Nashville (TN) Republican and Nashville Whig, "Repeal of the Missouri Compromise," November 7, 1859

      THE REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE

   ...So it is with this Harper's Ferry movement. The disclosures which have followed indicate clearly that of itself it is only a feature of the "irrepressible conflict" which the Seward's, Gidding's, Forbes' and others, are waging against the south. Whether it comes in the shape of "stampedes of slaves," or violent outbreaks, it is the same in effect. It will, if persisted in, destroy the Republic....

[Editor's Note: The majority of this article has been omitted from our transcription except for the portions directly the term "slave stampedes" or some variant.]