The Nebraska Question: Comprising Speeches in the United States Senate |
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... committee be appointed with instructions to report a bill pro- hibiting the further admission of Slaves into the Territories of the United States , west of the Mississippi . " This resolution was postponed on the 28th December , 1820 ...
... committee be appointed with instructions to report a bill pro- hibiting the further admission of Slaves into the Territories of the United States , west of the Mississippi . " This resolution was postponed on the 28th December , 1820 ...
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... committee of conference consisting of Senators Thomas Pinkney and Barbour : and Messrs . Holmes , Taylor , Lowndes , Parker , of Mass . , and Kinsey , of the House . The result was that the admission of Missouri with Mr. Thomas ...
... committee of conference consisting of Senators Thomas Pinkney and Barbour : and Messrs . Holmes , Taylor , Lowndes , Parker , of Mass . , and Kinsey , of the House . The result was that the admission of Missouri with Mr. Thomas ...
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... Committee of Conference was raised as before , on motion of Mr. Clay . The following gentlemen were elected a Committee on the part of the House : Messrs . Clay of Kentucky , Cobb of Georgia , Hill of Maine , Barbour of Virginia ...
... Committee of Conference was raised as before , on motion of Mr. Clay . The following gentlemen were elected a Committee on the part of the House : Messrs . Clay of Kentucky , Cobb of Georgia , Hill of Maine , Barbour of Virginia ...
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... committee of the two Houses , reported a resolution for the admission of Missouri into the Union , which was read and laid on the table . On the 27th , the resolution having passed the House , was taken up in the Senate . After an ...
... committee of the two Houses , reported a resolution for the admission of Missouri into the Union , which was read and laid on the table . On the 27th , the resolution having passed the House , was taken up in the Senate . After an ...
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... Committee of the Whole on the Texas question , Mr. Douglas , ( of Illinois , ) moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Weller , by substituting therefor the resolutions he had the honor to introduce a few days since . The resolutions of Mr ...
... Committee of the Whole on the Texas question , Mr. Douglas , ( of Illinois , ) moved to amend the amendment of Mr. Weller , by substituting therefor the resolutions he had the honor to introduce a few days since . The resolutions of Mr ...
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Page 39 - That the Constitution, and all the 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 27 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Page 104 - AN ACT DECLARING THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT, AND SETTLING THE SUCCESSION OF THE CROWN.
Page 28 - Writs of error and appeals from the final decisions of said supreme court shall be allowed, and may be taken to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit courts of the United States...
Page 10 - 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 meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 10 - 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...
Page 28 - 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 26 - That all that part of the Territory of the United States included within the following limits, except such portions thereof as are hereinafter expressly exempted from the operations of this act, to wit, beginning at a point...
Page 46 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 33 - Kansas ; and when admitted as a State or States, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...