The masterof the slaves was killed in opposing the escape of his marched the whole party to Canada, and left them thererejoicing in their freedom, and blessing their deliverer. But thisdeed covered his name with odium in the South, and he was de-nounced as the blackest of murderers and desperadoes. Abo
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