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Page 85
... Missouri Compromise had arisen before it arose in regard to Missouri , and that you had taken so prominent a part in it . Your short but able and patriotic speech upon that occasion has not been improved upon since by those holding the ...
... Missouri Compromise had arisen before it arose in regard to Missouri , and that you had taken so prominent a part in it . Your short but able and patriotic speech upon that occasion has not been improved upon since by those holding the ...
Page 88
... Missouri Compromise , under the circumstances , was nothing less than violence . It was passed in violence , be- cause it could not have passed at all but for the votes of many members in violence of the known will of their con ...
... Missouri Compromise , under the circumstances , was nothing less than violence . It was passed in violence , be- cause it could not have passed at all but for the votes of many members in violence of the known will of their con ...
Page 89
... Missouri Compromise so long as Kansas remains a Territory , and when , by all these foul means , it seeks to come into the Union as a slave State , I shall oppose it . I am very loath in any case to withhold my assent to the enjoyment ...
... Missouri Compromise so long as Kansas remains a Territory , and when , by all these foul means , it seeks to come into the Union as a slave State , I shall oppose it . I am very loath in any case to withhold my assent to the enjoyment ...
Page 117
... Missouri Compromise line ? " A. I am impliedly , if not expressly , pledged to a belief in the right and duty of Congress to prohibit slavery in all the United States Territories . Q. 7. " I desire him to answer whether he is opposed to ...
... Missouri Compromise line ? " A. I am impliedly , if not expressly , pledged to a belief in the right and duty of Congress to prohibit slavery in all the United States Territories . Q. 7. " I desire him to answer whether he is opposed to ...
Page 328
... Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty well known . If any personal description of me is thought desirable it may be said I am , in height , six feet four inches , nearly ; lean in flesh , weighing ...
... Missouri compromise aroused me again . What I have done since then is pretty well known . If any personal description of me is thought desirable it may be said I am , in height , six feet four inches , nearly ; lean in flesh , weighing ...
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