Salmon P. Chase: “Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress” - Milestone Documents

Salmon P. Chase: “Appeal of the Independent Democrats in Congress”

( 1854 ) Commentary by Austin Allen, University of Houston–Downtown

Glossary

arraign to accuse of being inadequate or faulty
British North America Canada
demagogues leaders who gain power through false claims and by appealing to prejudices
ingress entrance
Homestead Law a law that would grant land to settlers for free or on easy terms
Old World Europe
pertinaciously stubbornly

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