Selected American Speeches on Basic Issues, 1850-1950Carl G. Brandt, Edward Merl Shafter Essay precedes each speech. |
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Page 66
... constitution , sur- epared to admit that the inhabitants covereignty over them , and that any claim any extent of territory they n and government , and erect it into ermission ? Are you prepared to sur- United States over whatever ...
... constitution , sur- epared to admit that the inhabitants covereignty over them , and that any claim any extent of territory they n and government , and erect it into ermission ? Are you prepared to sur- United States over whatever ...
Page 139
... Constitution ; and hence it is not recorded " thirty - nine , " or any of them , while engaged on that in- expressed any opinion on that precise question . 9 , by the first Congress which sat under the Constitution , as passed to ...
... Constitution ; and hence it is not recorded " thirty - nine , " or any of them , while engaged on that in- expressed any opinion on that precise question . 9 , by the first Congress which sat under the Constitution , as passed to ...
Page 143
... Constitution , twenty - one — a clear majority of - certainly understood that no proper division of local eral authority , nor any part of the Constitution , forbade al Government to control slavery in the Federal Terri- ile all the ...
... Constitution , twenty - one — a clear majority of - certainly understood that no proper division of local eral authority , nor any part of the Constitution , forbade al Government to control slavery in the Federal Terri- ile all the ...
Contents
omise Speech of 1850 | 44 |
EBSTER | 72 |
oper Institute Address | 137 |
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