True History of the Missouri Compromise and Its Repeal

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I will state that in writing this history, I wrote as I read, and from first impressions, sometimes finding them mistaken and subject to correction: but much oftener finding them confirmed and strengthened the more I read, and the more deeply I went into the subject.