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... Slave Law . - Effects of the Speech . - The Compro- mise in Congress . - His Speech in 1851. - Why his Vote not recorded for Fugitive Slave Law . - Why he voted for Wilmot Proviso . - The Chicago Speech . - Defense of Fugitive Slave Law ...
... Slave Law . - Effects of the Speech . - The Compro- mise in Congress . - His Speech in 1851. - Why his Vote not recorded for Fugitive Slave Law . - Why he voted for Wilmot Proviso . - The Chicago Speech . - Defense of Fugitive Slave Law ...
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... slavery in the territories . Those who had opposed any action of Congress which applied a prohibi- tion of slavery to any ... slave power . " In the general excitement , the subjects of the local traffic in slaves and the continuance of ...
... slavery in the territories . Those who had opposed any action of Congress which applied a prohibi- tion of slavery to any ... slave power . " In the general excitement , the subjects of the local traffic in slaves and the continuance of ...
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... slaves , the existing law of Congress on that subject was clearly insuf- ficient . Following this decision , many of the ... slave act . 2. The establishment of territorial governments for all the territories , including California , but ...
... slaves , the existing law of Congress on that subject was clearly insuf- ficient . Following this decision , many of the ... slave act . 2. The establishment of territorial governments for all the territories , including California , but ...
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... Slave Bill . On the 8th of January the resolutions of the State of Vermont upon the subject of slavery were presented , and the motion to print them was objected to . In December a resolu- tion tendering the apostle of temperance ...
... Slave Bill . On the 8th of January the resolutions of the State of Vermont upon the subject of slavery were presented , and the motion to print them was objected to . In December a resolu- tion tendering the apostle of temperance ...
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... slavery , but authorized them to pass laws to protect slave property there , was rejected - yeas 25 , nays 30. The bill stood as reported by the committee of thirteen , including the words " nor in respect to African slavery . " Mr ...
... slavery , but authorized them to pass laws to protect slave property there , was rejected - yeas 25 , nays 30. The bill stood as reported by the committee of thirteen , including the words " nor in respect to African slavery . " Mr ...
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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.