. 1882 edition.: ...freedom and Christianity together, which was one of the most powerful levers used in the contest. At one meeting of the friends of freedom in St. Clair county, more than thirty preachers of the gospel attended and opposed the introduction of slavery into the State." The Hon.william H. Brown, a former president of the Chicago Historical Society, in his admirable sketch of the "Early Movement in Illinois for the Legalization of Slavery," read before the Society December 5,1864, thus speaks of the great ...
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. 1882 edition.: ...freedom and Christianity together, which was one of the most powerful levers used in the contest. At one meeting of the friends of freedom in St. Clair county, more than thirty preachers of the gospel attended and opposed the introduction of slavery into the State." The Hon.william H. Brown, a former president of the Chicago Historical Society, in his admirable sketch of the "Early Movement in Illinois for the Legalization of Slavery," read before the Society December 5,1864, thus speaks of the great contest: "The struggle which now commenced, and was conSKETCH BY HON. WM. H. BROWN. 137 tinned through the succeeding eighteen months, was one of no ordinary character. Our previous elections had been conducted with warmth and zeal; bnt into this canvass was infused a bitterness and malignity which the agitation of the Slavery question only engenders. Why it always produces this result, is worthy of the investigation of the moralist and philosopher. Other great evils, political or moral, are discussed with freedom, and measures for their amelioration or prevention meet with no outward opposition; but call in question the right of one man to enslave another, or even make an effort to confine this gigantic sin to the territory in which it exists, and the fiercest passions are aroused in the hearts of its advocates, and the lack of power alone saves their opponents from utter destruction. In this spirit was the contest of 1823-4 waged. Old friendships were sundered, families divided and neighborhoods arrayed in opposition to each other. Threats of personal violence were frequent, and personal collisions a common occurrence. As in times of warfare, every man expected an attack, and was prepared to meet it. Pistols and dirks were in great demand, and formed a part of the personal habiliments of all those conspicuous for their opposition to the Convention measure. Even the gentler sex came within the vortex of this whirlwind of passion; and many...
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