The Life of Stephen A. DouglasHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 528 Seiten |
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... thing to preserve the sacred principle that an American citizen , no matter where he might be , who stood upon an American deck , was to be se- cured , at all hazards , in all the great rights guaranteed to him by the Constitution of ...
... thing to preserve the sacred principle that an American citizen , no matter where he might be , who stood upon an American deck , was to be se- cured , at all hazards , in all the great rights guaranteed to him by the Constitution of ...
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... thing to say , would have disheartened even a more practiced attorney . The objection was stated in clear and forcible terms ; not a lawyer at the bar could see how it was to be overcome ; and when the counsel who made the mo- tion took ...
... thing to say , would have disheartened even a more practiced attorney . The objection was stated in clear and forcible terms ; not a lawyer at the bar could see how it was to be overcome ; and when the counsel who made the mo- tion took ...
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... thing as a most dexterous plan deliberately laid by the prosecutor to catch the able lawyers with whom he had to contend , gave him an applause and a credit vastly increased in enthusiasm by the previous impression that he had been ...
... thing as a most dexterous plan deliberately laid by the prosecutor to catch the able lawyers with whom he had to contend , gave him an applause and a credit vastly increased in enthusiasm by the previous impression that he had been ...
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... things which had been carelessly omitted . When the court opened , and the judges had unrolled their opinions , preparatory to pronouncing judgment in the case of Spraggins vs. Houghton - a judgment so fatal , if rendered -Mr . Douglas ...
... things which had been carelessly omitted . When the court opened , and the judges had unrolled their opinions , preparatory to pronouncing judgment in the case of Spraggins vs. Houghton - a judgment so fatal , if rendered -Mr . Douglas ...
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... thing that was possible to prevent a murder in the precincts of the court , and a gross violation of the laws . The gratitude of Smith was unbounded . On many previous occasions he and his followers had denounced Judge Douglas for his ...
... thing that was possible to prevent a murder in the precincts of the court , and a gross violation of the laws . The gratitude of Smith was unbounded . On many previous occasions he and his followers had denounced Judge Douglas for his ...
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Seite 192 - That the Constitution, and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Seite 478 - ... and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other States.
Seite 337 - that all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their benefit; and that they have at all times an undeniable and indefeasible right to alter their form of government in such manner as they may think expedient.
Seite 403 - ... exactly fitting, and all the lengths and proportions of the different pieces exactly adapted to their respective places, and not a piece too many or too few, not omitting even...
Seite 201 - 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; 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...
Seite 497 - Columbia. ;' 2. That this was the basis of the Compromises of 1850, confirmed by both the Democratic and Whig parties in National Conventions ; ratified by the people in the election of 1852, and rightly applied to the organization of the Territories in 1854.
Seite 405 - But if it is, how can he resist it? For years he has labored to prove it a sacred right of white men to take negro slaves into the new Territories. Can he possibly show that it is less a sacred right to buy them where they can be bought cheapest?
Seite 189 - First. That all 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, through their appropriate representatives. "Second. That 'all cases involving title to slaves...
Seite 305 - March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void...
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