The Life of Stephen A. DouglasHarper & Brothers, 1860 - 528 Seiten |
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... honor and credit of the result . His strong constitution and powers of physical en- durance rendered him able to perform labors which other men , no matter what might be their mental gifts , would have been unable to withstand . From ...
... honor and credit of the result . His strong constitution and powers of physical en- durance rendered him able to perform labors which other men , no matter what might be their mental gifts , would have been unable to withstand . From ...
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... honor to the gallant men who met the insidious and perfidious proposition to repudiate at the thresh- old , and strangled it even in the hands of its author . The circuit to which Judge Douglas was assigned was the most perplexing and ...
... honor to the gallant men who met the insidious and perfidious proposition to repudiate at the thresh- old , and strangled it even in the hands of its author . The circuit to which Judge Douglas was assigned was the most perplexing and ...
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... honor , whose duties were comparatively light , and which afforded him the use of the public library . As secretary of state he could practice law ; as judge he would be compelled to perform a great amount of labor at a very ...
... honor , whose duties were comparatively light , and which afforded him the use of the public library . As secretary of state he could practice law ; as judge he would be compelled to perform a great amount of labor at a very ...
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... honor , and glory upon the issue , when the salva- tion of the country depends upon the result . I also admire that calmness , moderation , and submission to rightful authority , which should always pre- vail in times of peace and ...
... honor , and glory upon the issue , when the salva- tion of the country depends upon the result . I also admire that calmness , moderation , and submission to rightful authority , which should always pre- vail in times of peace and ...
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... honor of our country . He is more bold and less politic in the expression of his opinions . They , after a little reflection , discover the expediency of concealment ; but the lamentable fact is too palpable , that their feelings and ...
... honor of our country . He is more bold and less politic in the expression of his opinions . They , after a little reflection , discover the expediency of concealment ; but the lamentable fact is too palpable , that their feelings and ...
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Seite 431 - 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 199 - 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 448 - 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 257 - 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 456 - 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 460 - 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 448 - 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 357 - 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 456 - 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 134 - 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.
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