Non-interference by Congress with Slavery in the Territories: Speech of Hon. S.A. Douglas, of Illinois, in the Senate, May 15 and 16, 1860Murphy, 1860 - 40 páginas |
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... bills , left out a pro- vision which had always before entered them , requiring the Legislature of the Territory to ... bill of 1854 ; and that it had its first trial , and yielded its first fruits , upon the plains of Kansas in 1855 ...
... bills , left out a pro- vision which had always before entered them , requiring the Legislature of the Territory to ... bill of 1854 ; and that it had its first trial , and yielded its first fruits , upon the plains of Kansas in 1855 ...
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... bill came up for action on the 15th of May , Mr. DAVIS , of Mississippi , said : " I offer the following amendment ... bill to the Senate , which , as your records will show , consisted of the two printed bills pre- viously reported by ...
... bill came up for action on the 15th of May , Mr. DAVIS , of Mississippi , said : " I offer the following amendment ... bill to the Senate , which , as your records will show , consisted of the two printed bills pre- viously reported by ...
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... bill was to leave the Territo- rial Legislature to do as it pleased , subject to the Constitution , with the courts to ascertain when it violated it ; but not to put any restric- tion on the Territorial Legislature except that which the ...
... bill was to leave the Territo- rial Legislature to do as it pleased , subject to the Constitution , with the courts to ascertain when it violated it ; but not to put any restric- tion on the Territorial Legislature except that which the ...
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... bill upon the power of the ter mode in which I was received when I landed in ritorial governments . I shall do so upon this ground : I Chicago . The City Council , filled with Aboli- was opposed , as the honorable Senator from Kentucky ...
... bill upon the power of the ter mode in which I was received when I landed in ritorial governments . I shall do so upon this ground : I Chicago . The City Council , filled with Aboli- was opposed , as the honorable Senator from Kentucky ...
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... bill . At that time the Senate of the United States had a chairman of the Com- mittee on Territories who did unquestionably reflect the sentiments of the body , and of the Democratic party in the body . It having be come necessary to ...
... bill . At that time the Senate of the United States had a chairman of the Com- mittee on Territories who did unquestionably reflect the sentiments of the body , and of the Democratic party in the body . It having be come necessary to ...
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Página 13 - 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 18 - Nebraska bill declared, in so many words, that it was the true intent and meaning of the act not to legislate slavery into any State or Territory, 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 13 - 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 8 - 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 ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil ; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States...
Página 9 - The position that I have ever taken has been, that this, and all other questions relating to the domestic affairs and domestic policy of the territories, ought to be left to the decision of the people themselves ; and that we ought to be content with whatever way they may decide the question...
Página 13 - States, except the eighth section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, (approved 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...
Página 21 - Territories; and whose avowed purposes, if consummated, must end in civil war and disunion, the American Democracy recognize and adopt the principles contained in the organic laws establishing the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska as embodying the only sound and safe solution of the "slavery question...
Página 13 - 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...
Página 12 - ... of Mexican territory. They were designed to establish certain great principles, which would not only furnish adequate remedies for existing evils, but, in all time to come, avoid the perils of a similar agitation, by withdrawing the question of slavery from the halls of Congress and the political arena, and committing it to the arbitrament of those who were immediately interested in, and alone responsible for its consequences.
Página 1 - It seems to have been more malleable than gold, to have been hammered out to an extent that covers boundless regions undiscovered by those who proclaimed the doctrine. Non-intervention then meant, as the debates show, that Congress should neither prohibit nor establish slavery in the Territories. That I hold to now. Will any one suppose that Congress then meant by non-intervention that Congress should legislate in no regard in respect to property in slaves? Why, sir, the very acts which they passed...