Democratic Speeches on Kansas: Pamphlet Vol.], Volume 11856 - United States |
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... existence of the Republican party , which the President so much deplores , is one of the effects of this measure . If it forebodes all the evils he predicts , remember that he rubbed the magic lamp which called it into being . The ...
... existence of the Republican party , which the President so much deplores , is one of the effects of this measure . If it forebodes all the evils he predicts , remember that he rubbed the magic lamp which called it into being . The ...
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... existence . If they are mere novelties , if they be the creatures of the hour , the figments of the brain at the moment , then , indeed , it might be supposed that they had some other , and oblique , and covert purpose in view , and ...
... existence . If they are mere novelties , if they be the creatures of the hour , the figments of the brain at the moment , then , indeed , it might be supposed that they had some other , and oblique , and covert purpose in view , and ...
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... existence of , and thus far prompted the exertions of the Repub- lican party . I have said that the title and jurisdiction which the United States Government had over the Ter- ritories was precisely the same in those which were derived ...
... existence of , and thus far prompted the exertions of the Repub- lican party . I have said that the title and jurisdiction which the United States Government had over the Ter- ritories was precisely the same in those which were derived ...
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... existence . Nor should we at all wonder that men who have thus felt its beneficial influ- ences to themselves personally should have a desire to cherish and sustain it . But , sir , our principle is , " the greatest good to the greatest ...
... existence . Nor should we at all wonder that men who have thus felt its beneficial influ- ences to themselves personally should have a desire to cherish and sustain it . But , sir , our principle is , " the greatest good to the greatest ...
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... existence in a state but one step in advance of the Indian of the forest . It is an evil of vast magnitude , and nothing but a change in public sentiment will effect its cure . " Governor Hammond , of South Carolina , said of these non ...
... existence in a state but one step in advance of the Indian of the forest . It is an evil of vast magnitude , and nothing but a change in public sentiment will effect its cure . " Governor Hammond , of South Carolina , said of these non ...
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Page 4 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy, and slavery.
Page 8 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 15 - Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men.
Page 9 - March 6, 1820, be, and the same is hereby, declared to extend to the Pacific Ocean ; and the said eighth section, together with the compromise therein effected, is hereby revived and declared to be in full force and binding for the future organization of the Territories of the United States, in the same sense and with the same understanding with which it was originally adopted.
Page 5 - Vincents, and the neighboring villages, who have professed themselves citizens of Virginia, shall have their possessions and titles confirmed to them, and be protected in the enjoyment of their rights and liberties.
Page 15 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God...
Page 7 - That as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law...
Page 6 - No man I believe ever had a greater choice of evils and less means to extricate himself from them. However, under a full persuasion of the justice of our cause, I cannot entertain an idea that it will finally sink, though it may remain for some time under a cloud.
Page 30 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 8 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be,. and is hereby, forever prohibited...