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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... lic officers at popular elections, it never entered the 6 had been removed for
political cause. Mr. President, two •4,
... lic officers at popular elections, it never entered the 6 had been removed for
political cause. Mr. President, two •4,
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Sir, I beg pardon; it is not my oath; I never swear. The honorable Senator is
equally patriotic. He tells the public officer, whose feelings are outraged, whose
spirit is attempted to be subdued and broken down by this bill, that if he does not
like ...
Sir, I beg pardon; it is not my oath; I never swear. The honorable Senator is
equally patriotic. He tells the public officer, whose feelings are outraged, whose
spirit is attempted to be subdued and broken down by this bill, that if he does not
like ...
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Upon Burke's defection from the English Whigs, Cooke remarks, that, “although a
Whig from political connection, from a concurrence of views upon certain great
questions, and from a disapproval of the Tories, he was, nevertheless, never, ...
Upon Burke's defection from the English Whigs, Cooke remarks, that, “although a
Whig from political connection, from a concurrence of views upon certain great
questions, and from a disapproval of the Tories, he was, nevertheless, never, ...
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... was never considered or debated in committee; but the committee was
discharged from its consideration on the 16th February, 1843. On the 24th of the
same month, the bill was read in the House; a motion to lay it on the table having
failed, ...
... was never considered or debated in committee; but the committee was
discharged from its consideration on the 16th February, 1843. On the 24th of the
same month, the bill was read in the House; a motion to lay it on the table having
failed, ...
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In the absence of all interference, or attempted exercise of control by Congress,
the right of the States to provide for the election of all its representatives by a
general vote of the electors has never been disputed. The general-ticket system,
...
In the absence of all interference, or attempted exercise of control by Congress,
the right of the States to provide for the election of all its representatives by a
general vote of the electors has never been disputed. The general-ticket system,
...
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ADDRESS OF CHARLES H. ALLEN TO THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF PORTO ... Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1900 |
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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...