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Page 118
... Federal Territories . Then from the unassailable vantage of historical authority he controverts the Southern charges against the Republican Party , charges of sectionalism , of radicalism , of making the slavery question prominent , of ...
... Federal Territories . Then from the unassailable vantage of historical authority he controverts the Southern charges against the Republican Party , charges of sectionalism , of radicalism , of making the slavery question prominent , of ...
Page 120
... Federal authority , or anything in the Constitution , forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? 7. Upon this , Senator Douglas holds the affirma- tive , and Republicans the negative . This ...
... Federal authority , or anything in the Constitution , forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? 7. Upon this , Senator Douglas holds the affirma- tive , and Republicans the negative . This ...
Page 121
... Territory again came be- fore the Congress of the Confederation ; and two more of the ... Federal authority , nor anything else , properly forbade the Federal ... Territories seems not to have been directly before the convention which ...
... Territory again came be- fore the Congress of the Confederation ; and two more of the ... Federal authority , nor anything else , properly forbade the Federal ... Territories seems not to have been directly before the convention which ...
Page 126
... Federal authority , or anything in the Constitution they had made themselves , and sworn to support , for- bade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the Federal Territories . Thus the twenty - one acted ; and , as actions ...
... Federal authority , or anything in the Constitution they had made themselves , and sworn to support , for- bade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in the Federal Territories . Thus the twenty - one acted ; and , as actions ...
Page 127
... Federal Territories . But there is much reason to believe that their understanding upon that question would not have ... Federal control of slavery in Federal Territories , the sixteen , if they had acted at all , would probably have ...
... Federal Territories . But there is much reason to believe that their understanding upon that question would not have ... Federal control of slavery in Federal Territories , the sixteen , if they had acted at all , would probably have ...
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