A Bill to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas: And the Report of the Committee on Territories. In the Senate of the United States, January 4, 1854, Mr. Douglas Made the Following Report to Accompany Bill S. 22 |
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... question as did New Mexico and Utah when those territories were organized . The wisdom of those measures is attested , not less by their salutary and beneficial effects in al- laying sectional agitation and restoring peace and It was a ...
... question as did New Mexico and Utah when those territories were organized . The wisdom of those measures is attested , not less by their salutary and beneficial effects in al- laying sectional agitation and restoring peace and It was a ...
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... question has arisen in regard to the right to hold slaves in the proposed territory of Ne- braska when the Indian laws shall be withdrawn and the country thrown open to emigration and settlement . By the 8th section of " an act to au ...
... question has arisen in regard to the right to hold slaves in the proposed territory of Ne- braska when the Indian laws shall be withdrawn and the country thrown open to emigration and settlement . By the 8th section of " an act to au ...
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... questions pertaining to slavery in the territories , and in the new States to be formed therefrom , are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein , by their appropriate repre- sentatives , to be chosen by them for that ...
... questions pertaining to slavery in the territories , and in the new States to be formed therefrom , are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein , by their appropriate repre- sentatives , to be chosen by them for that ...
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