INFLUENCE OF SLAVERY ON THE WHOLE POLICY AND LEGISLA- § 1. The Powers of Congress in accordance with the Constitu- THE SEPARATION OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH § 1. From the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry (1859) to the Nomination of President Lincoln (1860) § 2. From the Election to the Installation of President Lincoln V. A Concordat between the Holy See and the Republic of Hayti VI. Article of the Treaty of Paris (1814) relative to the Negro Slave- RESULTS OF SLAVERY. BOOK FIRST. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. INTRODUCTION. THE United States are rarely judged with impartiality in Europe. As this great nation is the only powerful republic founded in modern times, monarchists will not speak well of it, republicans dare not speak ill of it. The first carefully note, and loudly point out, every defect and scandal; and present them as continual and logical. In their eyes, the country of Washington is a tumultuous and execrable community, open to slavery, polygamy, and atheism, the tranquil abode or hospitable refuge of bankrupts and robbers; a community founded by a handful of fanatics to end in a horde of filibusters. The second, no less ultra, extol the marvellous growth of this nation without neighbors and without bounds, enriched by the increase of a population fleeing to its shores from the too narrow limits of Europe; a nation which more than pays its expenses ;* triples * The receipts into the Treasury, from all sources, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1859, including the loan authorized by the act of June 14, 1858, and |