A

HISTORY OF THE STRUGGLE

FOR

SLAVERY EXTENSION OR RESTRICTION

IN THE

UNITED STATES,

FROM THE

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

TO THE PRESENT DAY.

MAINLY

COMPILED AND CONDENSED FROM THE JOURNALS OF CONGRESS AND
OTHER OFFICIAL RECORDS, AND SHOWING THE VOTE BY

YEAS AND NAYS ON THE MOST IMPORTANT
DIVISIONS IN EITHER HOUSE.

BY HORACE GREELEY.

NEW YORK:

DIX, EDWARDS & CO., 321 BROADWAY.

1856.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

DIX, EDWARDS & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

MILLER & HOLMAN,

Printers and Stereotypers, N. Y.