 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Copyright - 1915 - 156 pages
...that, in his understanding, there was some sufficient reason for opposing such prohibition in that 5 case. The cases I have mentioned are the only acts of the " thirty-nine," or of any of them, upon the direct issue, which I have been able to discover. To enumerate the persons... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Copyright - 1915 - 218 pages
...Richard Bassett, George Read, Pierce Butler, Daniel Carroll, and James Madison. This shows that, in their understanding, no line dividing local from Federal authority, nor anything in the Constitution, properly forbade Congress to prohibit slavery in the 5 Federal territory; else both their fidelity... | |
 | James A. Briggs - 1915 - 48 pages
...approved and sisrned the bill, thus completing its validitv as a law, and thus showing that, in his understanding, no line dividing local from federal authority, nor anything in the Constitution, forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in federal territorv. No ereat while after... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Copyright - 1915 - 156 pages
...approved and signed the bill, thus completing its validity as a law, and thus showing that, in his understanding, no line dividing local from Federal authority, nor anything in the Constitution, forbade the Federal Government to control as to slavery in 35 Federal territory. No great while after... | |
 | Carroll Lewis Maxcy - Briefs - 1916 - 346 pages
...voted against slavery prohibition and against all compromises. By this, Mr. King showed that, in his understanding, no line dividing local from Federal...mentioned are the only acts of the "thirty-nine," or of any of them, upon the direct issue, which I have been able to discover. To enumerate the persons... | |
 | Carroll Lewis Maxcy - Briefs - 1916 - 348 pages
...voted against slavery prohibition and against all compromises. By this, Mr. King showed that, in his understanding, no line dividing local from Federal...The cases I have mentioned are the only acts of the "thirty -nine," or of any of them, upon the direct issue, which I have been able to discover. To enumerate... | |
 | Carroll Lewis Maxcy - Briefs - 1916 - 348 pages
...Richard Bassett, George Read, Pierce Butler, Daniel Carroll, and James Madison. This shows that, in their understanding, no line dividing local from Federal authority, nor anything in the Constitution, properly forbade Congress to prohibit slavery in the Federal territory; else both their fidelity to... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - American prose literature - 1916 - 760 pages
...Richard Bassett, George Read, Pierce Butler, Daniel Carroll, and James Madison. This shows that, in their understanding, no line dividing local from Federal authority, nor anything in the Constitution, properly forbade Congress to prohibit slavery in the Federal territory; else both their fidelity to... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - American prose literature - 1916 - 798 pages
...Richard Bassett, George Read, Pierce Butler, Daniel Carroll, and James Madison. This shows that, in their understanding, no line dividing local from Federal authority, nor anything in the Constitution, properly forbade Congress to prohibit slavery in the Federal territory; else both their fidelity to... | |
 | Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 pages
...approved and signed the bill, thus completing its validity as a law, and thus showing that, in his understanding, no line dividing local from federal authority, nor anything in the Constitution, forbade the federal government to control as to slavery in federal territory. No great while after... | |
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... their oath to support the Constitution, would have constrained them to oppose the prohibition. Again, George Washington, another of the "thirty-nine... 
