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 House |
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... name of " Indiana Territory , " whereof Wm . Henry Harrison ( since President ) was appointed Governor . An earnest though quiet effort was made by the Virginia ele- ment , which the location of her military bounty warrants on the soil ...
... name of " Indiana Territory , " whereof Wm . Henry Harrison ( since President ) was appointed Governor . An earnest though quiet effort was made by the Virginia ele- ment , which the location of her military bounty warrants on the soil ...
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... name - a shadow without substance , a quired , and where these conditions will end ? With body without a soul . But if all the other inhabit - regard to a republican constitution , Congress are ants were to be made slaves , and mere ...
... name - a shadow without substance , a quired , and where these conditions will end ? With body without a soul . But if all the other inhabit - regard to a republican constitution , Congress are ants were to be made slaves , and mere ...
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... name of the citizens of Missouri Territory , whose rights on other subjects had been too long neglected and shamefully disregarded , to enter his solemn protest against the introduction , under the in- sidious form of amendment , of any ...
... name of the citizens of Missouri Territory , whose rights on other subjects had been too long neglected and shamefully disregarded , to enter his solemn protest against the introduction , under the in- sidious form of amendment , of any ...
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... name . The original Re- striction , which Mr. Clay vehemently opposed , and Mr. Jefferson in a letter characterized as a tion of Slavery in its exclusion from the State of " fire - bell in the night , " contemplated the limita Missouri ...
... name . The original Re- striction , which Mr. Clay vehemently opposed , and Mr. Jefferson in a letter characterized as a tion of Slavery in its exclusion from the State of " fire - bell in the night , " contemplated the limita Missouri ...
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... name of Louisiana which lies north of thirty - six degrees and thirty minutes , north latitude , excepting only such part thereof as is included within the limits contemplated by this act . ' On the following day Mr. Thomas with- drew ...
... name of Louisiana which lies north of thirty - six degrees and thirty minutes , north latitude , excepting only such part thereof as is included within the limits contemplated by this act . ' On the following day Mr. Thomas with- drew ...
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