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... land to be prevented from becoming slave territory , I am ready to assert the principle of the exclusion of slavery . I am pledged to it from the year 1837 ; I have been pledged to it again and again ; and I will perform those pledges ...
... land to be prevented from becoming slave territory , I am ready to assert the principle of the exclusion of slavery . I am pledged to it from the year 1837 ; I have been pledged to it again and again ; and I will perform those pledges ...
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... land in possession of the Indians , but the several States claimed the portion of it which was within their charter limits . Other States having no vacant lands , insisted that these uninhabited lands , having been ac- quired by the ...
... land in possession of the Indians , but the several States claimed the portion of it which was within their charter limits . Other States having no vacant lands , insisted that these uninhabited lands , having been ac- quired by the ...
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... land , by which the judges of every State shall be bound , anything in the laws or constitution of the State to the contrary notwithstanding . It is a perversion of terms to call the " supreme law of the land " a compact between the ...
... land , by which the judges of every State shall be bound , anything in the laws or constitution of the State to the contrary notwithstanding . It is a perversion of terms to call the " supreme law of the land " a compact between the ...
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... necessary ; a right on land and water for the collection of customs ; a right of taxation , and of collecting the taxes by sales of lands and goods ; a right to have court- houses , to hold courts , to reverse the judgments 5 33.
... necessary ; a right on land and water for the collection of customs ; a right of taxation , and of collecting the taxes by sales of lands and goods ; a right to have court- houses , to hold courts , to reverse the judgments 5 33.
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... land , " and binds all persons who occupy it . If any one desires to relieve himself from the obligations which it imposes , he can secede , personally , by transferring his domicile to some other country . NOTE TO PAGE 26. - The first ...
... land , " and binds all persons who occupy it . If any one desires to relieve himself from the obligations which it imposes , he can secede , personally , by transferring his domicile to some other country . NOTE TO PAGE 26. - The first ...
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Страница 26 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.
Страница 33 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Страница 27 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Страница 77 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Страница 20 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Страница 40 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
Страница 27 - ... of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said Confederation are submitted to them. And that the Articles thereof shall be inviolably...
Страница 11 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.
Страница 40 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Страница 64 - 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.