The Life of Stephen A. DouglasHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 528 Seiten |
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... Missouri Compromise . - Dixon Amend- ment . - Sumner Amendment . - Bill taken up . - Chase asks Postponement . -Meantime Chase issues his Address . - Douglas's Exposure of the Trick . -Chase's Apology . — Protest of New England Clergy ...
... Missouri Compromise . - Dixon Amend- ment . - Sumner Amendment . - Bill taken up . - Chase asks Postponement . -Meantime Chase issues his Address . - Douglas's Exposure of the Trick . -Chase's Apology . — Protest of New England Clergy ...
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... mo- tion to receive on the table . The debates on all these propo- sitions ... compromise in one omnibus bill , Mr. Douglas , on the 22d of January , moved ... COMPROMISE OF 1850 . 129.
... mo- tion to receive on the table . The debates on all these propo- sitions ... compromise in one omnibus bill , Mr. Douglas , on the 22d of January , moved ... COMPROMISE OF 1850 . 129.
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James Washington Sheahan. The question was , after much debate and many rejected mo- tions to adjourn , etc. , taken on Mr. Pearce's motion to restore the sections of the bill relating to New Mexico , and was de ... COMPROMISE OF 1850 . 153.
James Washington Sheahan. The question was , after much debate and many rejected mo- tions to adjourn , etc. , taken on Mr. Pearce's motion to restore the sections of the bill relating to New Mexico , and was de ... COMPROMISE OF 1850 . 153.
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... Missouri Compromise line of 36 ° 30 ' the boundary between slave and free territory - were Chase of Ohio , Dayton of New Jersey , Hale of New Hampshire , Ham- lin of Maine , and Seward of New York , who , five years there- after ...
... Missouri Compromise line of 36 ° 30 ' the boundary between slave and free territory - were Chase of Ohio , Dayton of New Jersey , Hale of New Hampshire , Ham- lin of Maine , and Seward of New York , who , five years there- after ...
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... Missouri . I wish to say , as a historical fact , that I was not one of the ... COMPROMISE AFTER ITS ADOPTION . During the summer and fall of 1851 an ... compromise measures in 1850 , Mr. Douglas re- turned to Illinois . The Northern ...
... Missouri . I wish to say , as a historical fact , that I was not one of the ... COMPROMISE AFTER ITS ADOPTION . During the summer and fall of 1851 an ... compromise measures in 1850 , Mr. Douglas re- turned to Illinois . The Northern ...
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Seite 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 the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Seite 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...
Seite 305 - That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians...
Seite 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.
Seite 405 - Judge Douglas, if not a dead lion, for this work, is at least a caged and toothless one. How can he oppose the advances of slavery ? He don't care anything about it. His avowed mission is impressing the " public heart
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 485 - There is certainly no power given by the Constitution to the Federal Government to establish or maintain colonies bordering on the United States or at a distance, to be ruled and governed at its own pleasure; nor to enlarge its territorial limits in any way, except by the admission of new States. That power is plainly given ; and if a new State is admitted, it needs no further legislation by Congress, because the Constitution itself defines the relative rights and powers, and duties of the State,...
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...
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