 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
 | United States. President - 1897 - 794 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 - 1898 - 300 pages
...authorities? 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 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1899 - 196 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... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1899 - 208 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 - 1899 - 110 pages
...expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories ? The Constitution does not ex. pressly say. Must Congress protect slavery in the Territories...majority must, or the Government must cease. There is no other alternative ; for continuing the Government is acquiescence on one s,ide or the other. If a minority... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 - 1899 - 122 pages
...Territories ? The Constitution does not ex. pressly say. Must Congress protect slavery in the Temtories ? The Constitution does not expressly say. From questions...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... | |
 | Speeches, addresses, etc - 1900 - 470 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... | |
 | Paul Selby - 1900 - 478 pages
...possible questions. Shall fugitives from labor be surrendered by national or by State authorities? The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress...we divide upon them into majorities and minorities. THE MAJORITIES VS. THE MINORITIES. "If the minority did not acquiesce, the majority must, or the Government... | |
 | Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - United States - 1901 - 516 pages
...surrendered by national or by State authority? The Constitution does not expressly say. May Congress prohibit slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does...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... | |
 | Israel C. McNeill, Samuel Adams Lynch - English literature - 1901 - 398 pages
...Congress prohibit slavery in the territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Con-250 gress protect slavery in the territories? The Constitution...majorities and minorities. If the minority will not 255 acquiesce, the majority must, or the Government must cease. There is no other alternative ; for... | |
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