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FREE

FREE See also:
SOIL
SOIL PARTY , a See also:

POLITICAL

political party in the See also:

UNITED

United States, which was organized in 1847–1848 to oppose the See also:

EXTENSION (Lat. ex, out ; tendere, to stretch)

extension of See also:

SLAVERY

slavery into the Territories. It was a See also:

COMBINATION (Lat. combinare, to combine)

combination of the political abolitionists—many of whom had formerly been identified with the more See also:

RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical See also:

LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

Liberty party—the See also:

ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-slavery Whigs, and the See also:

FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction of the Democratic party in the See also:

state of New See also:

York, called " Barnburners," who favoured the See also:

PROHIBITION (Lat. prohibere, to prevent)

prohibition of slavery, in accordance with the " See also:

Wilmot Proviso " (see WILMOT, See also:

DAVID), in the territory acquired from See also:

Mexico. The party was prominent in the presidential See also:

CAMPAIGNS

campaigns of 1848 and 1852. At the See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

convention held in See also:

BUFFALO

Buffalo, N.Y., on the 9th and loth of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1848, they secured the nomination to the See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency of ex See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

President See also:

Martin See also:

VAN

Van Buren, who had failed to secure nomination by the Democrats in 1844 because of his opposition to the See also:

ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation of See also:

TEXAS

Texas, and of See also:

Charles See also:

Francis See also:

Adams, of See also:

MASSACHUSETTS (an Indian name, originally applied to a tribe of Indians)

Massachusetts, for the See also:

VICE

vice-presidency, taking as their "See also:

PLATFORM (Fr. plateforme, i.e. ground plan)

platform "a See also:

DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

Declaration that See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, having " no more See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power to make a slave than to make a See also:

king," was See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to restrict slavery to the slave states, and concluding, " we inscribe on our banner `Free Soil, Free Speech,Free Labor and Free See also:

Man,' and under it we will fight on and fight ever, until a triumphant victory shall See also:

REWARD

reward our exertions." The Liberty party had previously, in See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1847, nominated 3 See See also:

HELMHOLTZ, HERMANN LUDWIG FERDINAND VON (1821-1894)

Helmholtz, op. cit. p. 167. Thew phenomena are clearly explained at greater length by See also:

SEDLEY, SIR CHARLES (c. 1639-1701)

Sedley See also:

Taylor in See also:

Sound and See also:

MUSIC

Music (See also:

LONDON

London, 1896), pp. 134-153 and pp. 74-86. See also See also:

FRIEDRICH, JOHANN (1836— )

Friedrich Zamminer, See also:

Die Musik and die musikalischen Instrumente, &c. (See also:

GIESSEN

Giessen, 1855), p. 261. From J.

B. See also:

RIOT (0. Fr. riote, of uncertain etymology)

Riot, Traite de pkysique experiment See also:

ALE

ale. A, Tuning See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire. D, Free See also:

reed. R, Reed-See also:

box. B,C, Feed See also:

PIPE

pipe with conical See also:

FOOT

foot. T, See also:

PART

Part of resonating pipe, the upper end with cap and vent hole being shown separately at the See also:

side. R, Reed box. Ff, Tuning wire. TV, Feed pipe. VV, Conical foot. S, Hole through which compressed See also:

John P.

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Hale and See also:

Leicester King as president and vice-president respectively, but in the See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring of 1848 it withdrew its candidates and joined the "free soil" See also:

MOVEMENT

movement. Representatives of eighteen states, including See also:

DELAWARE

Delaware, See also:

MARYLAND

Maryland and See also:

Virginia, attended the Buffalo convention. In the ensuing presidential See also:

election Van Buren and Adams received a popular See also:

VOTE

vote of 291,263, of which 120,510 were See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast in New York. They received no electoral votes, all these being divided between the Whig See also:

CANDIDATE

candidate, Zachary Taylor, who was elected, and the Democratic candidate, See also:

Lewis See also:

CASS, LEWIS (1782–1866)

Cass. The " free soilers," however, succeeded in sending to the See also:

THIRTY

thirty-first Congress two senators and fourteen representatives, who by their ability exercised an See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence out of proportion to their number. Between 1848 and 1852 the " Barnburners " and the " Hunkers," their opponents, became partially reunited, the former returning to the Democratic ranks, and thus greatly weakening the Free Soilers. The party held its national convention at See also:

Pittsburg, See also:

Pennsylvania, on the Iith of August 1852, delegates being See also:

PRESENT

present from all the free states, and from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and See also:

KENTUCKY

Kentucky; and John P. Hale, of New See also:

HAMPSHIRE (or COUNTY OF SOUTHAMPTON, abbreviated HANTS)

Hampshire, and See also:

George W. See also:

JULIAN (FLAVIUS CLAUDIUS JULIANUS) (331-363)

Julian of See also:

INDIANA

Indiana, were nominated for the presidency and the vice-presidency respectively, on a platform which declared slavery " a See also:

sin against See also:

GOD

God and a See also:

CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime against man," denounced the See also:

COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

Compromise See also:

MEASURES

Measures of r85o, the fugitive slave See also:

law in particular, and again opposed the extension of slavery in the Territories. These candidates, however, received no electoral votes and a popular vote of only 156,149, of which but 25,329 were polled in New York. By 1856 they abandoned their See also:

SEPARATE

separate organization and joined the movement which resulted in the formation of the powerful Republican party (q.v.), of which the Free Soil party was the legitimate precursor. FREE-See also:

STONE (a See also:

TRANSLATION

translation of the O.

Fr. franche Pere or See also:

PIERRE

pierre, i.e. stone of See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good quality; the See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

French See also:

EQUIVALENT

equivalent is pierre de faille, and Ital. pietra molle), stone used in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture for See also:

MOULDINGS

mouldings, See also:

TRACERY

tracery and other See also:

WORK

work required to be worked with the See also:

CHISEL (from the O. Fr. cisel, modern ciseau, Late Lat. cisellum, a cutting tool, from caedere, to cut)

chisel. The oolitic stones are generally so called, although in some countries soft sandstones are used; in some churches an indurated See also:

CHALK

chalk called " clunch " is employed for See also:

INTERNAL

internal lining and for See also:

CARVING

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