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Excerpt from Speech of Benjamin Barstow, of Salem, on the Abolition Propensities of Caleb Cushing: Delivered at the Massachusetts National Democratic Convention, Held at Boston, Sept; 22, 1853 And on the fourth branch Because it would be a violation of the public faith na wise, impolitic and dangerous to the Union - Mr. Cushing voted against its adoption, with his brother Abolitionists, Adams, J ack son and Phillips - while upon the Whole of the above F. Pierce is found in the affirma tive. May 26, 1836, on the following - Re solved, That Congress ought not to interfere in any way with slavery in the District of Columbia - Franklin Pierce voted yes, Cush ing, Jackson, Phillips, &c., no; and upon the resolve to lay all petitions, &c., on the table without further action, Franklin Pierce voted yes, Cushing and friends no. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.