The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Redfield, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... existing Mexican laws , which forbade African bondage , until they should have obtained the requisite population to form voluntary constitutions and apply for admission as states of the Union . Cali- fornia and New Mexico were already ...
... existing Mexican laws , which forbade African bondage , until they should have obtained the requisite population to form voluntary constitutions and apply for admission as states of the Union . Cali- fornia and New Mexico were already ...
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... existing Mexican laws . The fugitive slave law , which was proposed as a condition of the admission of California , met with a determined opponent in Mr. Seward , from the first . He clearly foresaw the impolicy as well as the cruelty ...
... existing Mexican laws . The fugitive slave law , which was proposed as a condition of the admission of California , met with a determined opponent in Mr. Seward , from the first . He clearly foresaw the impolicy as well as the cruelty ...
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... existing tariff laws . Mr. Seward opposed them as still further em- barrassing the interests of the iron manufacturers and the wool growers of this country . The amendments proposed in the senate by Mr. Hunter were adopted , ayes thirty ...
... existing tariff laws . Mr. Seward opposed them as still further em- barrassing the interests of the iron manufacturers and the wool growers of this country . The amendments proposed in the senate by Mr. Hunter were adopted , ayes thirty ...
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... existing in that state prescribing the manner of electing a senator , the constitution of the United States was the only guide in the matter . That instrument declares , that senators shall be elected by the " legislature . " The laws ...
... existing in that state prescribing the manner of electing a senator , the constitution of the United States was the only guide in the matter . That instrument declares , that senators shall be elected by the " legislature . " The laws ...
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... existing , and the former for the full term , commencing the ensuing 4th of March . This election was deemed invalid for the following reasons — the senate had never voted for this joint convention , but on the other hand had adopted a ...
... existing , and the former for the full term , commencing the ensuing 4th of March . This election was deemed invalid for the following reasons — the senate had never voted for this joint convention , but on the other hand had adopted a ...
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Page 443 - act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited : Provided, always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be
Page 255 - kept steadily in view was the consolidation of the Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude than might have been otherwise expected.
Page 679 - party, and that the causes which called it into existence are permanent in their nature, and now more than ever before demand its peaceful and constitutional triumph. SECOND. That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the declaration of independence and embodied in the federal constitution, " That all men are created equal; that
Page 127 - the authority of British law, as he found it written down by Blackstone: " The law of nature being coeval with God himself is of course superior to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all time. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this; and such of them as are valid derive all
Page 679 - power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any state or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Page 680 - provision of the constitution against all attempts to violate it ; and we deny the authority of congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 680 - without due process of law." it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the constitution against all attempts to violate it ; and we deny the authority of congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 680 - SIXTEENTH. That a railroad to the Pacific ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country; that the federal government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction ; and that, as preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly established.
Page 679 - FIRST. That the history of the nation during the last four years has fully established the propriety and necessity of the organization and perpetuation of the republican party, and that the causes which called it into existence are permanent in their nature, and now more than ever before demand its peaceful and constitutional triumph.
Page 444 - the meaning of the constitution in respect to the legal points in dispute." This report gives us the deliberate judgment of the committee on two important points. First, that the compromise of 1850 did not, by its letter or by its spirit, repeal or render necessary, or even propose the abrogation of the Missouri compromise;