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Page xxv
... Congress shall usurp power to abolish slavery in the slave states . None claims that any violent , unconstitutional or unlawful measure shall be embraced . And on the other hand , if we offer no scheme or plan for the adoption of the ...
... Congress shall usurp power to abolish slavery in the slave states . None claims that any violent , unconstitutional or unlawful measure shall be embraced . And on the other hand , if we offer no scheme or plan for the adoption of the ...
Page lxxxiii
... Congress establishing governments which excluded slavery in our newly- acquired Mexican territory . With these views , Gov. Seward de- voted himself with great energy to the canvass in the states of New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , and ...
... Congress establishing governments which excluded slavery in our newly- acquired Mexican territory . With these views , Gov. Seward de- voted himself with great energy to the canvass in the states of New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , and ...
Page lxxxiv
... Congress , together with thirty - three other whig members , and one democratic member , from the state of New York , who , in accordance with the pre- vailing sentiment of the state , were all understood to agree with him in the policy ...
... Congress , together with thirty - three other whig members , and one democratic member , from the state of New York , who , in accordance with the pre- vailing sentiment of the state , were all understood to agree with him in the policy ...
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... Congress . The suggestion of the President was adopted . As Gov. Seward had anticipated , California appeared by her senators and representa- tives at the commencement of the congressional session in Decem- ber , 1849 , with a ...
... Congress . The suggestion of the President was adopted . As Gov. Seward had anticipated , California appeared by her senators and representa- tives at the commencement of the congressional session in Decem- ber , 1849 , with a ...
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... Congress to Kossuth , to be com- municated by the president as the executive organ of the United States . His sentiments in regard to the illustrious champion of Hungary are expressed in two speeches on the subject , which handle the ...
... Congress to Kossuth , to be com- municated by the president as the executive organ of the United States . His sentiments in regard to the illustrious champion of Hungary are expressed in two speeches on the subject , which handle the ...
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