Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) |
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SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES ( The Issue in the Presidential Campaign of 1860 ) Tilt in the Charleston ( Democratic ) Convention over the Freeport Doctrine ( " Unfriendly Legislation " toward Slavery ) between WILLIAM L. YANCEY ( Ala . ) ...
SLAVERY IN THE TERRITORIES ( The Issue in the Presidential Campaign of 1860 ) Tilt in the Charleston ( Democratic ) Convention over the Freeport Doctrine ( " Unfriendly Legislation " toward Slavery ) between WILLIAM L. YANCEY ( Ala . ) ...
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The legislative authority of the whole is exercised by Congress , under authority granted them in the common Constitution . The legislative power of each State is exercised by assemblies deriving their authority from the constitution of ...
The legislative authority of the whole is exercised by Congress , under authority granted them in the common Constitution . The legislative power of each State is exercised by assemblies deriving their authority from the constitution of ...
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If we suppose the case of such conflicting legislation sustained by the corresponding executive and judicial authorities , patriotism and philanthropy turn their eyes from the condition in which the parties would be placed , and from ...
If we suppose the case of such conflicting legislation sustained by the corresponding executive and judicial authorities , patriotism and philanthropy turn their eyes from the condition in which the parties would be placed , and from ...
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In proportion to its dangers should be our solicitude to avoid it by abstaining , on the one hand , from acts of doubtful legislation , as well as by the manner of resistance , on the other , to those which ...
In proportion to its dangers should be our solicitude to avoid it by abstaining , on the one hand , from acts of doubtful legislation , as well as by the manner of resistance , on the other , to those which ...
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... principles the triumph of which at that time saved the Constitution at its last gasp , and which New England statesmen were not unwilling to adopt when they believed themselves to be the victims of unconstitutional legislation .
... principles the triumph of which at that time saved the Constitution at its last gasp , and which New England statesmen were not unwilling to adopt when they believed themselves to be the victims of unconstitutional legislation .
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| Title | Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) Volume 5 of Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the Debates in Congress at the Close of the Taft Administration (1912-1913), Marion Mills Miller |
| Editor | Marion Mills Miller |
| Contributors | United States. Congress, Great Britain. Parliament |
| Publisher | Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2010 |
| ISBN | 0810803860, 9780810803862 |
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