The Life of Stephen A. DouglasHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 528 էջ |
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... never thought of taking the back track and becoming a dependent upon his friends at home , but he de- termined to leave Cleveland by a forward movement , by a fur- ther step into the great West , resolved never , never to return until ...
... never thought of taking the back track and becoming a dependent upon his friends at home , but he de- termined to leave Cleveland by a forward movement , by a fur- ther step into the great West , resolved never , never to return until ...
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... never ceased to acknowledge , was the loan of some old law - books and copies of the statutes of the state . These books were indispensable to him , and he had not the means to purchase them . While teaching school , he devoted his ...
... never ceased to acknowledge , was the loan of some old law - books and copies of the statutes of the state . These books were indispensable to him , and he had not the means to purchase them . While teaching school , he devoted his ...
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... by unan- imous desire , Mr. Douglas was placed on the ticket . He then met Hardin , and together they canvassed Morgan County as it had never been canvassed before , and perhaps not since 26 LIFE OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS .
... by unan- imous desire , Mr. Douglas was placed on the ticket . He then met Hardin , and together they canvassed Morgan County as it had never been canvassed before , and perhaps not since 26 LIFE OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS .
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... never resumed pay- ment ; the stock sunk very low ; their paper depreciated as low at times as fifty or forty cents on the dollar ; the state lost all , or nearly all that it had subscribed ; and , after five or six years , the charters ...
... never resumed pay- ment ; the stock sunk very low ; their paper depreciated as low at times as fifty or forty cents on the dollar ; the state lost all , or nearly all that it had subscribed ; and , after five or six years , the charters ...
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... never returned , and finally went over to the Opposition . The governor of the state , elected as a Democrat , renewed the assaults upon Mr. Van Buren which at the previous session he had made upon General Jackson . Members of the ...
... never returned , and finally went over to the Opposition . The governor of the state , elected as a Democrat , renewed the assaults upon Mr. Van Buren which at the previous session he had made upon General Jackson . Members of the ...
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Էջ 401 - 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...
Էջ 305 - Territories, as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise 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 484 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity...
Էջ 508 - It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Էջ 479 - 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...
Էջ 183 - No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Էջ 305 - 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...
Էջ 405 - ... Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred thousand strong. We did this under the single impulse of resistance to a common danger, with every external circumstance against us. Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under .the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now ? — now — when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered and belligerent?...
Էջ 337 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Էջ 504 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.