8,45 THE VOTER’S TEXT BOOK, COMPRISING A COLLECTION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND STATISTICS, CONNECTED WITH THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF AMERICA, COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS, WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL SKETCHES BY JAMES M. HIATT. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.: Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by ASHER, ADAMS & HIGGINS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Indiana. STEREOTYPED AT THE FRANKLIN TYPE FOUNDRY, CINCINNATI. Library 5-7-19340 CONTENTS. PAGE. 5 94 Formation of the Original Union......... Population of the United States at Decennial Periods.... Declaration of Independence....... Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union.......... Constitution of the United States, and Amendments ....... Kansas and Nebraska Act of 1854... Proposed Crittenden Compromise.. Emancipation Proclamation....... Letter Explaining the same...... Proclamation of Andrew Jackson..... History of each of the States....... Electoral Votes for 1st and 2d terms.... - Ço 97 101 106 130 157 158 161 162 164 165 168 169 172 173 176 177 179 180 |