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... effect of reconciling the South to the sacrifice required of her , and embarrassed any thing like resistance on the part of her rep- resentatives in Congress to the " compromise measures " of 1850. South Carolina was the only one of the ...
... effect of reconciling the South to the sacrifice required of her , and embarrassed any thing like resistance on the part of her rep- resentatives in Congress to the " compromise measures " of 1850. South Carolina was the only one of the ...
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... effect that the people had the right to delegate to representa- tives , chosen by themselves , sovereign power to frame Consti- tutions , enact laws , and perform many other important acts , without the necessity of testing the validity ...
... effect that the people had the right to delegate to representa- tives , chosen by themselves , sovereign power to frame Consti- tutions , enact laws , and perform many other important acts , without the necessity of testing the validity ...
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... effect that , as it was a disputed point whether the Constitution framed at Lecompton was fairly made , or ex- pressed the will of the people of Kansas , her admission into the Union as a State was declared to be upon the fundamental ...
... effect that , as it was a disputed point whether the Constitution framed at Lecompton was fairly made , or ex- pressed the will of the people of Kansas , her admission into the Union as a State was declared to be upon the fundamental ...
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... effect in Congress , and was encountered by the Southern members with a determined spirit of opposition . The entire Southern delegation gave warning that they would regard the election of Mr. Sherman , or of any man with his record ...
... effect in Congress , and was encountered by the Southern members with a determined spirit of opposition . The entire Southern delegation gave warning that they would regard the election of Mr. Sherman , or of any man with his record ...
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... effect before their actual admission as a State into the Union . Resolved , further , That the principles enunciated by Chief Justice Taney , in his opinion in the Dred Scott case , deny to the Territorial Legislature the power to ...
... effect before their actual admission as a State into the Union . Resolved , further , That the principles enunciated by Chief Justice Taney , in his opinion in the Dred Scott case , deny to the Territorial Legislature the power to ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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