Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 2 (of 2)

CHAPTER XIII.

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Summary of the Slavery Questions from 1787 to 1860—The 262 Anti-Slavery Agitation in the North—Growth and Political Triumph of the Republican Party—Fatal Divisions among the Democrats—Mr. Buchanan declines to be regarded as a Candidate for a second Election