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If a trace of partisan bias is betrayed in the thread of narrative which partially unites the successive reports, bills, votes, etc., presented in this work, the error is unintentional and regretted. Our purpose was to compile a record acceptable and convenient to men of all parties, and which might be consulted and trusted by all. Whatever is original herein is regarded as of no use or merit, save as a necessary elucidation of the residue. Without apology, therefore, or further explanation, the Text-Book is commended to the favor of the American public.

NEW-YORK, August let, 1860.

CONTENTS.

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ABOLITION CONV. at Warsaw, N. Y., 1839.
ABOLITIONISTS (Garrisonians) for Disunion. 173
ACCEPTANCE of Presidential candidates.... 210
ADAMS, CHARLES FRANCIS, of Massachusetts,
President Buffalo Convention, 1848; Nominee of
do, for Vice-President.

ADAMS, GOVERNOR, of South Carolina, re-
commends in a Message the reopening of the Afri-
can Slave-Trade...

ADAMS, JOHN, of Massachusetts, chosen

President 1796-7: Reëlection defeated 1800-1....

ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, of Massachusetts,

elected President 1824; defeated candidate for

do. 1828...

ALLEN, CHARLES, of Massachusetts, offers
Resolve in Whig National Convention, 1848......

AMERICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, 1856....

AMERICAN NATIONAL COUNCIL, 1856.....

ANTI-MASONIC NATIONAL CONVENTIONS of

1880 and 1881.

ANTI-SLAVERY ORDINANCE of 1784....

ANTI-SLAVERY ORDINANCE of 1787..

ASHMUN, GEORGE, of Massachusetts, Presi-

dent Republican National Convention, 1860.......

ATCHISON, DAVID R., of Missouri, beaten
for Vice-President in Democratic Convention, 1852
BANKS, NATHANIEL P., of Massachusetts,
defeated for Vice-President in Rep. Conv., 1856...
Supported for Vice-President in Republican Na-
tional Convention, 1860......

BATES, EDWARD, of Missouri, President

Whig National Convention, 1856..

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BOYD, LINN, of Kentucky, defeated for
Vice-President by Democratic Convention, 1856..

BRECKINRIDGE, JOHN C., of Kentucky,

nominated Vice-President by Democratic Con-

vention, 1856...

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DOWNS, SOLOMON U., of Louisiana, beaten

for Vice-President in Democratic Convention,

1852..

EVERETT, EDWARD, of Massachusetts, Union

candidate for Vice-President in 1860...

His views on Slavery-His "Knapsack" Speech
in Congress-Replies of Messrs. Mitchell, Ran
dolph and Cambreleng-Mr. Everett on Geo-
graphical Parties-Later Views on Slavery,
in Letters of 1837 and '89.....

His Acceptance of the Nomination for Vice-

President of the United States....

His views on the Sumner Outrage...
ELLMAKER, AMOs, of Pennsylvania, Anti-
Masonic candidate for Vice-President, 1882.....

ELECTION RETURNS IN DETAIL, of all the

Presidential Elections since 1836...

Aggregate vote by States, for President, from

1824 to 1856.

Alabama vote for President.

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JOHNSON, ANDREW, of Tennessee, supported
for President in National Democratic Convention :

JOHNSON, HERSCHEL V., of Georgia, beaten

for Vice-President in Democratic National Conven-

tion in 1856..

Nominated for Vice-President by Democratic

National Committee, 1860..

Speech on Slavery in the Territories in 1848
Holds that capital should own the laborer, in a
speech at Philadelphia in 1856. His Report
affirming the absolute right of holding slaves
in the Territories..

JOHNSON, RICHARD M., of Kentucky, beaten
in Convention for Vice-President, 1882..

Nominated and elected Vice-President in 1836..
Beaten for Vice-President in 1840..
Beaten for President in Democratic Convention,
1844..

JOHNSON, WILLIAM COST, of Maryland, Pre-
sident of Young Men's National Convention.....

JULIAN, GEORGE W., of Indiana, Free De-

mocratic candidate for Vice-President, 1852....

KANSAS OUTRAGES, Report of Howard and

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nominee for President in 1844..
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN (CLAY) CONVEN-
tions, at Baltimore, 1881; at Washington, 1832...
NEW-HAMPSHIRE DECLARES FOR THE WILMOT
Proviso through Legislative Resolves....
NEW-JERSEY LEGISLATURE FOR FREE TER-
ritory

212 NEW-YORK FOR FREEDOM.-Resolutions of
the Legislature against Slavery in the Territo-
ries in 1820,.....

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