Complete Works, Volume 4Lincoln Memorial University, 1894 - Illinois |
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... Territory of this Union ought to be permitted to regulate their own domestic institutions in their own way , subject to no other limitation than that which the Fed- eral Constitution imposes . I now wish to ask you whether that ...
... Territory of this Union ought to be permitted to regulate their own domestic institutions in their own way , subject to no other limitation than that which the Fed- eral Constitution imposes . I now wish to ask you whether that ...
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... Territories of the United States , North as well as South of 36 degrees 30 minutes , and not only to all the territory we then had , but all that we might hereafter ac- quire ; that hereafter no more slave States should be admitted into ...
... Territories of the United States , North as well as South of 36 degrees 30 minutes , and not only to all the territory we then had , but all that we might hereafter ac- quire ; that hereafter no more slave States should be admitted into ...
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... Territories of the United States , north as well as south of 36 degrees 30 minutes , and that no more territory should ever be acquired unless slavery was at first prohibited therein ; second , that no more States should ever be ...
... Territories of the United States , north as well as south of 36 degrees 30 minutes , and that no more territory should ever be acquired unless slavery was at first prohibited therein ; second , that no more States should ever be ...
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... territory from the Missis- sippi to the Pacific ocean ; we have acquired the Floridas and Texas , and other territory suffi- cient to double our geographical extent ; we have increased 20 Stephen A. Douglas [ Sept. 15 Northern States ...
... territory from the Missis- sippi to the Pacific ocean ; we have acquired the Floridas and Texas , and other territory suffi- cient to double our geographical extent ; we have increased 20 Stephen A. Douglas [ Sept. 15 Northern States ...
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... far as we need the territory . The time may come , indeed has now come , when our in- terests would be advanced by the acquisition of the island 1858 ] 27 Speech at Jonesboro ing regulations on that subject disgusting and ...
... far as we need the territory . The time may come , indeed has now come , when our in- terests would be advanced by the acquisition of the island 1858 ] 27 Speech at Jonesboro ing regulations on that subject disgusting and ...
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Page 316 - I hold that notwithstanding all this there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 18 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Page 281 - Now, as we have already said in an earlier part of this opinion, upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 89 - I am not, nor ever have been in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races; [Applause.] that I am not nor ever have been in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people; and I will say, in addition to this, that there is a physical difference between the white and black races...
Page 215 - I believe, it was provided that it must be considered " the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any State or territory, or to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their own domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.
Page 346 - I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people...
Page 56 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 280 - If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery from their limits, are you in favor of acquiescing in, adopting and following such decision as a rule of political action?
Page 254 - I believe it was made by white men. for the benefit of white men and their posterity forever...
Page 316 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.