...involving title to slaves could be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States; and most important, "that all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories...States to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, through their appropriate representatives." In short, this...

...the Rockies. Whereas the Dodge bill had made no mention of slavery, the committee substitute provided "that all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories, and in the new State to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, through...

...juncture, to avoid controversy, my bill did not even refer to the Missouri Compromise; it simply stated that "all questions pertaining to slavery in the territories,...therein, through their appropriate representatives." The Compromise of 1850, I explained in my report, had already repudiated the Missouri Compromise when...

...Territory. Stephen A. Douglas — a pugnacious senator with aspirations to be president — had written that "all questions pertaining to slavery in the territories,...people residing therein, through their appropriate representatives."21 Smith, with his experience managing his father's land, recognized the implications...

...from Iowa, and below it Kansas would share a border with Missouri. Most important, the bill stipulated that "all questions pertaining to Slavery in the territories and in the new States to be formed, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, through their appropriate representatives."...

...portion of Douglas's bill had been omitted from the official record, and that the bill should have stated that "all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories, and in the new states to be formed therefrom" were "to be left to the people residing therein, through their appropriate representatives."9 This...

...established by the compromise measures of one thousand eight hundred and iil'ty, to wit : 48 "First. That all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories,...States to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, through their appropriate representatives. "(Second. That...

...apparent that the compromise measures of 1850 affirm and rest upon the following propositions — First : That all questions pertaining to slavery in the territories,...States to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, by their appropriate representatives, to be chosen by them...

...that the compromise measures of 1850 affirm and rest upon the following propositions. •"' First, That all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories,...States to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, by their appropriate representatives, to be chosen by them...

...govern all future legislation on similar subjects, and in particular had established the principle that "all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories,...States to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, by their appropriate representatives, to be chosen by them...