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New and bitter laws were passed in the Southern States against teaching or helping the negroes; and in several States it was calmly proposed to deprive the free blacks also of their liberty, to sell them back into bondage in order to raise money for the support of the elementary schools. NEW AND BITTER LAWS WERE PASSED IN THE SOUTHERN STATES AGAINST TEACHING OR HELPING THE NEGROES AND IN SEVERAL STATES IT WAS CALMLY PROPOSED TO DEPRIVE THE FREE BLACKS ALSO OF THEIR LIBERTY TO SELL THEM BACK INTO BONDAGE IN ORDER TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
dmitted into the Union in 1803. Its population then was less than fifty thousand. Twenty years afterwards it had become ten times as great, and at the time of Garfield's election to its Senate, numbered nearly two and a half millions. Garfield had won his spurs as a politician in the discussion of the slavery question, and very soon he was called to give practical form to his opinions. For years there had been a conviction among many of the people of the Northern States that slavery was wrong, that it was a crime against man and a sin against God. The Southern States where slavery existed defended the institution without shame and without fear. They bitterly resented any discussion of the subject by the North, and they took effectual means to suppress any adverse opinions in the South. In the very year of Garfield's election, nearly a thousand white persons in the slave States were robbed, whipped, imprisoned, tarred and feathered, or murdered, on suspicion of sympathy with the slaves. TE AND ADMITTED INTO THE UNION IN EIGHTEEN O THREE ITS POPULATION THEN WAS LESS THAN FIFTY THOUSAND TWENTY YEARS AFTERWARD IT HAD BECOME TEN TIMES AS GREAT AND AT THE TIME OF GARFIELD'S ELECTION TO ITS SENATE NUMBERED NEARLY TWO AND A HALF MILLIONS GARFIELD HAD WON HIS SPURS AS A POLITICIAN IN THE DISCUSSION OF THE SLAVERY QUESTION AND VERY SOON HE WAS CALLED TO GIVE PRACTICAL FORM TO HIS OPINIONS FOR YEARS THERE HAD BEEN A CONVICTION AMONG MANY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTHERN STATES THAT SLAVERY WAS WRONG THAT IT WAS A CRIME AGAINST MAN AND A SIN AGAINST GOD THE SOUTHERN STATES WHERE SLAVERY EXISTED DEFENDED THE INSTITUTION WITHOUT SHAME AND WITHOUT FEAR THEY BITTERLY RESENTED ANY DISCUSSION OF THE SUBJECT BY THE NORTH AND THEY TOOK EFFECTUAL MEANS TO SUPPRESS ANY ADVERSE OPINIONS IN THE SOUTH IN THE VERY YEAR OF GARFIELD'S ELECTION NEARLY A THOUSAND WHITE PERSONS IN THE SLAVE STATES WERE ROBBED WHIPPED IMPRISONED TARRED AND FEATHERED OR MURDERED ON SUSPICION OF SYMPATHY WITH THE SLAVES
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