May 25, 1860 This account of the platform includes seventeen resolutions adopted. Comment by the editor criticizes the platform because it “takes no issue with the Dred Scott Decision, or…
May 23, 2007
June 29, 1860 Here is a story of Cassius Clay, winning “another victory for free speech, at Richmond, Ky”. The story indicates that he had publicly announced his intention to…
May 23, 2007
July 20, 1860 Here are some of Garrison’s words: “Now, in regard to the Republican party. Our friend (Senator Wilson) truly said, it is not an anti-slavery party. If it…