Speeches, Messages, and Other Writings of the Hon. Albert G. Brown: A Senator in Congress Fronm the State of MississippiJ. B. Smith & Company, 1859 - 614 Seiten |
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... territory salubrious in climate and fertile in soil , abound- ing in all that can make a country desirable . From this territory you may erect independent states that will come into the Union 5 FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS . 65.
... territory salubrious in climate and fertile in soil , abound- ing in all that can make a country desirable . From this territory you may erect independent states that will come into the Union 5 FIRST INAUGURAL ADDRESS . 65.
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... territory , by way of indemnity , the House of Representatives of the United States declared , by a large vote , that " neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in any ter- ritory hereafter to be acquired by , or annexed to ...
... territory , by way of indemnity , the House of Representatives of the United States declared , by a large vote , that " neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in any ter- ritory hereafter to be acquired by , or annexed to ...
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... territory of the United States , with as little constitutional hindrance as a citizen from any other state may ... territory , and thus prepare the way for making her , in the end , a free state , why may not a pro - slavery majority ...
... territory of the United States , with as little constitutional hindrance as a citizen from any other state may ... territory , and thus prepare the way for making her , in the end , a free state , why may not a pro - slavery majority ...
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... territory within the rightful limits of Texas , and , if needs be , to repel any hostile invasion of it from Mexico or elsewhere . For a more perfect understanding of the President's course , let us consider the temper in which Mexico ...
... territory within the rightful limits of Texas , and , if needs be , to repel any hostile invasion of it from Mexico or elsewhere . For a more perfect understanding of the President's course , let us consider the temper in which Mexico ...
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... territory . American senators and representatives have set up for Mexico a bound- ary which she never did , until ... territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande was neutral territory . How came it to be so ? You tell me it was ...
... territory . American senators and representatives have set up for Mexico a bound- ary which she never did , until ... territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande was neutral territory . How came it to be so ? You tell me it was ...
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Seite 129 - 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.
Seite 174 - Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Seite 431 - State, colony, district, or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned not exceeding three years...
Seite 42 - But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotted and combined locks to part And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood.
Seite 360 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever; Provided.
Seite 132 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New...
Seite 501 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Seite 374 - 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...
Seite 479 - can nothing be done for freedom because the public conscience is inert?' Yes, much can be done — everything can be done. Slavery can be limited to its present bounds, it can be ameliorated, it can be and must be abolished, and you and I can and must do it.
Seite 369 - That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of said Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory...