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... United States were denied by law the privilege of voting . The Constitution of the United States expressly conceded , in the second section of the first arti- cle , to the states the exclusive control of the privilege of vot- ing . At ...
... United States were denied by law the privilege of voting . The Constitution of the United States expressly conceded , in the second section of the first arti- cle , to the states the exclusive control of the privilege of vot- ing . At ...
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... United States resulted in the invasion of American soil by Mexican troops . On the 11th of May , 1846 , President Polk informed Con- gress that war existed by the act of Mexico , and urged that Congress should authorize the President to ...
... United States resulted in the invasion of American soil by Mexican troops . On the 11th of May , 1846 , President Polk informed Con- gress that war existed by the act of Mexico , and urged that Congress should authorize the President to ...
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... United States in 1837 made a report upon the subject , in which they said , “ If the government of the United States were to exact strict and prompt redress from Mexico , your committee might with justice recommend an immediate resort ...
... United States in 1837 made a report upon the subject , in which they said , “ If the government of the United States were to exact strict and prompt redress from Mexico , your committee might with justice recommend an immediate resort ...
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... United States , by an ill- advised magnanimity and forbearance toward a weak and imbecile neigh- bor , has forfeited her respect , and lost all the advantages of that friendly in- tercourse to which our natural position entitles us ...
... United States , by an ill- advised magnanimity and forbearance toward a weak and imbecile neigh- bor , has forfeited her respect , and lost all the advantages of that friendly in- tercourse to which our natural position entitles us ...
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... United States . Colonel Kinney , who emigrated from my own state , has resided in that country , between the Nueces and the Rio del Norte , for many years ; has represented it in the Congress of the Republic of Texas , also in the ...
... United States . Colonel Kinney , who emigrated from my own state , has resided in that country , between the Nueces and the Rio del Norte , for many years ; has represented it in the Congress of the Republic of Texas , also in the ...
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Page 401 - Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 305 - 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 regulate their domestic Institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 484 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity...
Page 508 - It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Page 479 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Page 183 - No person held to service or labor in one state, under the laws thereof escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Page 305 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act...
Page 405 - ... Republicans of the nation mustered over thirteen hundred thousand strong. We did this under the single impulse of resistance to a common danger, with every external circumstance against us. Of strange, discordant, and even hostile elements, we gathered from the four winds, and formed and fought the battle through, under .the constant hot fire of a disciplined, proud and pampered enemy. Did we brave all then to falter now ? — now — when that same enemy is wavering, dissevered and belligerent?...
Page 337 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 504 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.