 It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.  A History of the United States of America - Page 359by Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1823 - 400 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1855 - 968 pages
...of the twenty-sixth section of the third article of the constitution of Missouri, which authorizes the Legislature to pass laws "to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this State under any pretext whatsoever." The Convention, which formed our Federal Constitution, has... | |
 | Tennessee. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1834 - 430 pages
...direct. Mr BLOUNT, the following : Resolved, That the Legislature be authorised to make provision by law to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this State, under any pretext whatsoever ; and as far as practicable, also, to prevent their coming... | |
 | Missouri - 1837 - 394 pages
...charge. , It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second. To oblige the owners of slaves to treat them... | |
 | Harriet Martineau - America - 1838 - 260 pages
...this state. " It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, "1. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state, under any pretext whatsoever." " Schools and the means of education shall for ever be encouraged... | |
 | Tennessee. Supreme Court, Return Jonathan Meigs - Law reports, digests, etc - 1839 - 720 pages
...shows that the then Congress was of opinion that a clause in the Constitution of that State, directing the Legislature to pass laws, "to prevent free negroes...mulattoes from coming to and settling in the State," was a violation of the provision of the Constitution of the US in question. Accordingly, the resolution,... | |
 | Emma Willard - United States - 1843 - 500 pages
...formed a state constitution ; a provision of which tated. required the legislature to pass a law " to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in the state." When the constitution was presented to congress, this provision was strenuously opposed. The contest... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 624 pages
...article making it the duty of the legislature ' as soon as might be to pass such hvvvs as were necessary to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in the state under any pretext whatever.' This clause called forth the most violent censure of the friends of restriction,... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1846 - 410 pages
...the duty of the general assembly, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First, To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state, under any pretext whatever ; provided, that nothing in this constitution shall be construed... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 506 pages
...the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First, to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state, under any pretext whatever ; Provided, that nothing in thi« Constitution shall be construed... | |
 | Saint Louis (Mo.). - 1850 - 454 pages
...public charge. It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary. First: To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this State, under any pretext whatsoever; and Second : To oblige the owners of slaves to treat them... | |
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