Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... federal authority , or any thing in the Constitution , forbid our Federal Government control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? 1 Speech at the Cooper Institute . Slavery and the Federal BEFORE THE NATION . 37.
... federal authority , or any thing in the Constitution , forbid our Federal Government control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? 1 Speech at the Cooper Institute . Slavery and the Federal BEFORE THE NATION . 37.
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... Federal Government , " Upon this , Douglas holds the affirmative , and ... Territory , and no other the Congress of the Confederation had before them the question of prohibiting slavery in that ... Territories 38 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... Federal Government , " Upon this , Douglas holds the affirmative , and ... Territory , and no other the Congress of the Confederation had before them the question of prohibiting slavery in that ... Territories 38 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... Territories . being part of what is now well known as the Ordinance of '87 . " The question of federal control of slavery in the territories , seems not to have been directly before the Convention which framed the original Constitution ...
... Territories . being part of what is now well known as the Ordinance of '87 . " The question of federal control of slavery in the territories , seems not to have been directly before the Convention which framed the original Constitution ...
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... Federal authority , or any thing in the Constitution they had made . themselves , and sworn to support , forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the Federal territories . Thus the twenty - one acted ; and , as actions ...
... Federal authority , or any thing in the Constitution they had made . themselves , and sworn to support , forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the Federal territories . Thus the twenty - one acted ; and , as actions ...
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... Federal control of slavery in the Federal Territories . But there is much reason to believe that their understanding upon that question would not have appeared different from that of their twenty - three compeers , had it been ...
... Federal control of slavery in the Federal Territories . But there is much reason to believe that their understanding upon that question would not have appeared different from that of their twenty - three compeers , had it been ...
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