Speech of Hon. H.S. Geyer, of Missouri, on the Kansas Controversy: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 7-8, 1856Printed at the Congressional globe office, 1856 - 29 Seiten |
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... claimed in the minority report to " furnish a practical cotemporaneous construc- tion " of the Constitution , establishing the power of Congress in the Territories on the subject of slavery to be absolute and unlimited , and that ...
... claimed in the minority report to " furnish a practical cotemporaneous construc- tion " of the Constitution , establishing the power of Congress in the Territories on the subject of slavery to be absolute and unlimited , and that ...
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... claimed it to be a reenactment of the slaveholding State , with perhaps one exception , ordinance of 1787 , the proposition was abund - voted in favor of the prohibition . * This , accord- antly refuted by the honorable Senator from ing ...
... claimed it to be a reenactment of the slaveholding State , with perhaps one exception , ordinance of 1787 , the proposition was abund - voted in favor of the prohibition . * This , accord- antly refuted by the honorable Senator from ing ...
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... claimed now ; it is referred to only to test the value of legislative precedent in settling a question of legislative power . I admit that the cotemporaneous exposition of the Constitutions , as well as laws , is of the highest ...
... claimed now ; it is referred to only to test the value of legislative precedent in settling a question of legislative power . I admit that the cotemporaneous exposition of the Constitutions , as well as laws , is of the highest ...
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... claimed . That conven- vention , when about to confer powers of exclu- sive legislation over persons or property , found | apt words in which to express their intent . The mover of the propositions certainly under - proprietary interest ...
... claimed . That conven- vention , when about to confer powers of exclu- sive legislation over persons or property , found | apt words in which to express their intent . The mover of the propositions certainly under - proprietary interest ...
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... claimed as an incident to the power to acquire , in itself , and was probably rendered absolutely to be exercised by Congress under the general necessary by jealousies and questions concern - authority " to make all laws which shall be ...
... claimed as an incident to the power to acquire , in itself , and was probably rendered absolutely to be exercised by Congress under the general necessary by jealousies and questions concern - authority " to make all laws which shall be ...
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Speech of Hon. H.S. Geyer, of Missouri, on the Kansas Controversy: Delivered ... Henry Sheffie Geyer Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
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Abolitionists act of Congress admission of Missouri adoption agitation amendment authority Big Springs convention citizens claimed clause committee compact compromise of 1850 election emigrant aid society exclusive form a constitution free State voted Free-Soilers free-State fugitive GEYER gress Hartford Convention HERALD OF FREEDOM honorable Senator House of Representatives Indiana jurisdiction Kansas legion Kansas-Nebraska act large number legislation Legislature March ment minority report Missouri compromise Missouri prohibition Nays needful rules northern obligation Ohio ordinance of 1787 organization organize territorial party passed power of Congress power to dispose President prohibit slavery property belonging proposed proposition provision question recognized regulations respecting repeal resolution respecting the territory ritory rules and regulations Senator from Illinois Senator from Massachusetts Senator from Vermont service or labor settle Sharpe's rifles slave slave power slaveholding southern stitution subject of slavery temporary government territorial governments Territory of Kansas tion Topeka Union United western Missouri Yeas York
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Seite 16 - 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 7 - Perhaps the power of governing a territory belonging to the United States which has not by becoming a State acquired the means of self-government may result necessarily from the facts that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular State, and is within the power and jurisdiction of the United States. The right to govern may be the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory. Whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned.
Seite 16 - 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 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...
Seite 29 - It is also agreed that if any servant run away from his master into any other of these confederated Jurisdictions, that in such case, upon the certificate of one magistrate in the Jurisdiction out of which the said servant fled, or upon other due proof ; the said servant shall be delivered, either to his master, or any other that pursues and brings such certificate or proof.
Seite 7 - The term territory, as here used, is merely descriptive of one kind of property, and is equivalent to the word lands. And Congress has the same power over it as over any other property belonging to the United States...
Seite 16 - ... 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: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to revive or put in force any law or regulation which may have existed prior to the act of sixth of March, eighteen hundred and twenty, either protecting, establishing, prohibiting,...
Seite 7 - Court, the colonists would be in a state of the most complete subordination, and as dependent upon the will of Congress, as the people of this country would have been upon the king and parliament of Great Britain, if they could have sustained their claim to bind us in all cases whatsoever. Such a state...
Seite 25 - ... or returned, or in any manner aid in the arrest or return of any person or persons to a condition of peonage, shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not less than one nor more than five years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Seite 4 - ... laws and constitutions are erected: to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory: to provide also for the establishment of States, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original States, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Seite 14 - Court on the first day of their said session, and if upon trial at the said Court, it shall be made to appear that the said person has thus continued within the Commonwealth, contrary to the tenor of this act, he or she shall be whipped not exceeding ten stripes, and ordered to depart out of...