Territory in any lawful way, against the wishes of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from their limits prior to the formation of a State constitution? I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a hundred times from every... Great American Legislators: Source Extracts - Page 150by Howard Walter Caldwell - 1900 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jefferson Davis - United States - 1859 - 56 pages
...the Union as a State?' I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a hundred times, on every stump in Illinois, that in my opinion, the people...a territory can, by lawful means, exclude slavery before it comes in as a State. [Cheers.] Mr. Lincoln knew that I had given that answer over and over... | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Campaign literature - 1860 - 348 pages
...Trumbull, let him answer his argument against the admission of Oregon, instead of poking questions at me. The next question propounded to me by Mr. Lincoln...I had answered that question over and over again. He heard me argue the Nebraska bill on that principle all over the State in 1854, in 1855, and in 1856,... | |
| Campaign literature - 1860 - 268 pages
...poking questions at me. The next question propounded to me by Mr. Lincoln is, can the people of the Territory in any lawful way, against the wishes of...I had answered that question over and over again. He heard me argue the Nebraska bill uu that principle all over the State in 1854, in 1855, and in I856... | |
| Henry Martyn Flint - Legislators - 1860 - 486 pages
...published in the unrevised report of the debate, is as follows : The next question propounded to me by Sir. Lincoln is, can the people of a Territory in any lawful...limits prior to the formation of a State constitution. (Enthusiastic applause.) Mr. Lincoln knew that I had answered that question over and over again. He... | |
| Henry Martyn Flint - 1860 - 226 pages
...question propounded to me by Mr. Lincoln is, can the people of a Territory in any lawful way againstfthe wishes of any citizen of the United States, exclude...limits prior to the formation of a State constitution. (Enthusiastic applause.) Mr. Lincoln knew that I had answered that question over and over again. He... | |
| Political parties - 1860 - 268 pages
...limits prior to the formation of a State constitution ? I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has beard me answer a hundred times from every stump In Illinois,...I had answered that question over and over again. He beard me argue the Nebraska bill on that principle all over the State in 1854, in 1855, and in 1856... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Butler - Campaign literature - 1860 - 160 pages
...Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a hundred times from every stump in Illinois, that in my opinion the the people of a Territory can, by lawful means, exclude...I had answered that question over and over again. lie heard me argue the Nebraska bill on that principle all over the State in 1864, in 1855, and in... | |
| Campaign literature - 1860 - 292 pages
...limits prior to the formation of a State constitution? I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has beard me answer a hundred times from every stump in Illinois,...lawful means, exclude Slavery from their limits prior tb the formation of a State constitution. Mr. Lincoln knew that I had answered that question over and... | |
| Campaign literature, 1860 - 1860 - 270 pages
...limits prior to the formation of a State constitution ? I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has beard me answer a hundred times from every stump in Illinois,...Territory can, by lawful means, exclude Slavery from then- limits prior to the formation of a State constitution. Mr. Lincoln knew that I had answered that... | |
| David W. Bartlett - 1860 - 368 pages
...the people of a territory, in any lawful way, against the wishes of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from their limits prior to the formation of a State constitution ?' I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a hundred times from every stump in Illinois,... | |
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