A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential Nominations and Elections Including All the National Platforms Ever Yet Adopted: Also a History of the Struggle Respecting Slavery in the Territories, and of the Action of Congress as to the Freedom of the Public Lands, with the Most Notable Speeches and Letters of Messrs. Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H. V. Johnson, Etc., Etc., Touching the Questions of the Day; and Returns of All Presidential Elections Since 1836 |
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... Territory now Free , is to prohibit 11 . Its extension in all such Territory by an act of Congress . 12 . Resolved , That we accept the issue which the Slave 13 . power has forced upon us ; and to their demand for more 14 . Slave States ...
... Territory now Free , is to prohibit 11 . Its extension in all such Territory by an act of Congress . 12 . Resolved , That we accept the issue which the Slave 13 . power has forced upon us ; and to their demand for more 14 . Slave States ...
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... territory of the United States , while the present Constitution shall be maintained . Resolved , That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government , and that in ...
... territory of the United States , while the present Constitution shall be maintained . Resolved , That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government , and that in ...
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... Territory north 86 ° 30 ' by congressional action . A motion to lay this resolution on the table 7. The recognition of the right of native - born and was adopted , 141 to 59. A motion was then naturalized citizens of the United States ...
... Territory north 86 ° 30 ' by congressional action . A motion to lay this resolution on the table 7. The recognition of the right of native - born and was adopted , 141 to 59. A motion was then naturalized citizens of the United States ...
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... Territory represented . A Committee , of one from each State and Territory , was appointed to draft suitable resolutions , or in other words a Platform , and the Convention adjourned . On the following day , an interesting debate arose ...
... Territory represented . A Committee , of one from each State and Territory , was appointed to draft suitable resolutions , or in other words a Platform , and the Convention adjourned . On the following day , an interesting debate arose ...
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... Territory , or- ganized by an act of Congress , is provisional and tempo- rary , and , during its existence , all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle in the Territory , without their rights , either of person or ...
... Territory , or- ganized by an act of Congress , is provisional and tempo- rary , and , during its existence , all citizens of the United States have an equal right to settle in the Territory , without their rights , either of person or ...
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