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Carter, while declining to be a candidate for political office, expresses grave concern over the recent action by the United States, termed by him the "rapid acquisition of foreign territory by the proclamation of our royal masters pro-consuls? What has become of the Constitution, and those who were so zealous in its defense?" in his letter of December 10, 1846. In his letter, March 26, 1857, he protests the creation of abolitionist territories and states from public lands by...
Dates:
1846-1858