A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United States: From the Declaration of Independence to the Present Day. Mainly Compiled and Condensed from the Journals of Congress and Other Official Records, and Showing the Vote by Yeas and Nays on the Most Important Divisions in Either HouseDix, Edwards & Company, 1856 - 164 էջ |
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... resolved to resist the usurpations and oppressions of Great Britain by force , had already declared that our strug- gle would be " for the cause of human na- ture , " which the Congress of 1776 , under the lead of Thomas Jefferson ...
... resolved to resist the usurpations and oppressions of Great Britain by force , had already declared that our strug- gle would be " for the cause of human na- ture , " which the Congress of 1776 , under the lead of Thomas Jefferson ...
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... Resolved , That it is inexpedient to suspend , for a limited time , the operation of the sixth article of the compact between the original States and the people and States west of the river Ohio . " This Report , having been made at the ...
... Resolved , That it is inexpedient to suspend , for a limited time , the operation of the sixth article of the compact between the original States and the people and States west of the river Ohio . " This Report , having been made at the ...
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... resolutions , express their sense of the propriety of introducing Slavery into their Territory , and solicit the ... Resolved , That the sixth article of the Ordi- nance of 1787 , which prohibits Slavery within the Indiana Territory . be ...
... resolutions , express their sense of the propriety of introducing Slavery into their Territory , and solicit the ... Resolved , That the sixth article of the Ordi- nance of 1787 , which prohibits Slavery within the Indiana Territory . be ...
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... Resolve of 1780 ; and yet it has been to Congress , to regulate commerce with foreign seen that that Resolve was never supposed to nations and among the several States . ' No person inhibit the authority of Congress , as to the intro ...
... Resolve of 1780 ; and yet it has been to Congress , to regulate commerce with foreign seen that that Resolve was never supposed to nations and among the several States . ' No person inhibit the authority of Congress , as to the intro ...
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... Resolved , That to admit the Territory of Missouri as a State into the Union , without pro hibiting Slavery there , would , in the opinion of the said , be no less than to sanction this great politi- representatives of the people of New ...
... Resolved , That to admit the Territory of Missouri as a State into the Union , without pro hibiting Slavery there , would , in the opinion of the said , be no less than to sanction this great politi- representatives of the people of New ...
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A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United ... Horace Greeley Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United ... Horace Greeley Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United ... Horace Greeley Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1856 |
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Էջ 73 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Էջ 84 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil...
Էջ 147 - Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the general assembly to pass suitable laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public worship, and to encourage schools and the means of instruction.
Էջ 26 - ... provided, always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 21 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Էջ 147 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.
Էջ 147 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Էջ 83 - Nebraska, or to affect the authority of the government of the United States to make any regulations respecting such Indians, their lands, property, or other rights by treaty, law, or otherwise, which it would have been competent to the government to make if this act had never passed.
Էջ 84 - Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory; but the qualifications of voters and of holding office at all subsequent elections shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly: Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Էջ 86 - March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the Compromise Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void...