Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 1; Volume 35Gales and Seaton, 1855 - Law |
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Page 93
... impose a restriction upon Maine , to compel her to admit slavery within her limits ? If we have a right to impose a negative condition in regard to Missouri , we have a correspondent and equal right to impose an affirmative condition in ...
... impose a restriction upon Maine , to compel her to admit slavery within her limits ? If we have a right to impose a negative condition in regard to Missouri , we have a correspondent and equal right to impose an affirmative condition in ...
Page 103
... impose restric- tions of which right she seems to have deprived us , by making and fashioning her constitution according to her own will and pleasure . Mis- souri , on the contrary , quietly submitted to the injustice of which she was ...
... impose restric- tions of which right she seems to have deprived us , by making and fashioning her constitution according to her own will and pleasure . Mis- souri , on the contrary , quietly submitted to the injustice of which she was ...
Page 113
... impose onerous conditions on the one than on the other of these Territories . If , said he , gentlemen will come across my boundary to affect my property , I wish to look over on the other side , and see how they stand . He was opposed ...
... impose onerous conditions on the one than on the other of these Territories . If , said he , gentlemen will come across my boundary to affect my property , I wish to look over on the other side , and see how they stand . He was opposed ...
Page 129
... imposed upon the United States to guaranty a republican form of government to each State ; and it is to be considered as an evidence of the patronage of the Constitution , rather than as any authority to impose restrictions on the ...
... imposed upon the United States to guaranty a republican form of government to each State ; and it is to be considered as an evidence of the patronage of the Constitution , rather than as any authority to impose restrictions on the ...
Page 131
... impose restrictions on the Territories shall come up , it will be time enough to argue it ; at present it ought not to be permitted to embarrass the point at issue before the Senate . To me , then , the Constitution does not seem to ...
... impose restrictions on the Territories shall come up , it will be time enough to argue it ; at present it ought not to be permitted to embarrass the point at issue before the Senate . To me , then , the Constitution does not seem to ...
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Admission of Maine admitted Alabama amendment appropriation authority BARBOUR bill entitled bill was read BURRILL Christopher Fowler citizens clause commerce Committee of Claims concurrence Congress consent Constitution DICKERSON District of Columbia District of Maine duties EATON Ebenezer Stevens engrossed entitled An act expediency further consideration thereof Georgia Government House of Representatives importation Kentucky KING Legislature Louisiana Maine and Missouri manufactures Massachusetts MELLEN ment Mississippi Missouri Territory mittee nation North Carolina object officers passed Pensions persons petitioner praying presented the memorial presented the petition President principles proposed Public Lands question read a third read the second referred the petition relief reported a bill resolution Resolved respecting restriction resumed the consideration ROBERTS SANFORD second reading Seminole war Senate resumed session slavery slaves SMITH Tennessee territory Territory of Missouri thereof was postponed thereto tion Treasury treaty TRIMBLE Union United Virginia Walker Whole WILLIAMS York
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Page 197 - 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.
Page 269 - Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you to inherit them for a possession ; they shall be your bondmen for ever : but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigour.
Page 467 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 267 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 335 - ... a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior.
Page 259 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Page 423 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix 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 795 - ... regulations respecting the territory and other property of the United States.
Page 121 - ... establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the Federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 293 - And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.