Patrick Henry born, 1736
May Thirtieth
Those who oppose slavery in Kansas do not base their opposition upon any philanthropic principles, or any sympathy for the African race. For, in their so-called Constitution, framed at Topeka, they deem that entire race so inferior and degraded as to exclude them all forever from Kansas, whether they be bond or free.
Robert J. Walker
Kansas given territorial rights by Congress, 1854
May Thirty-First
SONG OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
... All down the hills of Habersham,
All through the valleys of Hall,
The rushes cried Abide, abide,
The wilful waterweeds held me thrall,
The laving laurel turned my tide,
The ferns and the fondling grass said Stay.
The dewberry dipped for to work delay,
And the little reeds sighed Abide, abide,
Here in the hills of Habersham,
Here in the valleys of Hall.
Sidney Lanier
British Government declared suspended in North Carolina (Mecklenburg) 1775