A long accounting “To the People of Massachusetts”, from Cushing, telling of the gag-order regarding the anti-slavery petitions in Congress, dated Dec 22,1838, from Washington.
Category: <span>Legislation</span>
June 30, 1848 Under Refuge of Oppression, reports a bill reported by Mr. Butler, in the Senate, from the Judiciary Committee. (The bill is clearly a pre-cursor to portions of the…
January 12, 1849 Under the Refuge of Oppression column is an account from the Richmond Enquirer telling of recent proceedings in the Virginia Legislature, warning that passage of the Wilmot…
April 6, 1849 An item from the Harrisburg Keystone, conveys a view of legislation and legislators. It asks farmers, mechanics, laboring men to review the huge volume of acts passed…
January 18, 1850 Notice of Mr. Mason’s bill, providing ‘for the more effective execution of the third clause of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of…