The author, W.B. Davis, tried to encourage the governors to correspond with each other on the issue of slavery. He writes, "That deep 'Yankee trick' of Abolition and 'free-soil' conspiracy and corrupt..
more »The author, W.B. Davis, tried to encourage the governors to correspond with each other on the issue of slavery. He writes, "That deep 'Yankee trick' of Abolition and 'free-soil' conspiracy and corruption and imposition of that Wilmot proviso on California, has given the North all she wants at present."
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