Democratic Speeches on Kansas: Pamphlet Vol.], Volume 11856 - United States |
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... tory ? vince him . Mr. CASS . The honorable Senator will per- ceive that it asserts no power . It does not say how the Constitution limits their action . Mr. TRUMBULL . It does not assert any power , further than this : it says ...
... tory ? vince him . Mr. CASS . The honorable Senator will per- ceive that it asserts no power . It does not say how the Constitution limits their action . Mr. TRUMBULL . It does not assert any power , further than this : it says ...
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... tory of the Union . I have here the first message which the President delivered to Congress , and I find in it this paragraph : " That this repose is to suffer no shock during my official term , if I have power to avert it , those who ...
... tory of the Union . I have here the first message which the President delivered to Congress , and I find in it this paragraph : " That this repose is to suffer no shock during my official term , if I have power to avert it , those who ...
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... tory appointed by the President , who had the making of all the laws , and the exercise of all legislative authority . That was not all ; they did something on the subject of slavery . Slaves were existing there . Congress did not ...
... tory appointed by the President , who had the making of all the laws , and the exercise of all legislative authority . That was not all ; they did something on the subject of slavery . Slaves were existing there . Congress did not ...
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... tory of Mississippi , and we told you as early as 1788 , in relation to all territory beyond the Ohio , everything then within our jurisdiction , that no slaves should be imported at all : now , if you have imported any into your States ...
... tory of Mississippi , and we told you as early as 1788 , in relation to all territory beyond the Ohio , everything then within our jurisdiction , that no slaves should be imported at all : now , if you have imported any into your States ...
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... tory , how many , or how few , or at what time . If they have any rights , why do you not let them elect or appoint their own Governor and judges ? Why do you not let them direct all their institu- tions ? If there is a right there , by ...
... tory , how many , or how few , or at what time . If they have any rights , why do you not let them elect or appoint their own Governor and judges ? Why do you not let them direct all their institu- tions ? If there is a right there , by ...
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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...