 The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress protect slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. From questions of this class spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minorities....  The American Crisis Considered - Page 232by Charles Lempriere - 1861 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 266 pages
...authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress...majority must, or the Government must cease. There is no other alternative; for continuing the Government is acquiescence on one side or the other. If a minority... | |
 | Charles Maltby - California - 1884 - 340 pages
...all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor be surrendered by national or State authorities ? The Constitution do'es not expressly say. Must Congress...Constitution does not expressly say. From questions of this nature spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minorities.... | |
 | George Sewall Boutwell - Presidential candidates - 1884 - 264 pages
...authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress...Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. Prom questions of this class spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into... | |
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories ? The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress...Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. and ruin them ; for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - American literature - 1888 - 600 pages
...expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does not. expressly sav. Must Congress protect slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. and ruin them ; for a minority of their own will secede from them whenever a majority refuses to be... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - United States - 1889 - 214 pages
...authority ? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories ? The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress...majority must, or the government must cease. There is no other alternative ; for continuing the government is acquiescence on one side or the other. If a minority... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 pages
...reasonable length contain, express provision for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor be surrendered by ^National or by state authority...continuing the government but acquiescence on the oneside or the other. If a minority, in such a ease, will secede rather than acquiesce, they make a... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 454 pages
...reasonable length contain, express provision for all possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor be surrendered by National or by state authority ?...expressly say. From questions of this class spring iill our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minorities. If the... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress...majority must, or the Government must cease. There is no other alternative; for continuing the Government is acquies lence on one side or the other. If a minority... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1891 - 858 pages
...Slay Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories t The Constitution docs not expressly suy. ,l/«s( Congress protect slavery in the Territories ? The...is no alternative ; for continuing the government is acquiescence on one side or the other. If a minority in such case will secede rather than acquiesce... | |
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