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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... postmasters, land officers, public engineers, customhouse officers, and others
connected with these branches of the public service, are prohibited from
persuading or dissuading any elector to give his vote at any election, State or
Federal.
... postmasters, land officers, public engineers, customhouse officers, and others
connected with these branches of the public service, are prohibited from
persuading or dissuading any elector to give his vote at any election, State or
Federal.
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No part of the Federal Constitution confers upon you any authority to interfere,
directly or indirectly, with the elective franchise in the States. You have no right to
prescribe the qualifications or conditions upon which any man may vote, either
for ...
No part of the Federal Constitution confers upon you any authority to interfere,
directly or indirectly, with the elective franchise in the States. You have no right to
prescribe the qualifications or conditions upon which any man may vote, either
for ...
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But you, Mr. President, it seems, are restrained from voting in this body, except in
the case of an equal division of its members; and, therefore, ... Tooes it confer
upon you a right to mingle in debate, to speak and vote, in common with Senators
?
But you, Mr. President, it seems, are restrained from voting in this body, except in
the case of an equal division of its members; and, therefore, ... Tooes it confer
upon you a right to mingle in debate, to speak and vote, in common with Senators
?
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But, says the honorable Senator from Kentucky, the bill does not prohibit the
public officer from voting. It does worse, sir. It requires him, if he votes at all, io
Creep to the poils like a guilty culprit, deposite his vote in the ballot box, and
return ...
But, says the honorable Senator from Kentucky, the bill does not prohibit the
public officer from voting. It does worse, sir. It requires him, if he votes at all, io
Creep to the poils like a guilty culprit, deposite his vote in the ballot box, and
return ...
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The bill, sir, is the thing upon which the Senate has to give its vote, and the
people to pronounce their judgment. The report will take care of itself. It is but a
fair, forcible, and triumphant commentary on the bill, and will prove an
extinguisher to it.
The bill, sir, is the thing upon which the Senate has to give its vote, and the
people to pronounce their judgment. The report will take care of itself. It is but a
fair, forcible, and triumphant commentary on the bill, and will prove an
extinguisher to it.
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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...