History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... moved an amend- ment instructing them to introduce a bill for the aboli- tion , not of the slave - trade , but of Slavery within the District . The bill which he proposed prevented any slave from ever being brought into the District ...
... moved an amend- ment instructing them to introduce a bill for the aboli- tion , not of the slave - trade , but of Slavery within the District . The bill which he proposed prevented any slave from ever being brought into the District ...
Page 65
... moving from Fort Moultrie Major Anderson acted solely on his own responsibility , and that his first impulse on hearing of it was to order him to return , but that the occupation of the fort by South Carolina and the seizure of the ...
... moving from Fort Moultrie Major Anderson acted solely on his own responsibility , and that his first impulse on hearing of it was to order him to return , but that the occupation of the fort by South Carolina and the seizure of the ...
Page 66
... moved the reference of that portion of the President's Message which related to the sectional difficulties of the country , to a select committee of thirteen . This resolution being adopted , Mr. Crittenden immediately afterwards ...
... moved the reference of that portion of the President's Message which related to the sectional difficulties of the country , to a select committee of thirteen . This resolution being adopted , Mr. Crittenden immediately afterwards ...
Page 72
... moved ; it was as fol- lows : SECTION 2. No territory shall be acquired by the United States , except by discovery , and for naval and commercial stations , depots , and transit routes , without the concurrence of a majority of all the ...
... moved ; it was as fol- lows : SECTION 2. No territory shall be acquired by the United States , except by discovery , and for naval and commercial stations , depots , and transit routes , without the concurrence of a majority of all the ...
Page 73
... moved ; it was as follows : SECTION 4. The third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution shall not be construed to prevent any of the States , by appropriate legislation , and through the action of ...
... moved ; it was as follows : SECTION 4. The third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution shall not be construed to prevent any of the States , by appropriate legislation , and through the action of ...
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