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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... force rather of custom than of positive law , serve rather to establish than disprove this general statement . Africa , whom their eternal wars and maraud- ing invasions were constantly exposing to captivity and sale as prisoners of war ...
... force rather of custom than of positive law , serve rather to establish than disprove this general statement . Africa , whom their eternal wars and maraud- ing invasions were constantly exposing to captivity and sale as prisoners of war ...
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... 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 , expanded into the noble affirmation of the right of " all men to life ...
... 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 , expanded into the noble affirmation of the right of " all men to life ...
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... force long after the reasons , occasion , and time itself whence it was created , is erased from the memory . It is so odi- ous that nothing can be sufficient to support it but positive law . Whatever inconveniences , therefore , may ...
... force long after the reasons , occasion , and time itself whence it was created , is erased from the memory . It is so odi- ous that nothing can be sufficient to support it but positive law . Whatever inconveniences , therefore , may ...
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... force the population of the Territory , yet it is de - government of the Territory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio . " sirable to connect its scattered settlements , and , in admitted political rights , to place it on ...
... force the population of the Territory , yet it is de - government of the Territory of the United States northwest of the River Ohio . " sirable to connect its scattered settlements , and , in admitted political rights , to place it on ...
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... force the state of Missouri to accede to the proposed amendment , as the condition of her admission into the Union , she will not regard it , and , as soon as admitted , will alter her constitution , and introduce Slavery into her ...
... force the state of Missouri to accede to the proposed amendment , as the condition of her admission into the Union , she will not regard it , and , as soon as admitted , will alter her constitution , and introduce Slavery into her ...
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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 8 - 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 149 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Էջ 107 - Michigan : and whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free Inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its Delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent Constitution and State Government...
Էջ 75 - 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 85 - Provided further, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property- now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty' between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory...
Էջ 23 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Էջ 88 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Էջ 88 - Territory may define the judicial districts of said Territory, and assign the judges who may be appointed for said Territory to the several districts, and also appoint the times and places for holding courts in the several counties or sub-divisions in each of said judicial districts, by proclamation to be issued by him...
Էջ 42 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of 36° 30...
Էջ 86 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...