in the United States.--Their Appreciation of Christian
Civilization 93

Part 6.

_THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION._

CHAPTER IX.

NORTHERN SYMPATHY AND SOUTHERN SUBTERFUGES. 1850-1860.

Violent Treatment of Anti-slavery Orators.--The South
misinterprets the Mobocratic Spirit of the North.--The
"Garrisonians" and "Calhounites."--Slave Population of
1830-1850.--The Thirty-first Congress.--Motion for the Admission
of New Mexico and California.--The Democratic and Whig Parties on
the Treatment of the Slave Question.--Convention of the
Democratic Party at Baltimore, Maryland.--Nomination of Franklin
Pierce for President.--Whig Party Convention.--Nomination of Gen.
Winfield Scott for the Presidency by the Whigs.--Mr. Pierce
elected President in 1853.--A Bill introduced to repeal the
"Missouri Compromise."--Speech by Stephen A. Douglass.--Mr.
Chase's Reply.--An Act to organize the Territories of Kansas and
Nebraska.--State Militia in the South make Preparations for
War.--President Buchanan in Sympathy with the South. 97

CHAPTER X.

THE "BLACK LAWS" OF "BORDER STATES."

Stringent Laws enacted against Free Negroes and
Mulattoes.--Fugitive-slave Law respected in Ohio.--A Law to
prevent Kidnapping.--The First Constitution of Ohio.--History of
the Dred Scott case.--Judge Taney's Opinion in this Case.--Ohio
Constitution of 1851 denied Free Negroes the Right to vote.--The
Establishment of Colored Schools.--Law in Indiana Territory in
Reference to Executions.--An Act for the Introduction of Negroes
and Mulattoes into the Territory.--First Constitution of
Indiana.--The Illinois Constitution of 1818.--Criminal Code
enacted.--Illinois Legislature passes an Act to prevent the
Emigration of Free Negroes into the State.--Free Negroes of the
Northern States endure Restriction and Proscription 111

CHAPTER XI.

THE NORTHERN NEGROES.

Nominal Rights of Free Negroes in the Slave States.--Fugitive
Slaves seek Refuge in Canada.--Negroes petition against Taxation
without Representation.--A Law preventing Negroes from other
States from settling in Massachusetts.--Notice to Blacks,
Indians, and Mulattoes, warning them to leave the
Commonwealth.--The Rights and Privileges of the Negro
restricted