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Page 75
... Nebraska and Kansas territorial governments ] on the judge's own motion it is so amended as to declare the Missouri Compromise inoperative and void ; and , sub- stantially , that the people who go and settle there may estab- lish ...
... Nebraska and Kansas territorial governments ] on the judge's own motion it is so amended as to declare the Missouri Compromise inoperative and void ; and , sub- stantially , that the people who go and settle there may estab- lish ...
Page 77
... Nebraska , can hardly be distinguished on any moral princi- ple , and the repeal of the former could find quite as plausi- ble excuses as that of the latter . Equal justice to the South , it is said , requires us to consent to the ...
... Nebraska , can hardly be distinguished on any moral princi- ple , and the repeal of the former could find quite as plausi- ble excuses as that of the latter . Equal justice to the South , it is said , requires us to consent to the ...
Page 80
... Nebraska are good enough to govern themselves , but they are not good enough to govern a few miserable negroes ! " Well ! I doubt not that the people of Nebraska are and will continue to be as good as the average of people else- where ...
... Nebraska are good enough to govern themselves , but they are not good enough to govern a few miserable negroes ! " Well ! I doubt not that the people of Nebraska are and will continue to be as good as the average of people else- where ...
Page 81
... Nebraska has no such adaptation . It hath no relish of salvation in it . It is an aggravation , rather , of the only one thing which ever endangers the Union . When it came upon us , all was peace and quiet . The nation was looking to ...
... Nebraska has no such adaptation . It hath no relish of salvation in it . It is an aggravation , rather , of the only one thing which ever endangers the Union . When it came upon us , all was peace and quiet . The nation was looking to ...
Page 82
... Nebraska . But whether it be or not , we shall have repudiated - dis- carded from the councils of the nation - the spirit of com- promise ; for who , after this , will ever trust in a national compromise ? The spirit of mutual ...
... Nebraska . But whether it be or not , we shall have repudiated - dis- carded from the councils of the nation - the spirit of com- promise ; for who , after this , will ever trust in a national compromise ? The spirit of mutual ...
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