Us Southerners orto take all that new country west of the Missoury, clean acrost to the Pacific." The older gentleman smiled at him.

"You forget California," said he.

"She is already in, and free by her own vote." "An' a crime aginst the natural rights of the South! Sir, the institution of slavery is as old as history.

It is as old as the first settlement of agricultural man upon one piece of ground.
It's as old as the idea of sovereignty itself." Dunwody gave a sly wink at his neighbor, Judge Clayton.

The latter sank back in his chair resigned.