The Nebraska QuestionRed-field, 1854 - 120 pages |
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Page 11
... political importance and political power ? Already the ratio of representation , estab- lished by the Constitution , has given to the States holding slaves twenty members of the House of Rep- resentatives more than they would have been ...
... political importance and political power ? Already the ratio of representation , estab- lished by the Constitution , has given to the States holding slaves twenty members of the House of Rep- resentatives more than they would have been ...
Page 19
... political rivalry by the new Com- monwealth - I answer , Yes . Let California come in . In that she stands justified . Indeed , California Every new State , whether she come from the East is more than justified . She was a colony , a ...
... political rivalry by the new Com- monwealth - I answer , Yes . Let California come in . In that she stands justified . Indeed , California Every new State , whether she come from the East is more than justified . She was a colony , a ...
Page 20
... political changes . They are not accustomed to conform to precedents . Cali- fornia sprang from the head of the nation , not only complete in proportion and full armed , but ripe for affiliation with its members . I proceed now to state ...
... political changes . They are not accustomed to conform to precedents . Cali- fornia sprang from the head of the nation , not only complete in proportion and full armed , but ripe for affiliation with its members . I proceed now to state ...
Page 21
... political com- munity , which , as fast as it advances , breaks into distinct States for municipal purposes only , while the whole constitutes one entire contiguous and compact nation . Well - established calculations in political ...
... political com- munity , which , as fast as it advances , breaks into distinct States for municipal purposes only , while the whole constitutes one entire contiguous and compact nation . Well - established calculations in political ...
Page 22
... political - arising out of a subject so important , and as yet so incomprehensible . What am I to receive in this compromise ? Free- dom in California . It is well ; it is a noble acquisi- tion ; it is worth a sacrifice . But what am I ...
... political - arising out of a subject so important , and as yet so incomprehensible . What am I to receive in this compromise ? Free- dom in California . It is well ; it is a noble acquisi- tion ; it is worth a sacrifice . But what am I ...
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Page 57 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam ; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Page 32 - ... and each of the said district courts shall have and exercise the same jurisdiction, in all cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States...
Page 81 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 111 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States ; it remaining with the several States alone to provide any regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Page 31 - 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 30 - ... beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri, where the thirty-seventh parallel of north latitude crosses the same ; thence west on said parallel to the...
Page 50 - 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 44 - States, except the section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March 6, 1820, which was superseded by the principles of the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise measures, and is declared inoperative.
Page 6 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated into 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...
Page 14 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...