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Show . . , , ' - . , ' 4.'4, i ,, t 'A' 11,- ', ,, I 111 -- . - - Ii 4 ., i . IV:4 ', ... -- ' - ' .7,-,,- J -- ,. 01 ,!. -- N !1! 10641)1. '''' k7 4 CI' I A4: 11 -N 't v t ' 4 AA ''' "( - ,..' .--- "d1' , ,! Voo,r4' A. .", 1. , ,,, ; r. 14114 . , 4 ,.? ' , . II) -- -,- i li ' ' . - - 4,4, H.r1 ' ' i: ' , El ( ,,,, tit , . I 4 1 ,., , . 4 - - - 1 ' :' r, ''' . ' .,,'-- '4., i" ,' :. : ' s :',. ::' ' ,''''',' , ' ',' .r..: ,1 , - ( '- - : ...-- -, . , ' i 1 -- , , .. ' 441s.... . ,.,, : :',. ,, ;sso, , ,. ..L., - '' c - ' 'o t' .44 ' . -, - ,,, , COMPROMISE OF 1850-- The mightiest debate iR the U. S. Senate since 1830 was over the slavery issue in connection with the admission to the Union of California as state. In tfie above scene. depicted by the the thirty-fir- st artist Peter Frederick Rothermel. Henry Clay the "great pacihcator" is making his famous speech, which led to the ,. -'"" ,,': ,T- ,l - w,' . . , - '...;'.A.., !ot i ., lt ' '' ' ' ,t ..,--- 4 . Brothers phot., famous 1850 Compromise. Other famous figures easily recornilable are Daniel Webster. seated three rows behind Clay, with his band tnehis ear. Tom. Benton. his prominent nose realistically portrayed. seated facing the speaker, and John C. Calhoun. third from-thextreme right, stand- - :,. , - -- 1 .. , 4 ,. -' .,...'- - ' 4 , . . - ..... - - ; 1 7"--- ., ,..,,' :. . I , I , - - ) . ft( ) '' - .. ' 's , . ., . t, -- - ,' - , - - -. - ---- . , - . . Frederick IL Meseta 4' ' a .4 rf7 4 . - ' 2 ' 03 ' . , , . LIFE IN 1850 . 1 ' -'. . : , 1 . 1 ' ,1,---- - oP., I , ;- - - i - '', - ad - ,, ,--- -, i L,1111 A ill t 4 '' I 'kit, '( 4,17;t1T &Jilt . ' , IP I TE , -, - , .,.. "' T-- , ' .- --am.. c ,-. ..,- , . ' I f: ,4.4,-s.,--,- . , ,. .k ,,, ' 4 ''''',(N-,,.'- ri.' - - on this page' ,i.yr . , - Z- 1.. as "7.1116.1::11'",a,,ibtiom,-.- urriE V ,,,,,, ..,.griti---.77.... ..horiaLliwierowskl"'"---- .,,;..... if 't ' 4r- - "' 't lic ' - --.- . . '- -,, 'I., , the orator. 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I r''' A., - - , ' - , 4 - .0, , 'l , ' ' He died ' , ' ) 't". ,..: - :, , - fi .t, 4, 1 , 4, ,r,- - I g, t. 1' , t. ROUGH AND READYZachary Tay. Icir1',31exicen War Imre, wag president. !, f' in 1850.---- - -- - - ' - ,',.....-:--,-,- - 1 --- c - - ' - .. ' , '.'- ; ' '' ' .1,. 1 . . 7 . . . . ,. , : , t ...,......... . ,t ....4"'"'......- ,'-i:C- . . ,. , '''' ''' , ' ' ,-- ov PP ,.; ,,, , , , I V,t , , , Vp,., ,,,P.. . ,I, $ -- , ., ,.. 4- 1 . - headlines as "Most Glorious News", and "The Country Saved" 'heralded the passing of Henry 'Clay's Compromise of 1850. Here the "Great Pacificator" with his wife Lucretia- . PEACEMAKER--Su- ch ', .; I . ' - - . (LH, . ' . - - 'NEW','CHIEF-Mill- ard . , i , , ,, . . , - N 4 , , . , - . , , ; ,,. ' , , : - . ,,'4 , ,., , - 1..a.n - , .- t''' -- ,, . . i , , - , : - z -- ) - - II) . ,rt , rti f.- - - , . , ,,, , , - - 4. . , Tt. - , - - l , ,,, ,, ,,, ; I , . t' ,,.,..., 1.li. . - ..,t ;,. , . - ',- ' - - t ri .. 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GIANTA rising star in the Senate in ', , I k, 0. , ,,,,L 1854 was ,a,' I ,- ' ., N 41eq. 41,,i , -- , ,o; '',' , cc - . ,,-- r--- - ,'- ? is ,cco,,... ,- i- ' , i.- - , 1850's Congressman , Preston Brooks caned Senator Sumner for remarks on South. .. ....- presented a glimpse at Americana in and about 1850. Pictures, except as otherwise noted. from Roger Butterfield's "The American Past" and are used through permission of the Register & Tribune Syndicate.. '''',,..' N "';'-:- tr1477,;;- ; 4'41.s,,''' . - '' '',....., .;', ',,,,,, (7,......---- r' . , ..-- y"-- , , ' co. .,, - ,7,......,,,,,- I with feelings about slavery. In Washington. its issues occupied 'political I.. giants like Clay. Webster. Calhoun. Benton and Douglas. It was a frontier era. too. and people continued to swarm to the Fat ' i Nest, many of them fevered with the desire for gold.'' ', !; - 14 1 I , . ' ' - . S'' '' '' .' ' t,.''-,-,--",;- .2 -, It,,..,-- . - ,,- - ''.'' 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