Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... Federal Government control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? Speech at the Cooper Institute . Slavery and the Federal BEFORE THE NATION . 37.
... Federal Government control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? Speech at the Cooper Institute . Slavery and the Federal BEFORE THE NATION . 37.
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... federal authority , nor any thing else , properly forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in federal territory . The other of the four - James McHenry - voted against the prohibition , show- ing that , for some cause ...
... federal authority , nor any thing else , properly forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in federal territory . The other of the four - James McHenry - voted against the prohibition , show- ing that , for some cause ...
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... federal authority , nor any thing in the Constitution , properly forbade Congress to prohibit slavery in the federal territory ; else both their fidelity to correct principle , and their oath to support the Constitution , would have ...
... federal authority , nor any thing in the Constitution , properly forbade Congress to prohibit slavery in the federal territory ; else both their fidelity to correct principle , and their oath to support the Constitution , would have ...
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... Federal Government the country now constituting the State of Tennessee ; and a few years later Georgia ceded that which now constitutes the States of Mississippi and Alabama . In both deeds of cession it was made a condition by the ...
... Federal Government the country now constituting the State of Tennessee ; and a few years later Georgia ceded that which now constitutes the States of Mississippi and Alabama . In both deeds of cession it was made a condition by the ...
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... Federal authority or any provision of the Constitution . " In 1819-20 , came and passed the Missouri question . Many ... Federal au- thority , nor any thing in the Constitution , was violated by Congress prohibiting slavery in Federal ...
... Federal authority or any provision of the Constitution . " In 1819-20 , came and passed the Missouri question . Many ... Federal au- thority , nor any thing in the Constitution , was violated by Congress prohibiting slavery in Federal ...
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