 | James Albert Winans - Elocution - 1917 - 632 pages
...instrument may be fairly called our fathers who framed that part of the present government. . . . "What is the question which, according to the text, those fathers understood 'just as well, and even better, than \VP do now'? It is this: Does the proper division of local from Federal authority, or anything in the... | |
 | Reuben M. Wanamaker - 1918 - 384 pages
...'thirty-nine,' for the present as being 'our fathers who framed the government under which we live.' What is the question which, according to the text, those fathers...to slavery in our Federal Territories? "Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and the Republicans the negative. This affirmation and denial... | |
 | Edwin Du Bois Shurter - Debates and debating - 1918 - 256 pages
...instrument may be fairly called our fathers who framed that part of our present government. . . . What is the question which, according to the text, those fathers...Constitution, forbid our federal government to control slavery in our federal territories ? Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and the Republicans... | |
 | Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 pages
...even the two who voted against the prohibition as having done so because, in their understanding, any proper division of local from federal authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbade the federal government to control as to slavery in federal territory. The remaining sixteen... | |
 | John Huston Finley - Democracy - 1919 - 374 pages
..."thirty-nine," for the present, as being "our 15 fathers who framed the government under which we live." What is the question which, according to the text, those fathers...this : Does the proper division of local from Federal 20 authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery... | |
 | Robert Porter St. John, Raymond Lenox Noonan - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1920 - 296 pages
...who framed the government under which we live." What is the question which, according to the test, those fathers understood " just as well and even better...to slavery in our Federal Territories? Upon this. Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans the negative. This affirmation and denial form... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - Justice, Administration of - 1920 - 38 pages
...about t'venty times, with illustrations and reinforcement. His second theme is the question: " • Does the proper division of local from Federal authority,...Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to sla''ery in our Federal Territories? ' "This he repeats or refers to nearly a score of times, interweaving... | |
 | James Milton O'Neill - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1921 - 880 pages
...was admitted to the bar; in 1846 was elected to Congress; President of the United States, 18601865. which, according to the text, those fathers understood...to slavery in our Federal Territories? Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans the negative. This affirmation and denial form... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - Holidays - 1921 - 40 pages
...part about twenty times, with illustrations and reinforcement. His second theme is the question: " 'Does the proper division of local from Federal authority,...control as to slavery in our Federal Territories? ' "This he repeats or refers to nearly a score of times, interweaving it with the first theme as Bach... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1921 - 292 pages
..."thirty-nine," for the present, as being "our fathers who framed the government under which we live." What is the question which, according to the text, those fathers...understood "just as well, and even better, than we do now"? 1 Douglas's break with the Administration had helped to disrupt his party, and his Freeport doctrine... | |
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It is this : Does the proper division of local from Federal authority, or anything in the Constitution, forbid our Federal Government to control as to slavery in our Federal Territories ? " Upon this, Senator Douglas holds the affirmative, and Republicans... 
