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
| Francis Asbury Sampson, Floyd Calvin Shoemaker - Missouri - 1921 - 838 pages
...the constitution of Missouri reached Congress, Niles' Register pointed out that the clause directing the legislature to pass laws "to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming into and settling in the state, on any pretence whatever" would block admission into the Union. The... | |
| Walter Barlow Stevens - Biography & Autobiography - 1921 - 1072 pages
...assembly, declared: 'It shall be their duty as soon a? may be to pass such laws as may be necessary to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatever.' "The election for state and other officers was held* in August... | |
| Ray Burdick Smith - New York (State) - 1922 - 636 pages
...northern people had expected, or were willing to tolerate — one of its clauses being a command to the Legislature to pass laws "to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in, this State, under any pretext whatever." The whole question of admission was thereupon reopened. Northern... | |
| Leon F. Litwack - Political Science - 2009 - 332 pages
...only sanctioned slavery but enjoined the state legislature to pass such laws as might be necessary "to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state, under any pretext whatsoever." This had not been conceded or expected, and many found it... | |
| Henry Clay - History - 1963 - 950 pages
...other states. "Sir, I cannot doubt, that the clause in the constitution of Missouri, which requires the legislature to pass laws to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from going to, and settling in, that state, is wholly incompatible with the constitution of the United States,... | |
| Genealogy - 1881 - 1148 pages
...because in it there was a clause empowering the general assembly " to pass such laws as may be necessary to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretest whatever." The house refused, thereupon, to pass the resolution to admit.... | |
| Gerald T. Dunne - Law - 1993 - 250 pages
...of slaves. ... It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary ... To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in this state, under any pretext whatsoever."4 The clause occasioned little stir but the institution of... | |
| Harriet C. Frazier - Social Science - 2004 - 228 pages
...Missouri's first state constitution of 1820 gave the legislature the duty to pass laws, among other matters, "To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state, under any pretext whatsoever."4 According to the 1820 federal census, there were 10,222... | |
| Michael G. Chiorazzi, Marguerite Most - History - 2005 - 706 pages
...article said that it should be the duty of the general assembly to pass such laws as might be necessary "to prevent free Negroes and Mulattoes from coming to and settling in the state under any pretext whatsoever." The "fundamental condition" established by Congress for statehood was... | |
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