The Life of Stephen A. DouglasHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 528 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 30
Seite viii
... Wilmot Proviso . - His Reasons . - Texas Boundary . - California . - Death of President Taylor . - Power of Terri- torial Legislatures . - Extracts from Debates . - Destruction of the Omnibus . -New Mexico put out . - Texas put out ...
... Wilmot Proviso . - His Reasons . - Texas Boundary . - California . - Death of President Taylor . - Power of Terri- torial Legislatures . - Extracts from Debates . - Destruction of the Omnibus . -New Mexico put out . - Texas put out ...
Seite 124
... Wilmot Proviso . Congress adjourned on the 4th of March , 1849 , without having made any provision for the government of the new territories . In the mean time the discovery of gold in California had drawn thou- sands to that state ; a ...
... Wilmot Proviso . Congress adjourned on the 4th of March , 1849 , without having made any provision for the government of the new territories . In the mean time the discovery of gold in California had drawn thou- sands to that state ; a ...
Seite 125
... Wilmot Proviso to all the territories of the United States . The Texas Boundary question was another vexed and exciting question . Texas claimed , as part of her territory , a vast region now embraced in the territorial limits of New ...
... Wilmot Proviso to all the territories of the United States . The Texas Boundary question was another vexed and exciting question . Texas claimed , as part of her territory , a vast region now embraced in the territorial limits of New ...
Seite 126
... Wilmot Proviso , and one of these states so in- structing was Illinois . When Congress met in December , 1849 , these exciting ques- tions were fully before the people . General Taylor had been elected President by the votes of the most ...
... Wilmot Proviso , and one of these states so in- structing was Illinois . When Congress met in December , 1849 , these exciting ques- tions were fully before the people . General Taylor had been elected President by the votes of the most ...
Seite 129
... Wilmot Proviso was banished . From that day forth it lost its terrors , and a better feeling prevailed . There were no longer any fears of its adop- tion , and the attention was then directed to some broad , na- tional , and just ...
... Wilmot Proviso was banished . From that day forth it lost its terrors , and a better feeling prevailed . There were no longer any fears of its adop- tion , and the attention was then directed to some broad , na- tional , and just ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abolition abolitionism abolitionists admission admit adopted amendment American authority boundary Chicago citizens clause colonies compact compromise measures Compromise of 1850 Congress Constitution convention Danite debate declared delegates Democratic party district doctrine domestic institutions Douglas duty election established fact faith favor federal Free-soil friends Fugitive Slave Law gentleman honor House Jacksonville Judge Kansas Kansas-Nebraska Act Lecompton Lecompton Constitution legislation Massachusetts measures of 1850 ment Mexico Missouri Compromise Nebraska Bill negro never North northern object opinion organization passed political polygamy popular sovereignty President principle prohibit slavery proposed proposition protection provision reference regulate repeat Republican resolutions respect self-government senator from Illinois senator from Ohio session Seward slaveholding slavery question South speech submitted Supreme Court territorial government Territorial Legislature Territory of Kansas Texas tion treaty Union United Utah violation vote whole Wilmot Proviso York
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 429 - That whenever any of the said states shall have of free inhabitants as many as shall then be in any one of the least numerous of the thirteen original states, such state shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal fooling with the
Seite 197 - ia 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 446 - all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the territory as elsewhere within the United States, except the eighth section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March 6, 1820, which being inconsistent with the principle of
Seite 255 - a slate, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission" After asserting this great principle of state equality as applicable to every portion of New Mexico under the Constitution, and as
Seite 454 - 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 can not be convened), against domestic violence.
Seite 458 - 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.' Either the cotton and rice fields of South Carolina, and the sugar plantations of
Seite 446 - approved 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
Seite 355 - 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 ? The result is not doubtful. We shall not fail— if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or
Seite 454 - the United States shall guaranty to every state in this Union a Republican form of government; second, the United States shall protect each of them against invasion; third, the United States shall, on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive, when the Legislature can not be convened, protect
Seite 132 - And when the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be admitted as a state, it shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their Constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission.
Verweise auf dieses Buch
Lincoln, Douglas, and Slavery: In the Crucible of Public Debate David Zarefsky Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1993 |