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Page 144
... slavery to this Territory ; or , rather , as he believes it to be already carried there by law , to continue its legal existence in the Territory . After discussing the question of the power of Congress to prohibit slavery in the ...
... slavery to this Territory ; or , rather , as he believes it to be already carried there by law , to continue its legal existence in the Territory . After discussing the question of the power of Congress to prohibit slavery in the ...
Page 145
... slavery . But he would prohibit all property , because , forsooth , the government of the Uni- ted States prevented traders from going into the Indian country and selling certain articles to these unfortunate beings . Sir , the first ...
... slavery . But he would prohibit all property , because , forsooth , the government of the Uni- ted States prevented traders from going into the Indian country and selling certain articles to these unfortunate beings . Sir , the first ...
Page 146
... slavery , so far as the introduction of it into or the exclusion of it from ... prohibit or establish it in the Territories . I proposed to strike out that ... slavery . Why , sir , the laws of Mexico prohibited slavery in those ...
... slavery , so far as the introduction of it into or the exclusion of it from ... prohibit or establish it in the Territories . I proposed to strike out that ... slavery . Why , sir , the laws of Mexico prohibited slavery in those ...
Page 149
... prohibit slavery - to allow if they exist , or to re - enact if they do not , the Mexican laws . MR . CLAY , OF KENTUCKY . I heard with great pleasure the senator from Vermont ( Mr. Phelps ) . I regret that he has not favored the Senate ...
... prohibit slavery - to allow if they exist , or to re - enact if they do not , the Mexican laws . MR . CLAY , OF KENTUCKY . I heard with great pleasure the senator from Vermont ( Mr. Phelps ) . I regret that he has not favored the Senate ...
Page 156
... prohibit immigration and residence of negroes within their respective limits was elaborately discussed , the debate ... slave states upon two sides . We do not wish to make our state an asylum for all the old , and decrepit , and broken down ...
... prohibit immigration and residence of negroes within their respective limits was elaborately discussed , the debate ... slave states upon two sides . We do not wish to make our state an asylum for all the old , and decrepit , and broken down ...
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Page 192 - That the Constitution, and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 478 - ... and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence, as the other States.
Page 337 - that all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their benefit; and that they have at all times an undeniable and indefeasible right to alter their form of government in such manner as they may think expedient.
Page 403 - ... exactly fitting, and all the lengths and proportions of the different pieces exactly adapted to their respective places, and not a piece too many or too few, not omitting even...
Page 201 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 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 slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and...
Page 497 - Columbia. ;' 2. That this was the basis of the Compromises of 1850, confirmed by both the Democratic and Whig parties in National Conventions ; ratified by the people in the election of 1852, and rightly applied to the organization of the Territories in 1854.
Page 405 - But if it is, how can he resist it? For years he has labored to prove it a sacred right of white men to take negro slaves into the new Territories. Can he possibly show that it is less a sacred right to buy them where they can be bought cheapest?
Page 189 - First. That all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories and in the new States to be formed therefrom are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, through their appropriate representatives. "Second. That 'all cases involving title to slaves...
Page 305 - March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void...