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... popular sovereignty , accepted by the public mind as a just principle , nationalizes slavery , and revives the African slave - trade inevitably . Taking slaves into new Territories , and buying slaves in Africa , are identical things ...
... popular sovereignty , accepted by the public mind as a just principle , nationalizes slavery , and revives the African slave - trade inevitably . Taking slaves into new Territories , and buying slaves in Africa , are identical things ...
Page 152
... popular sovereignty ; for there is a broad distinction between real popular sovereignty and Douglas popular sovereignty . That the nation shall control what concerns it ; that a State , or any minor political community , shall control ...
... popular sovereignty ; for there is a broad distinction between real popular sovereignty and Douglas popular sovereignty . That the nation shall control what concerns it ; that a State , or any minor political community , shall control ...
Page 153
... popular sovereignty ; and , sec- ondly , to show that the Dred Scott decision has not entirely squelched his popular sovereignty . Before considering these main objects , I wish to consider a few minor points of the copyright essay ...
... popular sovereignty ; and , sec- ondly , to show that the Dred Scott decision has not entirely squelched his popular sovereignty . Before considering these main objects , I wish to consider a few minor points of the copyright essay ...
Page 154
... popular sovereignty that slavery is a little , harmless , indifferent thing , having no wrong in it , and no power for mischief about it . If all men looked upon it as he does , his policy in regard to it might do . But neither all nor ...
... popular sovereignty that slavery is a little , harmless , indifferent thing , having no wrong in it , and no power for mischief about it . If all men looked upon it as he does , his policy in regard to it might do . But neither all nor ...
Page 155
... popular sovereignty . He says himself it does not pertain to a people until they are organized ; and that when they shall be organized is in the discretion of Congress . Suppose Congress shall choose to not organize them until they are ...
... popular sovereignty . He says himself it does not pertain to a people until they are organized ; and that when they shall be organized is in the discretion of Congress . Suppose Congress shall choose to not organize them until they are ...
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