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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... Slavery in the Territories in 1848 Holds that capital should own the laborer , in a speech at Philadelphia in 1856. His Report affirming the absolute right of holding slaves in the Territories .. JOHNSON , RICHARD M. , of Kentucky ...
... Slavery in the Territories in 1848 Holds that capital should own the laborer , in a speech at Philadelphia in 1856. His Report affirming the absolute right of holding slaves in the Territories .. JOHNSON , RICHARD M. , of Kentucky ...
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... Slavery in the Territories, and of the Action of Congress as to the Freedom of the Public Lan. PAGE 49 49 50 51 52 52 ... SLAVERY EXTENSION or RESTRICTION , His- tory of the struggle for .. Origin and Progress of Slavery in America ...
... Slavery in the Territories, and of the Action of Congress as to the Freedom of the Public Lan. PAGE 49 49 50 51 52 52 ... SLAVERY EXTENSION or RESTRICTION , His- tory of the struggle for .. Origin and Progress of Slavery in America ...
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... Slavery ... On Slavery in the Territories , letter to Water- bury and others .... 181 117 120 The Lecompton bill ; Passed in the Senate , but defeated in the House ; The Crittenden - Mont- gomery substitute .. VOTE IN WHIG NATIONAL ...
... Slavery ... On Slavery in the Territories , letter to Water- bury and others .... 181 117 120 The Lecompton bill ; Passed in the Senate , but defeated in the House ; The Crittenden - Mont- gomery substitute .. VOTE IN WHIG NATIONAL ...
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... slaves , and thereby constitut- ing the two hundred and fifty thousand slaveholders in the Slave States a privileged aristocracy ; and the pro- vision for the reclamation of fugitive slaves from service , are Anti - Republican in their ...
... slaves , and thereby constitut- ing the two hundred and fifty thousand slaveholders in the Slave States a privileged aristocracy ; and the pro- vision for the reclamation of fugitive slaves from service , are Anti - Republican in their ...
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... slave power , and of their fixed determination to rescue the Federal Government from its control ; Resolved ... Slavery . Resolved , That Slavery in the several States of this Union which recognize its existence , depends upon State laws ...
... slave power , and of their fixed determination to rescue the Federal Government from its control ; Resolved ... Slavery . Resolved , That Slavery in the several States of this Union which recognize its existence , depends upon State laws ...
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