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51 Freedom in the New Territories — Admission of California – The Com . promise Bill - Freedom in the District of Columbia - Freedom in New Mexico - Indemnities for French Spoliations — The Public Domain - Wel| come to Kossuth ...
51 Freedom in the New Territories — Admission of California – The Com . promise Bill - Freedom in the District of Columbia - Freedom in New Mexico - Indemnities for French Spoliations — The Public Domain - Wel| come to Kossuth ...
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He was then sent into the British territory by Gov. Seward , under an escort , and safely delivered on the north side of the Niagara river . This critical transaction affords a fresh illustration of Gov. Seward's firmness and sagacity .
He was then sent into the British territory by Gov. Seward , under an escort , and safely delivered on the north side of the Niagara river . This critical transaction affords a fresh illustration of Gov. Seward's firmness and sagacity .
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While the Oregon question was pending between the United States and Great Britain , he agreed with John Quincy Adams that our government should give notice to Great Britain of the termination of the joint occupancy of that territory .
While the Oregon question was pending between the United States and Great Britain , he agreed with John Quincy Adams that our government should give notice to Great Britain of the termination of the joint occupancy of that territory .
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... would veto no act of Congress establishing governments which excluded slavery in our newlyacquired Mexican territory . ... and to extend the ordinance of 1787 , on the principle of the Wilmot proviso , over the Mexican territories .
... would veto no act of Congress establishing governments which excluded slavery in our newlyacquired Mexican territory . ... and to extend the ordinance of 1787 , on the principle of the Wilmot proviso , over the Mexican territories .
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... it was not surpassed for sound statesmanship and an acute exposition of the principles of natural and constitutional law , by any speech delivered in the Senate on the absorbing subject of freedom in the territories ...
... it was not surpassed for sound statesmanship and an acute exposition of the principles of natural and constitutional law , by any speech delivered in the Senate on the absorbing subject of freedom in the territories ...
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2009 |
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