The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and Death |
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... United States be respectfully requested to inform this House- 1st . Whether the spot on which the blood of our citizens was shed , as in his messages declared , was or was not within the territory of Spain , at least after the treaty of ...
... United States be respectfully requested to inform this House- 1st . Whether the spot on which the blood of our citizens was shed , as in his messages declared , was or was not within the territory of Spain , at least after the treaty of ...
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... United States . " Then opened the roar of loose decla- mation in favor of " squatter sovereignty , " and " sacred right of self - gov- ernment . " " But , " said opposition members , " let us amend the bill so as to expressly declare ...
... United States . " Then opened the roar of loose decla- mation in favor of " squatter sovereignty , " and " sacred right of self - gov- ernment . " " But , " said opposition members , " let us amend the bill so as to expressly declare ...
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... United States . This point is made in order to deprive the negro , in every possible event , of the benefit of that provision of the United States Constitution , which declares that " The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all ...
... United States . This point is made in order to deprive the negro , in every possible event , of the benefit of that provision of the United States Constitution , which declares that " The citizens of each State shall be entitled to all ...
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... United States neither permits Congress nor a territorial legislature to exclude slavery from any United States Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Constitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to ...
... United States neither permits Congress nor a territorial legislature to exclude slavery from any United States Territory , they all omit to declare whether or not the same Constitution permits a State , or the people of a State , to ...
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... United States Territory , in any lawful way , against the wish of any citizen of the United States , exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution ? Q. 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall ...
... United States Territory , in any lawful way , against the wish of any citizen of the United States , exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution ? Q. 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall ...
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