 | David Saville Muzzey - 1927 - 710 էջ
...declared himself in his inaugural address "the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every attempt in Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia against the wishes of the slaveholding states." But all to no avail. Petitions were multiplied, the gag-rule was reenacted, John Quincy Adams repeated... | |
 | United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio) - 1938 - 352 էջ
...of those of my country men favorable to my election was gratified, I must go into the Presidential chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of...with a determination equally decided to resist the interference with it in the States where it exists. It now only remains for me to add that no bill... | |
 | James Knox Polk - 1969 - 656 էջ
...address of 1837 Martin Van Buren cited his campaign declaration that he would "go into the Presidential chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of...Columbia against the wishes of the slaveholding States — " Richardson, ed., Messages and Papers of the Presidents, III, p. 318. FROM WILLIAM WILSON POLK... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1864 - 696 էջ
...with a view of abolishing the one and promoting the other. " Resolved, therefore. That all attempts on the part of Congress to abolish Slavery in the District of Columbia or the Territories, or to prohibit the removal of slaves from State to State, or to discriminate... | |
 | Henry Clay - 996 էջ
...conservatives 1. Niles' Register (Oct. 6, 1838), 55:82. 3. Van Buren had pledged that he would be an "uncompromising opponent of every attempt on the part...interference with it in the States where it exists." MPP, 3:318-19. 4. The fifth annual meeting of the American Anti-Slavery Society met at the Broadway... | |
 | John V. Denson - 2001 - 830 էջ
...Buren countered with an announcement that he was "the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of any attempt on the part of Congress to abolish slavery...of Columbia, against the wishes of the slaveholding states."35 He also went along with various "Gag Rules" on receiving abolitionist petitions that Congress... | |
 | Robert E. Shalhope - 2003 - 352 էջ
...Printing Office, 189699), 3:313-20. In this speech Van Buren referred to his campaign promise to remain "the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every...interference with it in the States where it exists." He also warned against "dangerous agitation" of the issue (318). 87. HD, n, 16 May 1837. CHAPTER 8.... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 578 էջ
...of my countrymen who were favorable to my election was gratified ' ' I must go into the Presidential chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of...exists. ' ' I submitted also to my fellow-citizens, with fullness and frankness, the reasons which led me to this determination. The result authorizes me to... | |
 | Walter Johnson - 2008 - 399 էջ
...right to do indirectly what it cannot do directly, he included a resolution stating that "all attempts on the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia or the Territories, or to prohibit the removal of slaves from State to State, . . . are in... | |
 | Paul Calore - 2014 - 306 էջ
...humane, patriotic, expedient, honorable, and just." Van Buren declared as president he would be an "inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every attempt...slaveholding States, and also with a determination equally resolute to resist the slightest interference with it in the States where it exists." As the new Democratic... | |
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I must go into the Presidential chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every attempt on the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia against the wishes of the slaveholding States, and also with a determination equally... 
