The Nebraska Question: Comprising Speeches in the United States Senate |
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... parties , to propose its and nothing in this Constitution shall be so con- terms ? And if the other party assents to these strued as to prejudice the claims of the United terms , why do they not effectually bind both par- States or of ...
... parties , to propose its and nothing in this Constitution shall be so con- terms ? And if the other party assents to these strued as to prejudice the claims of the United terms , why do they not effectually bind both par- States or of ...
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... parties were the republican States of this Union . The law of nations disavows such compacts ; the law of nature , written on the hearts and consciences of freemen , repudiates them . Armed power could not enforce them , because there ...
... parties were the republican States of this Union . The law of nations disavows such compacts ; the law of nature , written on the hearts and consciences of freemen , repudiates them . Armed power could not enforce them , because there ...
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... parties , Texas and the United States . Mr. WEBSTER . Does the honorable Senator mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether they shall be slave or free States ? I come now to notice the suggested compromise of the boundary ...
... parties , Texas and the United States . Mr. WEBSTER . Does the honorable Senator mean to say that Congress can hereafter decide whether they shall be slave or free States ? I come now to notice the suggested compromise of the boundary ...
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... parties to the Constitution as States ; it is the Constitution of the People of the United States . But even if the States continue as States , they surrendered their equality as States , and submitted themselves to the sway of the ...
... parties to the Constitution as States ; it is the Constitution of the People of the United States . But even if the States continue as States , they surrendered their equality as States , and submitted themselves to the sway of the ...
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... parties that we are seeing and hearing ; but , on the contrary , it is the agony of distracted parties - a convulsion resulting from the too narrow foundations of both the great parties , and of all parties - foundations laid in ...
... parties that we are seeing and hearing ; but , on the contrary , it is the agony of distracted parties - a convulsion resulting from the too narrow foundations of both the great parties , and of all parties - foundations laid in ...
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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...