Speech of Hon. Russell Sage, of New York

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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Russell Sage, of New York: On the Professions and Acts of the President of the United States, The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, The Outrages in Kansas, And the Sectional Influence and Aggressions of the Slave Power Now, Mr. Chairman, having shown what the professions of. The leading men of the South were, and the present administration in particular, I proceed to consider the causes which have led to the present deplorable 'state of things throughout the length and breadth of the country and I charge that it is owing to the violation of the declarations and pledges to which I have referred, in the reopening of the slavery agitation in 1854, by the repeal of the time-honored. Compact, known as the Missouri Compromise Act, from which all of the present domestic troubles have arisen, and has well nigh seriously strained the stability of the Union. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.