The Life of Stephen A. Douglas |
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In the fourteenth section of the Nebraska - Kansas act they provided : 6 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 ...
In the fourteenth section of the Nebraska - Kansas act they provided : 6 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 ...
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... and declaring the true intent and meaning of all the friends of the bill in these words : " That the Constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable , shall have the same force and effect within the ...
... and declaring the true intent and meaning of all the friends of the bill in these words : " That the Constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable , shall have the same force and effect within the ...
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Página 399 - Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Página 303 - 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 regulate their domestic Institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Página 303 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Página 506 - It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Página 403 - Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion, for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery ? He don't care anything about it. His avowed mission is impressing the " public heart
Página 303 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act...
Página 335 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Página 502 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Página 483 - There is certainly no power given by the Constitution to the Federal Government to establish or maintain colonies bordering on the United States or at a distance, to be ruled and governed at its own pleasure; nor to enlarge its territorial limits in any way, except by the admission of new States. That power is plainly given ; and if a new State is admitted, it needs no further legislation by Congress, because the Constitution itself defines the relative rights and powers, and duties of the State,...
Página 476 - ... 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...
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| Título | The Life of Stephen A. Douglas Collections spéciales |
| Autor | James Washington Sheahan |
| Editor | Harper & Brothers, 1860 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de California |
| Digitalizado | 15 Nov. 2007 |
| ISBN | 0722290616, 9780722290613 |
| Largo | 528 páginas |
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