Reviled Quotes
In the Dred Scott decision, the Declaration of Independence:
The 113th Congress was the worst Congress in history in terms of hyperpartisanship, lack of comity, and ability to pass legislation. They passed less than 100 bills whereas a normal modern Congress passes 7 or 8 times that number. No Congress in history could only agree on less than 100 bills. The polls had Congressional approval down to single digits.
In June of 1850, a bipartisan group of Southern politicians met in Nashville, TN for the purpose of organizing strategy and tactics to ward off and defeat the growing aggressiveness of Northern politicians and other leaders in trying to abolish slavery. They issued an address to the people. This is one of the clearest statements of the position of most of the Southern Politicians on the increased efforts to abolish or curtail slavery.
