..." Such a prohibition would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory, and I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God." 2 5. That he himself had always opposed the annexation of Texas, because inevitably it would lead to...

...exclude slavery by law from California and New Mexico, as the laws of nature had already done this. " I would not take pains, uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reeuact the will of God." He also declared that the North had lacked in its duty to the South in the...

...already consecrated the new domain to freedom by an irrepealable law, and that it was not necessary "to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God." A speedy and satisfactory adjustment of the boundary dispute was urged to avoid a threatened conflict...

..." Such a prohibition would be idle, as it respects any effect it would have upon the territory, and I would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God."2 5. That he himself had always opposed the annexation of Texas, because inevitably it would lead...

...irrepealable laws of physical geography, slavery was already excluded from California and New Mexico. He "would not take pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of Nature, nor to reenact the will of God." He denounced the Abolitionists and urged upon the Northern States the duty of faithfully and energetically...

...profitable there, and he summed up his principles in the striking phrase, " I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature nor to reenact the will of God." Perhaps there was some danger to the Union : the Virginia legislature voted for " determined resistance...

...be profitable there, and he summed up his principles in the striking phrase, "I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature nor to reenact the will of God." Perhaps there was some danger to the Union: the Virginia legislature voted for "determined resistance...

...labor would not pay in the North- West, he would not " irritate" the South or "heedlessly take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to re-enact the will of God." He brought all of his logical acumen to a legal defense of the Fugitive Slave Law.2 " Statesmanlike...

...probable that slavery would ever be introduced there. " I would not, therefore," he said, " take the pains uselessly to reaffirm an ordinance of nature nor to reenact the will of God " when its only practical effect would be the irritation of the slaveholders of the South. If such...

...words, upon the framing of a territorial government for New Mexico, he said : " I would not take pains to reaffirm an ordinance of nature, nor to reenact the will of God. And I would put in no Wilmot proviso, for the purpose of a taunt or a reproach." As to the return of...