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... preservation ; that it does also believe , that to take from the States all the power of self - government , and transfer them to a general and consolidated Government , without regard to the special delegations and reserva- tions ...
... preservation ; that it does also believe , that to take from the States all the power of self - government , and transfer them to a general and consolidated Government , without regard to the special delegations and reserva- tions ...
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... preservation of the Federal Constitution , according to the true sense in which it was adopted by the States , that in which it was advocated by its friends , and not that which its enemies apprehended , who , therefore became its ...
... preservation of the Federal Constitution , according to the true sense in which it was adopted by the States , that in which it was advocated by its friends , and not that which its enemies apprehended , who , therefore became its ...
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... preserve the peace of the citizens and secure the blessings of freedom , the Legislature of each of the free States ought to keep in force suitable statutes , rendering it penal for any of its inhabitants to transport or aid in ...
... preserve the peace of the citizens and secure the blessings of freedom , the Legislature of each of the free States ought to keep in force suitable statutes , rendering it penal for any of its inhabitants to transport or aid in ...
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... preservation of the liberties , the independence and the union of these States . 2. The perpetuation of the Federal Union and Constitution as the palladium of our civil and religious liberties , and the only sure bulwarks of American ...
... preservation of the liberties , the independence and the union of these States . 2. The perpetuation of the Federal Union and Constitution as the palladium of our civil and religious liberties , and the only sure bulwarks of American ...
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... preservation of the Union under the Constitu- tion as the paramount issue and repudiating all sectional parties and ... preserved intact , the original compacts of the Constitution maintained inviolate , and the perpetuity and expansion ...
... preservation of the Union under the Constitu- tion as the paramount issue and repudiating all sectional parties and ... preserved intact , the original compacts of the Constitution maintained inviolate , and the perpetuity and expansion ...
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Page 1 - ... as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights,...
Page 1 - That this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare that it views the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties...
Page 3 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself...
Page 26 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Page 26 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Page 26 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism— polygamy and slavery.
Page 37 - We recognize the equality of all men before the law, and hold that it is the duty of government, in its dealings with the people, to mete out equal and exact justice to all, of whatever nativity, race, color, or persuasion, religious or political.
Page 30 - Congress is provisional and temporary, and during its existence all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle with their property in the territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by congressional or territorial legislation.
Page 29 - That the new dogma that the Constitution of its own force carried slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States...
Page 1 - That the General Assembly of Virginia doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this state, against every aggression either foreign or domestic; and that they will support the Government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.