A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United States: From the Declaration of Independence to the Present Day. Mainly Compiled and Condensed from the Journals of Congress and Other Official Records, and Showing the Vote by Yeas and Nays on the Most Important Divisions in Either HouseDix, Edwards & Company, 1856 - 164 Seiten |
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... necessary complement of follow- ers and servitors . Few of her pioneers cher- A humane and observant priest ( Las Casas , ) ished any earnest liking for downright , per- witnessing these cruelties and sufferings , was sistent , muscular ...
... necessary complement of follow- ers and servitors . Few of her pioneers cher- A humane and observant priest ( Las Casas , ) ished any earnest liking for downright , per- witnessing these cruelties and sufferings , was sistent , muscular ...
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... necessary , effect of this decision on Slavery in these colonies , had their connection with the mother country been continued , is sufficiently obvious . II . SLAVERY UNDER THE CONFEDERATION . which held its sessions in Philadelphia di ...
... necessary , effect of this decision on Slavery in these colonies , had their connection with the mother country been continued , is sufficiently obvious . II . SLAVERY UNDER THE CONFEDERATION . which held its sessions in Philadelphia di ...
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... necessary to promote the growth and settlement of colonies in that region . That this labor - demonstrably the dearest of any can only be employed in the cultivation of products more valuable than any known to that quarter of the United ...
... necessary to promote the growth and settlement of colonies in that region . That this labor - demonstrably the dearest of any can only be employed in the cultivation of products more valuable than any known to that quarter of the United ...
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... necessary with only imaginary lines of division , the inter- for Congress to prohibit migration or transport - course between slaves and free blacks could not ation from State to State . But now it becomes the right and duty of Congress ...
... necessary with only imaginary lines of division , the inter- for Congress to prohibit migration or transport - course between slaves and free blacks could not ation from State to State . But now it becomes the right and duty of Congress ...
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... necessary to extinguish any fire which I have assisted to kindle , I can assure gentlemen , while I regret the necessity , I shall not forbear to con- tribute my mite . Sir , the violence to which gen- tlemen have resorted on this ...
... necessary to extinguish any fire which I have assisted to kindle , I can assure gentlemen , while I regret the necessity , I shall not forbear to con- tribute my mite . Sir , the violence to which gen- tlemen have resorted on this ...
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Seite 8 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in 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, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Seite 149 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Seite 107 - Michigan : and whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free Inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its Delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent Constitution and State Government...
Seite 75 - 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 85 - Provided further, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property- now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty' between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory...
Seite 23 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Seite 88 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Seite 88 - Territory may define the judicial districts of said Territory, and assign the judges who may be appointed for said Territory to the several districts, and also appoint the times and places for holding courts in the several counties or sub-divisions in each of said judicial districts, by proclamation to be issued by him...
Seite 42 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to 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 36° 30...
Seite 86 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...