Speech of Hon. H.S. Geyer, of Missouri, on the Kansas Controversy: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, April 7-8, 1856 |
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... Union , when they have the requisite population- [ [ able under the temptations presented by the Kan- sas - Nebraska act ; or , in other words , that the re- sponsibility for all the acts of violence which have been committed or ...
... Union , when they have the requisite population- [ [ able under the temptations presented by the Kan- sas - Nebraska act ; or , in other words , that the re- sponsibility for all the acts of violence which have been committed or ...
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... Union . From whatever source the power is derived , it is a power to create a corporation or temporary government only , and does not carry with it su- preme , universal , and unlimited power over the persons or property of the ...
... Union . From whatever source the power is derived , it is a power to create a corporation or temporary government only , and does not carry with it su- preme , universal , and unlimited power over the persons or property of the ...
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... Union . This , in my opinion , is a great error , which , I think , may be traced to the misappre- hension , by commentators and others , of the opin- ions of the Supreme Court which I have quoted . In the commentaries on the ...
... Union . This , in my opinion , is a great error , which , I think , may be traced to the misappre- hension , by commentators and others , of the opin- ions of the Supreme Court which I have quoted . In the commentaries on the ...
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... Union . It is objected , however , that the Constitution contemplates the admission of States in cases where it would not be necessary to institute a temporary government , and where the power could not be exercised by Congress- that ...
... Union . It is objected , however , that the Constitution contemplates the admission of States in cases where it would not be necessary to institute a temporary government , and where the power could not be exercised by Congress- that ...
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... Union in any way ; new organization . It proposes to exclude from but the peace which we have enjoyed is attribut - office all persons thereafter naturalized . The re- able to another cause . I do not know whether I may not be alone in ...
... Union in any way ; new organization . It proposes to exclude from but the peace which we have enjoyed is attribut - office all persons thereafter naturalized . The re- able to another cause . I do not know whether I may not be alone in ...
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Speech of Hon. H.S. Geyer, of Missouri, on the Kansas Controversy: Delivered ... Henry Sheffie Geyer No preview available - 2019 |
Speech of Hon. H. S. Geyer, of Missouri, on the Kansas Controversy ... Henry Sheffie Geyer No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 16 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 7 - Perhaps the power of governing a territory belonging to the United States which has not by becoming a State acquired the means of self-government may result necessarily from the facts that it is not within the jurisdiction of any particular State, and is within the power and jurisdiction of the United States. The right to govern may be the inevitable consequence of the right to acquire territory. Whichever may be the source whence the power is derived, the possession of it is unquestioned.
Page 16 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and...
Page 29 - It is also agreed that if any servant run away from his master into any other of these confederated Jurisdictions, that in such case, upon the certificate of one magistrate in the Jurisdiction out of which the said servant fled, or upon other due proof ; the said servant shall be delivered, either to his master, or any other that pursues and brings such certificate or proof.
Page 7 - The term territory, as here used, is merely descriptive of one kind of property, and is equivalent to the word lands. And Congress has the same power over it as over any other property belonging to the United States...
Page 16 - ... act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to revive or put in force any law or regulation which may have existed prior to the act of sixth of March, eighteen hundred and twenty, either protecting, establishing, prohibiting,...
Page 7 - Court, the colonists would be in a state of the most complete subordination, and as dependent upon the will of Congress, as the people of this country would have been upon the king and parliament of Great Britain, if they could have sustained their claim to bind us in all cases whatsoever. Such a state...
Page 25 - ... or returned, or in any manner aid in the arrest or return of any person or persons to a condition of peonage, shall, upon conviction, be punished by fine not less than one thousand nor more than five thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not less than one nor more than five years, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Page 4 - ... laws and constitutions are erected: to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory: to provide also for the establishment of States, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original States, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 14 - Court on the first day of their said session, and if upon trial at the said Court, it shall be made to appear that the said person has thus continued within the Commonwealth, contrary to the tenor of this act, he or she shall be whipped not exceeding ten stripes, and ordered to depart out of...