... without it. The question of slavery now occupies the most prominent place in the public mind, and in the House of Representatives it is the source of endless divisions. By the resolution of Cali- fornia to reject slavery, under the constitution which ...

... caused the revolt of IS48. -end of having subsequently, without the Kinig's authorisrition;,6emantcipated the blacks from slavery, and aerrerded them more privileges than they demanded. Aletter fromi Rome, dfr the '20th tilt., in'h fauoo Florence. says: ...

... n issaft had been tried, and great excitement existed in Wasb'in ton and throughout the country, The Free Soil, or A:ti. Slavery, advocates remained firm in their refusal to vote fe any eai didate for tUM speakershitv who was not pledged tw their views ...

... 47 issues had been tried, and great excitement existed a in Washington, and throughout the cotntry, The free soil, or anti-slavery advocates, remained firm in their refusal to vote for any candidate for the speakership who was not r pledged to their views ...

... fourteen in utber, one portioit wlrligs tild another Loco- focos or Democrats, but so ardent are they in their hls- tility to slavery, that they refuse to unite with either palrty in constitutilig the house by the election of the Speak;er. The Whigs lave pilt ...

... between the two great leading parties, refuse to vote for a candidate who is not pledged to their views on the question of slavery. The esutest has produced great excitement, not only in the contesters, but throghollt the country. In the pro- gress of the ...

... perpetuation vf slavery. is the b Iheaviest b]low w*hichl that form of tyranny has recel ed in ti the United States. and is thus no unniportant event in r- history. In the first draft of the constitution the inter- si Le diction of slavery wlas accompanied ...

... the pacific relations which exist between America and other countries. The r message touches slightly on the question of slavery, and } also on the affairs of the new State of California. b I Speaking of the proposed Nicaraguan Canal, -the Pre- D sident- ...

... expeditious comnnnuication| may be secured betreen the United States and thcr t1r- - ritories on the Pacific. In regard to slavery there is only anl irdirect allusion. or recoonuliendation to abstain from tie in.trodoc-tion of ex- citing topics of a section ...

... complete-and the laboure of the Anti-Slavery So- ciety, of Clarkson, of Wilberforce, and oh Buxton, instead of terminating in the emancipation of the universe, will have had for their results-the transfer of slavery from British to Spanish and Portuguese ...

... she has guarded it for the world, and prevented it from falling into the bands of any indivi- dual nation. The question of slavery agitates the Union to its centre. It was expected that the President would give a e definite utterance on this important matter ...

... extensioin of the frnhsehtd t~eeahehA wndreaute1 in t' tio-n4iltinn of a - rice'i ftirtheralie 's uf that ol'ject. 'Two atati slavery meetings IP131n1 beet, held, thle fit-st ettihed b-y the Ltori Bishop. the Chief .Jntic, 'rridm~tof heCounel, ?? of the F'lout- ...