History of Kansas: From the First Exploration of the Mississippi Valley, to Its Admission Into the Union: Embracing a Concise Sketch of Louisiana; American Slavery, and Its Onward March; the Conflict of Free and Slave Labor in the Settlement of Kansas, and the Overthrow of the Latter, with All Other Items of General InterestJames, Emmons & Company, 1868 - 584 Seiten |
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... passed the same year into the hands of the western company . This corporation had absolute sovereignty over Louisiana , except homage and fealty to the King of France . The association was headed by John Law , a notorious gambler and ...
... passed the same year into the hands of the western company . This corporation had absolute sovereignty over Louisiana , except homage and fealty to the King of France . The association was headed by John Law , a notorious gambler and ...
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... passed into the hands of the com- pany . The members of the company held their charter un- til 1733 , when , wearied with their burden , surrendered it . Though the company did not accomplish for the colony all that it and others ...
... passed into the hands of the com- pany . The members of the company held their charter un- til 1733 , when , wearied with their burden , surrendered it . Though the company did not accomplish for the colony all that it and others ...
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... passed , she , with France , was com- pelled to treat for peace by relinquishing Florida in favor of England . But France undervaluing her remnant of Louisiana , ceded it , in 1764 , to Spain as a compensation for her loss of Florida ...
... passed , she , with France , was com- pelled to treat for peace by relinquishing Florida in favor of England . But France undervaluing her remnant of Louisiana , ceded it , in 1764 , to Spain as a compensation for her loss of Florida ...
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... passed under the second grade of government . In those days there were two distinct conditions which organized territory could occupy . the first they were governed by a governor , judges and secretary , appointed by the President ; in ...
... passed under the second grade of government . In those days there were two distinct conditions which organized territory could occupy . the first they were governed by a governor , judges and secretary , appointed by the President ; in ...
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... passed a law pro- hibiting slavery in the territory north - west of the Ohio River which Virginia had ceded to the United States , and to which other States had relinquished their claims . The prohibition reads as follows : " There ...
... passed a law pro- hibiting slavery in the territory north - west of the Ohio River which Virginia had ceded to the United States , and to which other States had relinquished their claims . The prohibition reads as follows : " There ...
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Seite 77 - 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 ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Seite 59 - Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission, under the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of...
Seite 73 - Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the United States from dividing said territory into two or more territories, in such manner and at such times as congress shall deem convenient and proper, or from attaching any portion of said territory to any other state or territory of the United States...
Seite 74 - States; he shall record and preserve all the laws and proceedings of the legislative assembly hereinafter constituted, and all the acts and proceedings of the governor in his executive department...
Seite 82 - Justice of the Peace of the Territory, who may be duly commissioned and qualified, which said oath or affirmation shall be certified and transmitted by the person taking the same to the Secretary, to be by him recorded as aforesaid; and, afterwards, the like oath or affirmation shall be taken, certified, and recorded, in such manner and form as may be prescribed by law.
Seite 76 - ... the time, place, and manner of holding and conducting all elections by the people, and the apportioning the representation in the several counties or districts to the council...
Seite 74 - Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory...
Seite 66 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Seite 36 - United States in the name of the French Republic forever and in full sovereignty the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic in virtue of the above mentioned Treaty concluded with his Catholic Majesty.
Seite 42 - This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where men should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce.