The Life of Stephen A. DouglasHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 528 páginas |
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... Texas . - Proposes 36 ° 30 ' .- It is adopted . - Mexican War . -Great Speech on American Title , and in Defense of the War . - Treaty of Peace . - Votes against it ........... 72 CHAPTER VI . Foreign Policy . - Oregon Boundary ...
... Texas . - Proposes 36 ° 30 ' .- It is adopted . - Mexican War . -Great Speech on American Title , and in Defense of the War . - Treaty of Peace . - Votes against it ........... 72 CHAPTER VI . Foreign Policy . - Oregon Boundary ...
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... Texas . In 1844 the Democratic convention coupled the annexation of Texas with the Oregon question , and thenceforth Mr. Douglas , as well from his own judgment as because they formed part of the Democratic platform , stren- uously ...
... Texas . In 1844 the Democratic convention coupled the annexation of Texas with the Oregon question , and thenceforth Mr. Douglas , as well from his own judgment as because they formed part of the Democratic platform , stren- uously ...
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... Texas stands upon the record not exceed- ed , and rarely equaled , in point of ability , by any of the very many elaborate speeches made upon that subject . While the joint resolution was pending , he proposed that the Missouri line of ...
... Texas stands upon the record not exceed- ed , and rarely equaled , in point of ability , by any of the very many elaborate speeches made upon that subject . While the joint resolution was pending , he proposed that the Missouri line of ...
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... Texas ever presented in Congress . The speech was regarded then , as it will be now , as a most powerful argu- ment in justification of the war , and of the American title to the whole of Texas . Its effect upon the House was very great ...
... Texas ever presented in Congress . The speech was regarded then , as it will be now , as a most powerful argu- ment in justification of the war , and of the American title to the whole of Texas . Its effect upon the House was very great ...
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... the wrong in the eyes of Christendom , and invoke the wrath of Heaven upon us for our manifold national crimes and aggres- sions ? With professions of patriotism on their lips , THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS AND MEXICAN WAR . 75.
... the wrong in the eyes of Christendom , and invoke the wrath of Heaven upon us for our manifold national crimes and aggres- sions ? With professions of patriotism on their lips , THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS AND MEXICAN WAR . 75.
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Página 192 - That the Constitution, and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Página 478 - ... and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other States.
Página 337 - that all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their benefit; and that they have at all times an undeniable and indefeasible right to alter their form of government in such manner as they may think expedient.
Página 403 - ... exactly fitting, and all the lengths and proportions of the different pieces exactly adapted to their respective places, and not a piece too many or too few, not omitting even...
Página 201 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and...
Página 497 - Columbia. ;' 2. That this was the basis of the Compromises of 1850, confirmed by both the Democratic and Whig parties in National Conventions ; ratified by the people in the election of 1852, and rightly applied to the organization of the Territories in 1854.
Página 405 - But if it is, how can he resist it? For years he has labored to prove it a sacred right of white men to take negro slaves into the new Territories. Can he possibly show that it is less a sacred right to buy them where they can be bought cheapest?
Página 189 - First. That all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories and in the new States to be formed therefrom are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, through their appropriate representatives. "Second. That 'all cases involving title to slaves...
Página 305 - March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void...