Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate... Speeches & Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865 - Page 104by Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 237 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States - 1856 - 654 pages
...legislative body before, and I presume never will be seen again. I quote the provision : "It being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate Slavery into any Territory or Stale, nor to excluile it therefrom, but to leave the people perfectly free to form and regulate their... | |
| Campaign literature - 1856 - 96 pages
...of self-government ; declaring it to be " the true intent and meaning of this act not to.legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom; but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way,... | |
| John H. Gihon - History - 1857 - 348 pages
...fifty, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate...or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way,... | |
| John H. Gihon - Kansas - 1857 - 360 pages
...fifty, commonly called the compromise measures, ia hereby declared inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate...or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way,... | |
| Michael W. Cluskey - Political Science - 1857 - 672 pages
...1850, commonly called the Compromise measures, Is hereby declared Inoperative and void; It being; the the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way,... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1857 - 486 pages
...coiled the compromise measures, is Ь r,»liy declared inoperative and void ; it being the true iiU'int and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it tJicrcfrom, but to I'^-ive the people thereof perfectly free tu form and regulate tln'ir itnmestic... | |
| United States. Congress - Law - 1857 - 490 pages
...measures, is hereby derl:ired inoperative and void ; it being the true intent and meaning of tr.is act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the Seople thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their rtmestie institutions in their own way,... | |
| United States - 1857 - 596 pages
...wisely declared it to be ' the true intent and meaning of this act (the act organizing the Territory) not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way,... | |
| Henry Howe - Mississippi River Valley - 1858 - 766 pages
...1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate...or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way,... | |
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