Life of Stephen A. Douglas, United States Senator from Illinois: With His Most Important Speeches and ReportsDerby & Jackson, 1860 - 187 Seiten |
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... believe in fair and free discussion . Whatever speeches I inay have to make in reference to my colleague or his political posi- tion , or in reference to other senators , will be made to their faces . I do not wish to avoid the ...
... believe in fair and free discussion . Whatever speeches I inay have to make in reference to my colleague or his political posi- tion , or in reference to other senators , will be made to their faces . I do not wish to avoid the ...
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... believe , he received no vote except from persons allied to Abolitionism or Know Nothingism . He came here as the Know - Nothing - Abolition candi- date , in opposition to the united Democracy of his State , and to the Democratic ...
... believe , he received no vote except from persons allied to Abolitionism or Know Nothingism . He came here as the Know - Nothing - Abolition candi- date , in opposition to the united Democracy of his State , and to the Democratic ...
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... believe with them , and to resist the constituted authorities to a bloody issue , and their preparations of arms and munitions of war , with which to resist . He raises the specious veil of " peaceful emigration , " which concealed 82 ...
... believe with them , and to resist the constituted authorities to a bloody issue , and their preparations of arms and munitions of war , with which to resist . He raises the specious veil of " peaceful emigration , " which concealed 82 ...
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... believe it is only in limited cases . But , sir , I did not wish to open a debate on this subject . I referred to the Virginia case only for illustration . The simple ques- tion here is , shall we authorize the present legal voters of ...
... believe it is only in limited cases . But , sir , I did not wish to open a debate on this subject . I referred to the Virginia case only for illustration . The simple ques- tion here is , shall we authorize the present legal voters of ...
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... believe it would have been voted down by a ma- jority of four to one . I am informed by men well posted there - Demo- crats that it would be voted down by ten to one ; some say by twenty to one . But is it a good reason why you should ...
... believe it would have been voted down by a ma- jority of four to one . I am informed by men well posted there - Demo- crats that it would be voted down by ten to one ; some say by twenty to one . But is it a good reason why you should ...
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Seite 136 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push...
Seite 62 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States ; nor shall the lands or other property of non-residents be taxed higher than the lands or other property of residents.
Seite 157 - In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
Seite 56 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith. Here let us stop.
Seite 28 - That Congress doth consent that the territory properly included Within, and rightfully belonging to, the Republic of Texas, may be erected into a new State, to be called the State of Texas, with a Republican form of government, to be adopted by the people of said Republic, by deputies in convention assembled, with the consent of the existing government, in order that the same may be admitted as one of the States of this Union.
Seite 29 - ... said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission, under the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of...
Seite 65 - 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 22 - No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Seite 158 - ... Those police regulations can only be established by the local legislature ; and if the people are opposed to slavery, they will elect representatives to that body who will by unfriendly legislation effectually prevent the introduction of it into their midst. If, on the contrary, they are for it, their legislation will favor its extension. Hence, no matter what the decision of the Supreme Court may be on that abstract question, still the right of the people to make a Slave Territory or a Free...
Seite 61 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.