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Seite 69
... convention which framed this constitution was " the creature of the Territorial Legislature ; " and from that error has probably arisen all his subsequent errors on this subject . How can it be possible that a convention should be the ...
... convention which framed this constitution was " the creature of the Territorial Legislature ; " and from that error has probably arisen all his subsequent errors on this subject . How can it be possible that a convention should be the ...
Seite 72
... convention and adopt a State constitution ; but that , under the comprehensive language of the Kansas and Nebraska bill , the Territorial Legislature was clothed with such authority by the laws of Congress , and that the au- the vote of ...
... convention and adopt a State constitution ; but that , under the comprehensive language of the Kansas and Nebraska bill , the Territorial Legislature was clothed with such authority by the laws of Congress , and that the au- the vote of ...
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... convention has given to the people the decision of the only question which those high in authority have pronounced as the only one upon which the people differed , they turn round and say that a majority did not vote , and ask you if ...
... convention has given to the people the decision of the only question which those high in authority have pronounced as the only one upon which the people differed , they turn round and say that a majority did not vote , and ask you if ...
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... convention . Kansas - Lecompton Constitution - Mr . Mason . |. 35TH CONG .... 1ST SESS . ask my colleague a question , for I really feel some interest in his opinion upon this point . I under- stand him to say that the clause of the ...
... convention . Kansas - Lecompton Constitution - Mr . Mason . |. 35TH CONG .... 1ST SESS . ask my colleague a question , for I really feel some interest in his opinion upon this point . I under- stand him to say that the clause of the ...
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... convention meet , they will look to the source of their authority for instructions and recommendations , both as to adjourning , and as to other matters , and act with a prudent discretion therein ; and as fluence of this House , I ...
... convention meet , they will look to the source of their authority for instructions and recommendations , both as to adjourning , and as to other matters , and act with a prudent discretion therein ; and as fluence of this House , I ...
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Seite 75 - ... inquire whether the Constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part, during the last septenary (including the year of their service) ; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty, as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised, other or greater powers than they are entitled to by the Constitution...
Seite 5 - ... 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 170 - 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. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain.
Seite 182 - 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 145 - Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
Seite 71 - In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of intellect and but little skill. Its requisites are vigor, docility, fidelity. Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement.
Seite 3 - ... the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists : and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Seite 88 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
Seite 5 - then the article providing for Slavery shall be stricken from the constitution by the president of this Convention ;" and it is expressly declared that " no Slavery shall exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in the Territory shall in no manner be interfered with...
Seite 4 - Nebraska; and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...