[419] Ibid., pp. 1684-1685.
[420] Ibid., p. 1760. Clingman afterward admitted that the Southern opposition was motived by reluctance to admit new free Territories. "This feeling was felt rather than expressed in words." Clingman, Speeches and Writings, p. 334.
[421] Globe, 32 Cong., 1 Sess., p. 1762.
[422] See Davis, Union Pacific Railway, Chap. 3.
[423] See Benton's remarks in the House, Globe, 31 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 56.
[424] Connelley, The Provisional Government of the Nebraska Territory, published by the Nebraska State Historical Society, pp. 23-24.
[425] Connelley, Provisional Government, p. 28.
[426] Globe, 31 Cong., 2 Sess., pp. 56-58.
[427] House Bill No. 353; 32 Cong., 2 Sess.
[428] Globe, 32 Cong., 2 Sess., p. 558.