Life of Stephen A. Douglas: United States Senator from IllinoisDerby & Jackson, 1860 - 457 էջ |
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... regard to Affairs in Kansas - Great Speech of Mr. Douglas against the Lecompton Constitution - Speech in Favor of the Crittenden - Montgomery Amendment - Speech on the Eng- lish Bill - Speech in favor of conferring on the President ...
... regard to Affairs in Kansas - Great Speech of Mr. Douglas against the Lecompton Constitution - Speech in Favor of the Crittenden - Montgomery Amendment - Speech on the Eng- lish Bill - Speech in favor of conferring on the President ...
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... regard the consummation of the measure as a declaration of war . She made the passage of the resolution of annexation the pre- text for dissolving the diplomatic relations between the two countries . " HOUSTON'S TREATY WITH SANTA ANNA ...
... regard the consummation of the measure as a declaration of war . She made the passage of the resolution of annexation the pre- text for dissolving the diplomatic relations between the two countries . " HOUSTON'S TREATY WITH SANTA ANNA ...
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... regard to the causes of the war and the objects of prose- cuting it , he showed that the war was not one of conquest , but of self - defence forced on us by Mexico ; and that the declaration of the President , that the first blood of ...
... regard to the causes of the war and the objects of prose- cuting it , he showed that the war was not one of conquest , but of self - defence forced on us by Mexico ; and that the declaration of the President , that the first blood of ...
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... regard to the effects of the Missouri Compromise on the question of slavery , I do not think that it had any prac- tical effect on that question , one way or another : it neither curtailed nor extended slavery one inch . " A GLANCE AT ...
... regard to the effects of the Missouri Compromise on the question of slavery , I do not think that it had any prac- tical effect on that question , one way or another : it neither curtailed nor extended slavery one inch . " A GLANCE AT ...
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... regard to runaway slaves coming into the State , we have a law imposing penalties at the discretion of the court , upon any citizen of Illinois who would harbor a runaway slave . It has been my fortune , in the course of my brief ...
... regard to runaway slaves coming into the State , we have a law imposing penalties at the discretion of the court , upon any citizen of Illinois who would harbor a runaway slave . It has been my fortune , in the course of my brief ...
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Էջ 107 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push...
Էջ 60 - 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; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Էջ 62 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Էջ 164 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void...
Էջ 129 - ... Those police regulations can only be established by the local legislature ; and if the people are opposed to slavery, they will elect representatives to that body who will by unfriendly legislation effectually prevent the introduction of it into their midst. If, on the contrary, they are for it, their legislation will favor its extension. Hence, no matter what the decision of the Supreme Court may be on that abstract question, still the right of the people to make a Slave Territory or a Free...
Էջ 59 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; 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 61 - That nothing herein contained shall be construed to apply to or affect the provisions of the "act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Էջ 132 - This legislation is founded upon principles as ancient as free government itself, and in accordance with them has simply declared that the people of a Territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits.
Էջ 128 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution ? 2 1 See Appendix A, Lecompton Constitution.
Էջ 59 - an act to authorize the people of the Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...