The Power of Congress Over the District of ColumbiaJohn F. Trow, printer., 1838 - 56 Seiten |
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... ginia , Chief Justice Cranch , and Judges Morsell and Van Ness , of the District , has already been given . In the debate in Congress on the memorial of the Society of Friends , in 1790 , 3 . 19 that instrument by a clause asserting ...
... ginia , Chief Justice Cranch , and Judges Morsell and Van Ness , of the District , has already been given . In the debate in Congress on the memorial of the Society of Friends , in 1790 , 3 . 19 that instrument by a clause asserting ...
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... ginia , or Maryland , or - equally to the point -- John Bull ! If Mary- land and Virginia had been the authorized interpreters of the consti- tution for the Union , these acts of cession could hardly have been magnified more than they ...
... ginia , or Maryland , or - equally to the point -- John Bull ! If Mary- land and Virginia had been the authorized interpreters of the consti- tution for the Union , these acts of cession could hardly have been magnified more than they ...
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... ginia Legislature ; no evidence was brought to show that the slaves killed by the troops were insurgents ; yet the Virginia Legislature decided that their masters were not entitled to compensation . They proceeded on the sound principle ...
... ginia Legislature ; no evidence was brought to show that the slaves killed by the troops were insurgents ; yet the Virginia Legislature decided that their masters were not entitled to compensation . They proceeded on the sound principle ...
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... ginia leave so much to be " implied ? " Why did they not in some way ex- press what lay so near their hearts ? Had their vocabulary run so low that a single word could not not be eked out for the occasion ? Or were those states so ...
... ginia leave so much to be " implied ? " Why did they not in some way ex- press what lay so near their hearts ? Had their vocabulary run so low that a single word could not not be eked out for the occasion ? Or were those states so ...
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... life , and especially that in Maryland and Vir- ginia it would be speedily abolished - are we to be told that those states de- 22 52 signed to bind Congress never to terminate it 7 51 think to put them on their guard, and induce ...
... life , and especially that in Maryland and Vir- ginia it would be speedily abolished - are we to be told that those states de- 22 52 signed to bind Congress never to terminate it 7 51 think to put them on their guard, and induce ...
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abolish slavery abolition of slavery Abolition Society accepted the cession acts of cession adopted articles of Confederation asserted authority ceded citizens clause common defence common law conceded Congress to abolish Congressional Continental Congress convention that formed declared delegation District of Columbia exclusive jurisdiction exercise exclusive legislation faith implied formed the United George Tucker ginia gradual abolition grant of power gress implied faith Jefferson Judge law-making power legislative acts legislature liberty Luther Martin Madison manumission Maryland and Virginia master Messrs New-York North northwest territory ordinance passed Patrick Henry Pennsylvania persons petition power of Congress power to abolish principles private property prohibit protect question recognised Reps Resolved restriction says slave trade slaveholding slavery existed South Carolina southern sovereignty speech subject of slavery Supreme Court territory testimony tion Union United States constitution violation Virginia and Maryland Virginia Legislature vote Washington whatsoever William Pinkney Wythe
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Seite 43 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Seite 28 - We will neither import nor purchase any slave imported after the first day of December next; after which time we will wholly discontinue the slave trade and will neither be concerned in it ourselves, nor will we hire our vessels, nor sell our commodities or manufactures to those who are concerned in it.
Seite 14 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Seite 23 - Congress may by law direct, shall be, and the same is hereby forever ceded and relinquished to the Congress and Government of the United States, in full and absolute right, and exclusive jurisdiction, us well of soil as of persons residing or to reside thereon, pursuant to the tenor and effect of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the Government of the United States.
Seite 56 - Vincents, and the neighboring villages, who have professed themselves citizens of Virginia, shall have their possessions and titles confirmed to them, and be protected in the enjoyment of their rights and liberties.
Seite 10 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.
Seite 17 - That Congress possesses no constitutional authority to interfere in any way with the institution of slavery in any of the States of this Confederacy. Resolved, That Congress ought not to interfere in any way with slavery in the District of Columbia.
Seite 29 - These have sucked in the principles of liberty, as it were, with their mother's milk ; and it is to them I look with anxiety to turn the fate of this question. Be not therefore discouraged. What you have written will do a great deal of good : and could you still trouble yourself with our welfare, no man is more able to give aid to the laboring side.
Seite 34 - I conceive the Constitution in this particular was formed in order that the Government, whilst it was restrained from laying a total prohibition, might be able to give some testimony of the sense of America, with respect to the African trade.
Seite 29 - Britain, no effectual legal relief could be obtained. Weaned by a long course of experience from those narrow prejudices and partialities we had imbibed, we find our hearts enlarged with kindness and benevolence towards men of all conditions and nations ; and we conceive ourselves at this particular period extraordinarily called upon by the blessings which we have received, to manifest the sincerity of our profession, and to give a substantial proof of our gratitude.