CHAPTER X.
False Statements of the Grounds for Separation .-- Slavery not the Cause, but an Incident .-- The Southern People not "Propagandists" of Slavery .-- Early Accord among the States with regard to African Servitude .-- Statement of the Supreme Court .-- Guarantees of the Constitution .-- Disregard of Oaths .-- Fugitives from Service and the "Personal Liberty Laws."-- Equality in the Territories the Paramount Question .-- The Dred Scott Case .-- Disregard of the Decision of the Supreme Court .-- Culmination of Wrongs .-- Despair of their Redress .-- Triumph of Sectionalism..