The Political Thought of American Statesmen: Selected Writings and SpeechesMorton J. Frisch, Richard G. Stevens |
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... Missouri Compromise directly applied to it ; in fact , was first made , and has since been maintained , expressly for it . In 1853 , a bill to give it a territorial government passed the House of Rep- resentatives , and , in the hands ...
... Missouri Compromise directly applied to it ; in fact , was first made , and has since been maintained , expressly for it . In 1853 , a bill to give it a territorial government passed the House of Rep- resentatives , and , in the hands ...
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... Missouri Compromise is sought to be justified , are these : First , that the Nebraska country needed a territorial government . Second , that in various ways , the public had repudiated it , and demanded the repeal ; and therefore ...
... Missouri Compromise is sought to be justified , are these : First , that the Nebraska country needed a territorial government . Second , that in various ways , the public had repudiated it , and demanded the repeal ; and therefore ...
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... Missouri law - show- ing that it intended no more than it expressed - showing that the line was not intended as a universal dividing line between free and slave territory , present and prospective - north of which slavery could never go ...
... Missouri law - show- ing that it intended no more than it expressed - showing that the line was not intended as a universal dividing line between free and slave territory , present and prospective - north of which slavery could never go ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
The Founding | 2 |
THOMAS JEFFERSON 17431826 | 6 |
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