The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY - SIXTH CONGRESS . JANUARY 31 , 1860. - Resolved , That there be printed , for the use of the Senate ...
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY - SIXTH CONGRESS . JANUARY 31 , 1860. - Resolved , That there be printed , for the use of the Senate ...
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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY - SIXTH CONGRESS . JANUARY 31 , 1860. - Resolved , That there be printed , for the use of the Senate ...
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO THE TWO HOUSES OF CONGRESS AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE THIRTY - SIXTH CONGRESS . JANUARY 31 , 1860. - Resolved , That there be printed , for the use of the Senate ...
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Had it been decided that either Congress or the territorial legislature possess the power to annul or impair the right to property in slaves , the evil would be intolerable . In the latter event there would be a struggle for a majority ...
Had it been decided that either Congress or the territorial legislature possess the power to annul or impair the right to property in slaves , the evil would be intolerable . In the latter event there would be a struggle for a majority ...
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deprive Congress of the power to prohibit " the migration or importa- tion of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit " " prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight .
deprive Congress of the power to prohibit " the migration or importa- tion of such persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit " " prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight .
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It was well and wise to confer this power on Congress ; because had it been left to the States its efficient exercise would have been impos- sible . In that event , any one State could have effectually continued the trade not only for ...
It was well and wise to confer this power on Congress ; because had it been left to the States its efficient exercise would have been impos- sible . In that event , any one State could have effectually continued the trade not only for ...
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| Title | The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
| Author | United States. President |
| Published | 1860 |
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