The Nebraska QuestionRed-field, 1854 - 120 Seiten |
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... measure which Congress on this occasion may adopt . Considering this as no local question , nor a question to be decided by a temporary expediency , but as involving great interests of the whole United States , and affecting deeply and ...
... measure which Congress on this occasion may adopt . Considering this as no local question , nor a question to be decided by a temporary expediency , but as involving great interests of the whole United States , and affecting deeply and ...
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... measures , which its own citizens do not enjoy ; and that the and who cannot balance a temporary or trifling con- citizens of Louisiana , upon their admission into the venience , if there were such , against a permanent , Union , in ...
... measures , which its own citizens do not enjoy ; and that the and who cannot balance a temporary or trifling con- citizens of Louisiana , upon their admission into the venience , if there were such , against a permanent , Union , in ...
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... measure was approved by President vote of 121 to 82 , most of the Southern mem- Polk . The Territory has since been divided , bers voting to concur with the Senate in estab- and the Territorial Government of Washington lishing the ...
... measure was approved by President vote of 121 to 82 , most of the Southern mem- Polk . The Territory has since been divided , bers voting to concur with the Senate in estab- and the Territorial Government of Washington lishing the ...
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... measures in the same bill . 5. The establishment of the western and northern boundary of Texas , and the exclusion from her jurisdiction of all New Mexico , with the grant to Texas of a pecuniary equivalent . And the section for that ...
... measures in the same bill . 5. The establishment of the western and northern boundary of Texas , and the exclusion from her jurisdiction of all New Mexico , with the grant to Texas of a pecuniary equivalent . And the section for that ...
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... measures were five in number . California . This has no reference whatever 1. An act proposing to the State of Texas to slavery ; the Constitution of the State , how- the establishment of her northern and western ever , prohibited it ...
... measures were five in number . California . This has no reference whatever 1. An act proposing to the State of Texas to slavery ; the Constitution of the State , how- the establishment of her northern and western ever , prohibited it ...
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Seite 57 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Seite 32 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States...
Seite 81 - 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 111 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States ; it remaining with the several States alone to provide any regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Seite 31 - 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 30 - ... beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same ; thence west on said parallel to the...
Seite 50 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Seite 44 - States, except the section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March 6, 1820, which was superseded by the principles of the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise measures, and is declared inoperative.
Seite 6 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States...
Seite 14 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...