A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential Nominations and Elections Including All the National Platforms Ever Yet Adopted, Also, a History of the Struggle Respecting Slavery in the Territories, and of the Action of Congress as to the Freedom of the Public Lands with the Most Notable Speeches and Letters of Messrs. Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H.V. Johnson, Etc., Etc., Touching the Questions of the Day and Returns of All Presidential Elections Since 1836 |
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... Decisions affecting Slavery in the Colo- nies ..... PAGE 49 Democratic National Platform , 1844 . 13 Slavery under the Confederation .. 49 50 51 Liberty Party Platform , 1844 14 No Platform adopted openly by Whig Con- vention , 1848 ...
... Decisions affecting Slavery in the Colo- nies ..... PAGE 49 Democratic National Platform , 1844 . 13 Slavery under the Confederation .. 49 50 51 Liberty Party Platform , 1844 14 No Platform adopted openly by Whig Con- vention , 1848 ...
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... & c , ......... ........ 249 | THE DRED SCOTT DECISION ... 253 251 SLAVERY IN NEW MEXICO , with the action of Congress thereon ..... 254 The Convention passed a resolution cordially concurring in the repeated Pi CONTENTS .
... & c , ......... ........ 249 | THE DRED SCOTT DECISION ... 253 251 SLAVERY IN NEW MEXICO , with the action of Congress thereon ..... 254 The Convention passed a resolution cordially concurring in the repeated Pi CONTENTS .
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... decision of a Congres sional Caucus . A large majority of the Repub- lican members formally refused to participate in such a gathering , or be governed by its deci- sion ; still , a Caucus was called and attended by the friends of Mr ...
... decision of a Congres sional Caucus . A large majority of the Repub- lican members formally refused to participate in such a gathering , or be governed by its deci- sion ; still , a Caucus was called and attended by the friends of Mr ...
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... decision to their Repub- lican fellow - citizens in the several States , trusting that before the election shall take place , their opinions will become so concentrated as to secure the choice of a Vice - President by the Electoral ...
... decision to their Repub- lican fellow - citizens in the several States , trusting that before the election shall take place , their opinions will become so concentrated as to secure the choice of a Vice - President by the Electoral ...
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... decision of the Supreme Court , in the case of Prigg v8 . the State of Pennsylvania . WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION , 1848 . A Whig National Convention met at Phila- delphia , on the 7th of June , 1848 , over which John M. Morehead , of ...
... decision of the Supreme Court , in the case of Prigg v8 . the State of Pennsylvania . WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION , 1848 . A Whig National Convention met at Phila- delphia , on the 7th of June , 1848 , over which John M. Morehead , of ...
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Page 201 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America. This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments.
Page 249 - Government, as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties, 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...
Page 113 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 63 - ... provided, always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 26 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 249 - Resolved, That the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Page 58 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 76 - States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory north of said Missouri compromise line, slavery or involuntary servitude (except for crime) shall be prohibited.
Page 177 - The Congress, the executive, and the court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 141 - That the legislative power of the territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act...