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Title: History and government of the United States, for evening schools
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Chancellor, William Estabrook, 1867-
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Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American Book Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Entry of General Scott into the City of Mexico and settlement, have been formed the States of Washington,Oregon, Idaho, and parts of )\Iontana and Wyoming. Wilmot Proviso. — In the same year the Wilmot Proviso wasfirst presented, — that no new territory of the United Statesshould ever be open to slavery. Squatter Sovereignty.—In 1848 the doctrine of SquatterSovereignty was proclaimed by the Democratic Presidentialcandidate, Lewis Cass, — that the people of each Territory,before its admission into the Union as a State, should them-selves decide by popular vote whether it should permit slavery
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BISTOIiY OF OUR COUNTRY 47 53. The Administration of Zachary Taylor (i 849-1850). — The next President was a hero of the Mexican War. The mostfamous political measures of his time were the Compromise of1850, which recognized the principle of Squatter Sovereignty,and favored a Fugitive Slave Act, denying to runaway slavesthe right of trial by jury and the right of habeas corpus.These measures marked the progress of the discussion regard-ing the presence and extension of slavery in the southernsection of the country. President Taylor died soon after hisinauguration. 54. The Administration of Millard Fillmore (1850-1853).—At the death of Taylor, the Vice President succeeded him.The period of his administration was occupied by the slaverydebate. In 1852 Webster and Clay, the great Whig leaders,both died; and Uncle Tom^s Cabin, a famous antislavery novel,written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, was first published. In theSouth, as well as in the North, there was great anxiety as tothe future

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