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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... institution of in nomination for the ensuing term by the Le - free - masonry in its moral and political bearings , gislature of Tennessee , having only Mr. Adams somewhat intensified from the excitement for an opponent in 1828 , when he ...
... institution of in nomination for the ensuing term by the Le - free - masonry in its moral and political bearings , gislature of Tennessee , having only Mr. Adams somewhat intensified from the excitement for an opponent in 1828 , when he ...
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... institution are argued at con- treatment of the Cherokee Indians by the State siderable length . The outrageous and inhuman of Georgia , and the failure of the National Ad- acquired by treaty with the United States , ministration to ...
... institution are argued at con- treatment of the Cherokee Indians by the State siderable length . The outrageous and inhuman of Georgia , and the failure of the National Ad- acquired by treaty with the United States , ministration to ...
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... institution one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the coun- try , dangerous to our republican institutions and the liberties of the people , and calculated to place the busi- ness of the country within the control of a ...
... institution one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the coun- try , dangerous to our republican institutions and the liberties of the people , and calculated to place the busi- ness of the country within the control of a ...
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... institution of Slavery within the several States of this Union , it nevertheless has the power and it is the duty of Congress to prohibit the introduction or existence of Slavery in any territory now possessed , or which may hereafter ...
... institution of Slavery within the several States of this Union , it nevertheless has the power and it is the duty of Congress to prohibit the introduction or existence of Slavery in any territory now possessed , or which may hereafter ...
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... institutions for our brethren in Oregon , now exposed to hardships , peril and massacre by the reckless hostility of the Slave Power to the establishment of Free Government for Free Territories ; and not only for them , but for our new ...
... institutions for our brethren in Oregon , now exposed to hardships , peril and massacre by the reckless hostility of the Slave Power to the establishment of Free Government for Free Territories ; and not only for them , but for our new ...
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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...