[65] Congressional Globe, 34th Cong. 1st Sess., Appendix, p. 107, February 28, 1856.
[66] Hildreth, History of the United States, Vol. VI. p. 713.
[67] Referring to this provision of the Missouri Bill, Mr. Niles italicizes “forever,” thus showing his construction of the word.—Niles’s Weekly Register, March 11, 1820.
[68] This letter, which the Columbian Centinel, of Boston, April 1, 1820, properly styles “tell-tale,” was addressed to the Editor of the Charleston City Gazette, under date of March 2, 1820.
[69] Act to organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, Sec. 14: Statutes at Large, Vol. X. p. 283.
[70] Senator of Missouri at Washington from 1843 to 1855, and for several sessions President pro tempore of the Senate.
[71] Message relative to Affairs in the Territory of Kansas, January 24, 1856: Executive Documents, 34th Cong. 1st Sess., No. 28, p. 4.
[72] Hon. S. C. Pomeroy, afterwards for many years Senator of Kansas at Washington.
[73] Hon. Wilson Shannon.
[74] Burke, Speech in the Impeachment of Warren Hastings, February 16, 1788: Works (London, 1822), Vol. XIII. p. 202.