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Page 81
... territory we owned already had a definite settlement of the slavery question , by which all parties were pledged to abide . Indeed , there was no uninhabited country on the continent which we could acquire , if we except some extreme ...
... territory we owned already had a definite settlement of the slavery question , by which all parties were pledged to abide . Indeed , there was no uninhabited country on the continent which we could acquire , if we except some extreme ...
Page 89
... 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 of property acquired or located in good faith ...
... 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 of property acquired or located in good faith ...
Page 92
... territory free territory , would dissolve the Union . Gentlemen , it will require a de- cided majority to pass such an act . We , the majority , being able constitutionally to do all that we purpose , would have no desire to dissolve ...
... territory free territory , would dissolve the Union . Gentlemen , it will require a de- cided majority to pass such an act . We , the majority , being able constitutionally to do all that we purpose , would have no desire to dissolve ...
Page 96
... Territories . It was made by a divided court - dividing differently on the different points . Judge Douglas does not discuss the merits of the decision , and in that respect I shall follow his example , believing I could no more improve ...
... Territories . It was made by a divided court - dividing differently on the different points . Judge Douglas does not discuss the merits of the decision , and in that respect I shall follow his example , believing I could no more improve ...
Page 107
... territory , where it had not already gone ? Why declare that within twenty years the African slave - trade , by which slaves are supplied , might be cut off by Congress ? Why were all these acts ? I might enumerate more of these acts ...
... territory , where it had not already gone ? Why declare that within twenty years the African slave - trade , by which slaves are supplied , might be cut off by Congress ? Why were all these acts ? I might enumerate more of these acts ...
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