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 DeathIncludes added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by F.B. Carpenter. |
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Page 85
... federal authority , or any thing in the Constitution , forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? Upon this Senator Douglas holds the affirmative , and Republicans the negative . This affirmation ...
... federal authority , or any thing in the Constitution , forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? Upon this Senator Douglas holds the affirmative , and Republicans the negative . This affirmation ...
Page 86
... 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 M'Henry - voted against the prohibition , showing that , for some cause , he ...
... 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 M'Henry - voted against the prohibition , showing that , for some cause , he ...
Page 87
... Federal Government to control as to slavery in Federal territory . No great while after the adoption of the original Constitution , North Carolina ceded to the Federal Government the country now constituting the State of Tennessee ; and ...
... Federal Government to control as to slavery in Federal territory . No great while after the adoption of the original Constitution , North Carolina ceded to the Federal Government the country now constituting the State of Tennessee ; and ...
Page 88
... Federal authority , nor any thing in the Consti- tution , was violated by Congress prohibiting slavery in Federal territory ; while Mr. Pinckney , by his vote , showed that , in his understanding , there was some sufficient reason for ...
... Federal authority , nor any thing in the Consti- tution , was violated by Congress prohibiting slavery in Federal territory ; while Mr. Pinckney , by his vote , showed that , in his understanding , there was some sufficient reason for ...
Page 89
... Federal authority , or any thing in the Constitution , forbade the Federal Government to - con- trol as to slavery in Federal territory . The remaining sixteen of the " thirty - nine , " so far as I have discovered , have left no record ...
... Federal authority , or any thing in the Constitution , forbade the Federal Government to - con- trol as to slavery in Federal territory . The remaining sixteen of the " thirty - nine , " so far as I have discovered , have left no record ...
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