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in 1856, although democrat james buchanan had won the white house and the democrats controlled congress, as the majority party, they still had to deal with a formidable group of political rivals. lovejoy made his first lengthy speech in the house chamber on february 7th, 1858, "let the mason-dixon line disappear, let the country be one united whole," he said, "the rights of all equally respected." he attacked the dred scott decision and supreme court justice roger tawny's interpretation of the constitution. if human beings are property, lovejoy pointed out, why had the federal govern...

themselves free democrats, former supporters of the liberty party and the free soil party, along with a good number of know-nothing party loyalists, helped establish the republican party. many of these people were part of what was then called the anti-nebraska movement. thus some northern democrats came to be called anti-nebraska democrats. in 1856 a group of illinois anti-nebraska newspaper editors called for a convention of people opposed to the kansas-nebraska act to be held in bloomington on may 29th. this gathering is remembered as the time and place that the republican party wa...

and nonpartisan educational organization on capitol hill. that's no mean achievement. but our 50 years of existence pales in comparison to the proud history of knox college of galesburg, illinois, which later this month celebrates its 175th anniversary. i'm pleased to introduce the president of knox college who will in turn introduce today's speaker. teresa arn achat is the 19th president and the first woman president in the history of knox college. she came to knox college after a distinguished academic career at several institutions, including bucknell, harvard, the university of m...

lovejoy was also introduced to other bureau county residents who were actively involved with the underground railroad, the holbrooks, smiths and pinkertons. lovejay wasted no time proclaiming his anti-slavery views, but his abolitionist advocacy was unenthusiastically received by the majority of his parishioners. in fact he was warned to stop speaking against slavery or possibly face violent consequences. but gradually, due primarily to lovejoy's persistence, many of the people in bureau county changed their minds about the institution of slavery. by the mid 1840s, princeton became o...