The Life of Stephen A. DouglasHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 528 páginas |
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... Abolition of Peti- tions . - Protracted Debates . - Speeches by Clay , Calhoun , Webster , Doug- las . - Bills reported for California , the Territories , and Texas Boundary . -Committee of Thirteen appointed . — Why Clay reported ...
... Abolition of Peti- tions . - Protracted Debates . - Speeches by Clay , Calhoun , Webster , Doug- las . - Bills reported for California , the Territories , and Texas Boundary . -Committee of Thirteen appointed . — Why Clay reported ...
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... abolition of the local slave - trade in the District of · Columbia . 4. The abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia . The South claimed : 1. An efficient fugitive slave act . 2. The establishment of territorial governments for ...
... abolition of the local slave - trade in the District of · Columbia . 4. The abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia . The South claimed : 1. An efficient fugitive slave act . 2. The establishment of territorial governments for ...
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... abolition in the District of Columbia , others remonstrating against the admission of slave states , etc. , etc. The presentation of these petitions frequently led to very exciting discussions , sometimes consuming the entire day's sit ...
... abolition in the District of Columbia , others remonstrating against the admission of slave states , etc. , etc. The presentation of these petitions frequently led to very exciting discussions , sometimes consuming the entire day's sit ...
Página 149
... abolition of slavery in the Territories , this clause serves to continue that abolition of slavery ; therefore it is to their interest to retain this clause , because it would give an additional security to the exclusion of slavery ...
... abolition of slavery in the Territories , this clause serves to continue that abolition of slavery ; therefore it is to their interest to retain this clause , because it would give an additional security to the exclusion of slavery ...
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... abolition fury . The excitement was general , and the vast majority of the people had been led to believe that the act was really and truly of the infamous character that was represented by the abolitionists . The city council ...
... abolition fury . The excitement was general , and the vast majority of the people had been led to believe that the act was really and truly of the infamous character that was represented by the abolitionists . The city council ...
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Página 429 - That whenever any of the said states shall have of free inhabitants as many as shall then be in any one of the least numerous of the thirteen original states, such state shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal fooling with the
Página 197 - ia 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 446 - all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the territory as elsewhere within the United 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
Página 255 - a slate, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission" After asserting this great principle of state equality as applicable to every portion of New Mexico under the Constitution, and as
Página 454 - 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 can not be convened), against domestic violence.
Página 458 - 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.' Either the cotton and rice fields of South Carolina, and the sugar plantations of
Página 446 - 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—it being the true intent and meaning of
Página 355 - through, under the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud, and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now—now, when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered, and belligerent ? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail— if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or
Página 454 - the United States shall guaranty to every state in this Union a Republican form of government; second, the United States shall protect each of them against invasion; third, the United States shall, on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive, when the Legislature can not be convened, protect
Página 132 - And when the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be admitted as a state, it shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission.