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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... prohibited by the Constitution ; that all efforts , by abolitionists or others , made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery , or to take incipient steps in relation thereto , are calculated to lead to the most ...
... prohibited by the Constitution ; that all efforts , by abolitionists or others , made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery , or to take incipient steps in relation thereto , are calculated to lead to the most ...
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... prohibited by law . | Resolved , That the provision of the Constitution of the United States , which confers extraordinary political powers on the owners of slaves , and thereby constitut- ing the two hundred and fifty thousand ...
... prohibited by law . | Resolved , That the provision of the Constitution of the United States , which confers extraordinary political powers on the owners of slaves , and thereby constitut- ing the two hundred and fifty thousand ...
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... prohibited by the Constitution ; that all efforts of the Abolitionists or others , made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of Slavery , or to take incipient steps in relation , thereto , are calcu lated to lead to the most ...
... prohibited by the Constitution ; that all efforts of the Abolitionists or others , made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of Slavery , or to take incipient steps in relation , thereto , are calcu lated to lead to the most ...
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... prohibited by the Constitution ; that all gress to interfere with questions of Slavery , or to take incipient steps in relation thereto , are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences , and that all such efforts ...
... prohibited by the Constitution ; that all gress to interfere with questions of Slavery , or to take incipient steps in relation thereto , are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences , and that all such efforts ...
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... prohibited the further importation of allowed or approved by the law of England , and there- slaves ; and in 1782 , removed all legal restric - fore the black must be discharged . " The natural , if not necessary , effect of this. The ...
... prohibited the further importation of allowed or approved by the law of England , and there- slaves ; and in 1782 , removed all legal restric - fore the black must be discharged . " The natural , if not necessary , effect of this. The ...
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