A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United States: From the Declaration of Independence to the Present Day. Mainly Compiled and Condensed from the Journals of Congress and Other Official Records, and Showing the Vote by Yeas and Nays on the Most Important Divisions in Either HouseDix, Edwards & Company, 1856 - 164 páginas |
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... force rather of custom than of positive law , serve rather to establish than disprove this general statement . Africa , whom their eternal wars and maraud- ing invasions were constantly exposing to captivity and sale as prisoners of war ...
... force rather of custom than of positive law , serve rather to establish than disprove this general statement . Africa , whom their eternal wars and maraud- ing invasions were constantly exposing to captivity and sale as prisoners of war ...
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... force , had already declared that our strug- gle would be " for the cause of human na- ture , " which the Congress of 1776 , under the lead of Thomas Jefferson , expanded into the noble affirmation of the right of " all men to life ...
... force , had already declared that our strug- gle would be " for the cause of human na- ture , " which the Congress of 1776 , under the lead of Thomas Jefferson , expanded into the noble affirmation of the right of " all men to life ...
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... force long after the reasons , occasion , and time itself whence it was created , is erased from the memory . It is so odi - rectly after the close of that exhausting strug- ous that nothing can be sufficient to support it gle , was the ...
... force long after the reasons , occasion , and time itself whence it was created , is erased from the memory . It is so odi - rectly after the close of that exhausting strug- ous that nothing can be sufficient to support it gle , was the ...
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... force the population of the Territory , yet it is de - northwest of the River Ohio . " sirable to connect its scattered settlements , and , in admitted political rights , to place it on an equal And here ended , so far as we have been ...
... force the population of the Territory , yet it is de - northwest of the River Ohio . " sirable to connect its scattered settlements , and , in admitted political rights , to place it on an equal And here ended , so far as we have been ...
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... force the state of Missouri to accede to the proposed amendment , as the condition of her admission into the Union , she will not regard it , and , as soon as admitted , will alter her constitution , and introduce Slavery into her ...
... force the state of Missouri to accede to the proposed amendment , as the condition of her admission into the Union , she will not regard it , and , as soon as admitted , will alter her constitution , and introduce Slavery into her ...
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admission admitted adopted aforesaid amendment annexation appointed Atchison authority bill boundary California citizens claim Committee Compromise Congress Constitution convention Court declared delegates district Douglas duty election emigrants establish existing favor Free Free-State further enacted Governor gress held hereby inhabitants Iowa John John Landis Johnson Jones Judges Kansas Territory Kansas-Nebraska act legal votes legislative assembly legislature ment Messrs Mexico Missouri Missouri Compromise Missourians Mordecai Oliver moved Nays NAYS-Against Nebraska New-Mexico Norman Allen oath officers Ohio organic party passed Pawnee City persons polls portion precinct principle Pro-Slavery proceedings prohibited proposed question Reeder regulations Republic of Texas residents resolution Resolved Restriction returns ritory Senate session settlers sion slaveholding Slavery slaves South Tenn Terri Territorial government Territory of Kansas Territory of Nebraska Texas thereof tion tory treaty Union United voters Whigs William Wilmot Proviso Yeas