SPEECH OF MR. NORVELL, OF MICHIGAN, OF THE BILL OF MR. CRITTENDEN TO PREVENT THE INTERFERENCE OF CERTIAN FEDERAL OFFICERS IN ELECTIONS |
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I am informed that the friends of a candidate for Congress in that State [Mr.
LEGARE] attempted to influence votes in his favor, by representing the Secretary
of War to be his friend. A gentleman addressed a letter to the Secretary on the
subject, ...
I am informed that the friends of a candidate for Congress in that State [Mr.
LEGARE] attempted to influence votes in his favor, by representing the Secretary
of War to be his friend. A gentleman addressed a letter to the Secretary on the
subject, ...
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The manner of holding the election is the same, whether the right to vote be
exercised in favor of a single individual or a plural number. He would remind his
colleague [Mr. CHILTON]—who had spoken in high terms of commendation of
the act ...
The manner of holding the election is the same, whether the right to vote be
exercised in favor of a single individual or a plural number. He would remind his
colleague [Mr. CHILTON]—who had spoken in high terms of commendation of
the act ...
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A decision in favor of the members elected, will accord with the great popular
voice which has been already uttered on this momentous question. That voice, in
indignant tones, has sternly rebuked the action of the 27th Congress, and passed
...
A decision in favor of the members elected, will accord with the great popular
voice which has been already uttered on this momentous question. That voice, in
indignant tones, has sternly rebuked the action of the 27th Congress, and passed
...
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In 1840, there were but few changes in Hamilton county: some who acted with
the democratic party turned to the whig side; some who had acted with the whigs
turned to the democratic side. I believe the majority of changes were in favor of
the ...
In 1840, there were but few changes in Hamilton county: some who acted with
the democratic party turned to the whig side; some who had acted with the whigs
turned to the democratic side. I believe the majority of changes were in favor of
the ...
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I was too proud to ask any favor, or even justice, at the hands of my enemires;
and 1 was too proud to apply to a House for the redress of a violence, knowing,
as I did, that more than one-half of its members held their seats by virtue of the
same ...
I was too proud to ask any favor, or even justice, at the hands of my enemires;
and 1 was too proud to apply to a House for the redress of a violence, knowing,
as I did, that more than one-half of its members held their seats by virtue of the
same ...
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Էջ 16 - Ohio, under the laws thereof, shall escape into any other of the said states, or territory, the person to whom such labor, or service, may be due, his agent, or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the circuit or district courts of the United States, residing, or being within the state, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Էջ 16 - That any person who shall knowingly and willingly obstruct or hinder such claimant, his agent or attorney, in so seizing or arresting such fugitive from labor, or shall rescue such fugitive from such claimant, his agent or attorney, when so arrested pursuant to the authority herein given or declared; or shall harbor or conceal such person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.
Էջ 16 - Historically, it is well known, that the object of this clause was to secure to the citizens of the slaveholding states the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every state in the Union into which they might escape from the state where they were held in servitude. The full recognition of this right and title was indispensable to the security of this species of property in all the slaveholding states; and, indeed, was so vital to the preservation of their domestic...