A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United States: From the Declaration of Independence to the Present Day. Mainly Compiled and Condensed from the Journals of Congress and Other Official Records, and Showing the Vote by Yeas and Nays on the Most Important Divisions in Either HouseDix, Edwards & Company, 1856 - 164 páginas |
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... whole continent for unnumbered genera- tions to the evils and horrors of African slave- ry . The author lived to perceive and deplore the consequences of his expedient . The sanction of the Pope having been ob- tained for the African ...
... whole continent for unnumbered genera- tions to the evils and horrors of African slave- ry . The author lived to perceive and deplore the consequences of his expedient . The sanction of the Pope having been ob- tained for the African ...
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... whole region included within our boundaries west of the old thirteen States , and as far south as our 31st degree of North latitude ; territory as yet partially ceded to the THE disposition or management of un- Confederation , but which ...
... whole region included within our boundaries west of the old thirteen States , and as far south as our 31st degree of North latitude ; territory as yet partially ceded to the THE disposition or management of un- Confederation , but which ...
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... whole number of free persons , including those bound to servitude for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three - fifths of all other persons . " $ 9 . § 9. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the ...
... whole number of free persons , including those bound to servitude for a term of years , and excluding Indians not taxed , three - fifths of all other persons . " $ 9 . § 9. The migration or importation of such persons as any of the ...
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... Whole , where it slept for the remainder of the session . for its second session , on the 16th of Novem- ber , 1818. Feb. 13th , the House went into Committee of the Whole - Gen . Smith , of Md . , in the chair - and took up the ...
... Whole , where it slept for the remainder of the session . for its second session , on the 16th of Novem- ber , 1818. Feb. 13th , the House went into Committee of the Whole - Gen . Smith , of Md . , in the chair - and took up the ...
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... whole amendment - as moved by Gen. Tallmadge in Committee of the Whole , and there carried — was sustained when report- ed to the House . Mr. Storrs of New - York ( opposed to the Restriction ) , now moved the striking out of so much of ...
... whole amendment - as moved by Gen. Tallmadge in Committee of the Whole , and there carried — was sustained when report- ed to the House . Mr. Storrs of New - York ( opposed to the Restriction ) , now moved the striking out of so much of ...
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Página 8 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 149 - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Página 107 - Michigan : 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; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent Constitution and State Government...
Página 75 - 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...
Página 85 - Provided further, that nothing in this act contained shall be construed to impair the rights of person or property- now pertaining to the Indians in said territory, so long as such rights shall remain unextinguished by treaty' between the United States and such Indians, or to include any territory which, by treaty with any Indian tribe, is not, without the consent of said tribe, to be included within the territorial limits or jurisdiction of any state or territory...
Página 23 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Página 88 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Página 88 - Territory may define the judicial districts of said Territory, and assign the judges who may be appointed for said Territory to the several districts, and also appoint the times and places for holding courts in the several counties or sub-divisions in each of said judicial districts, by proclamation to be issued by him...
Página 42 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of 36° 30...
Página 86 - The governor shall nominate, and, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council, appoint all officers not herein otherwise provided for; and in the first instance the governor alone may appoint all said officers, who shall hold their offices until the end of the first session of the legislative assembly...