The Political Text-book, Or Encyclopedia: Containing Everything Necessary for the Reference of the Politicians and Statesmen of the United States |
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... inhabitants of Pennsylvania , pray- ing the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia , and the abolition of the slave - trade therein . So far as the latter desire was con- corned , he thought it a proper subject of legis ...
... inhabitants of Pennsylvania , pray- ing the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia , and the abolition of the slave - trade therein . So far as the latter desire was con- corned , he thought it a proper subject of legis ...
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... inhabitants State of respectfully submit to Congress : " That as , in the nature of things , antago- nistical principles , interests , pursuits , and in- stitutions can never unite : " That an experience of more than three- score years ...
... inhabitants State of respectfully submit to Congress : " That as , in the nature of things , antago- nistical principles , interests , pursuits , and in- stitutions can never unite : " That an experience of more than three- score years ...
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... inhabitants of the ceded territories all the rights , privileges , and immunities of the original citizens of the United States , and sti- pulates for their admission , conformably to that principle , into the Union . Louisiana was ...
... inhabitants of the ceded territories all the rights , privileges , and immunities of the original citizens of the United States , and sti- pulates for their admission , conformably to that principle , into the Union . Louisiana was ...
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... inhabitant of Indian descent , a native of the United States and not a member of any tribe , shall be an elector and entitled to vote ; but no citizen or inhabitant shall be an elector , or entitled to vote at any election , unless he ...
... inhabitant of Indian descent , a native of the United States and not a member of any tribe , shall be an elector and entitled to vote ; but no citizen or inhabitant shall be an elector , or entitled to vote at any election , unless he ...
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... inhabitants over the age of twenty - one years , who shall have re- sided within this territory six months next preceding an election , shall be entitled to vote at any election for delegates to Congress and for territorial , county ...
... inhabitants over the age of twenty - one years , who shall have re- sided within this territory six months next preceding an election , shall be entitled to vote at any election for delegates to Congress and for territorial , county ...
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