Resolved, that all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table,... Southern History of the War - Página 22por Edward Alfred Pollard - 1866Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1837 - 486 páginas
...extent whatever, to the subject of Slavery, shall without being cith'.r printed or referred, be laid on the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." Nothing could have been less soothing to the spirit of abolitionism. There were men ready to a^k the... | |
| United States. Congress - 1837 - 738 páginas
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, wiihout being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." What, sir, was the object of this House in passing this resolution? It was to give peace to this House... | |
| John Quincy Adams - 1838 - 144 páginas
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." Petitions for the abolition of slavery and the slave trade in the District of Columbia and the Territories,... | |
| William Henry Seward, John Mather Austin - 1849 - 430 páginas
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had- thereon." When the first of these resolutions was taken up, Mr. Adams said, if the House would allow him five... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1856 - 420 páginas
...extent whatever to the subject of slavery, shall, without being read, printed, or referred, be laid on the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." The preamble declared the object to be, " That all agitation on the subject of slavery should be finally... | |
| William Henry Seward - 1856 - 418 páginas
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." When the first of these resolutions was taken up, Mr. Adams said, if the House would allow him five... | |
| Elizabeth A. Linn, Nathan Sargent - 1857 - 514 páginas
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." That the adoption of this rule by the House, instead of pursuing the practice of the Senate, was the... | |
| Elizabeth A. Linn, Nathan Sargent - 1857 - 470 páginas
...slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." J That the adoption of this rule by the House, instead of pursuing the practice of the Senate, was... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 páginas
...slavery, or the Abolition of idavery, shall, withoat being either printed or referred, he laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.' " When the first of these resolntions was taken up, Mr. Adams said, if the House would allow him five... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 páginas
...slavery or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon." Notwithstanding the rule embodied in this resolution virtually trampled tho right of petition into... | |
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