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... constitutional convention . The convention , solidly com- posed of pro - slavery men , later met in the town of Lecompton to draft a constitution that upheld ( in a non - amendable provisory clause ) the right to hold slaves ...
... constitutional convention . The convention , solidly com- posed of pro - slavery men , later met in the town of Lecompton to draft a constitution that upheld ( in a non - amendable provisory clause ) the right to hold slaves ...
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... constitution was again put to vote . Acceptance meant that Kansas would be made a state ; rejection meant that statehood would be deferred until the Territory had a much larger population . Again the people of Kansas rejected the ...
... constitution was again put to vote . Acceptance meant that Kansas would be made a state ; rejection meant that statehood would be deferred until the Territory had a much larger population . Again the people of Kansas rejected the ...
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... Constitution , ex vi termini , is vested with the power of doing ; and Congress is , by the Constitution , expressly empowered to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execu- tion all powers vested by the ...
... Constitution , ex vi termini , is vested with the power of doing ; and Congress is , by the Constitution , expressly empowered to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execu- tion all powers vested by the ...
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Reply to a Committee of Religious Denominations Asking | 145 |
Chronology | 193 |
Address to the People of Sangamon County Illinois March | 221 |
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