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... majority . The doctrine was successfully inculcated ; it had some plausibility , and brought to its sup- port an array of revolutionary names ; but it was , nevertheless , in direct opposition to the terms of the Constitution - the bond ...
... majority . The doctrine was successfully inculcated ; it had some plausibility , and brought to its sup- port an array of revolutionary names ; but it was , nevertheless , in direct opposition to the terms of the Constitution - the bond ...
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... majority must govern " was the decantatum on the lips of every demagogue , and passed into a favorite phrase of Northern politics . The results of the acquiescence of the South in the wrong of the Missouri Restriction could not fail to ...
... majority must govern " was the decantatum on the lips of every demagogue , and passed into a favorite phrase of Northern politics . The results of the acquiescence of the South in the wrong of the Missouri Restriction could not fail to ...
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... majority disavowed all purpose of abolishing or interfering in any way with the institution of slavery in any State , Territory , or District where it existed . On the contrary , they declared their readiness to give their " Southern ...
... majority disavowed all purpose of abolishing or interfering in any way with the institution of slavery in any State , Territory , or District where it existed . On the contrary , they declared their readiness to give their " Southern ...
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... majority of the people voted in favor of holding a con- vention for the purpose of adopting a Constitution . In pur- suance of this vote , the Territorial Legislature , on the 19th of February , 1857 , passed a law to take a census of ...
... majority of the people voted in favor of holding a con- vention for the purpose of adopting a Constitution . In pur- suance of this vote , the Territorial Legislature , on the 19th of February , 1857 , passed a law to take a census of ...
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... majority of that body being anti - slavery men of the New England school ; but found but a poor reception in the Senate , where there was still a majority of conservative and law - abiding men . On the 2d of February , 1858 , Mr ...
... majority of that body being anti - slavery men of the New England school ; but found but a poor reception in the Senate , where there was still a majority of conservative and law - abiding men . On the 2d of February , 1858 , Mr ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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