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... Kansas , west of Missouri , was settled by emigrants mainly from the North . According to law , they were about to meet , and decide whether slavery or freedom should be the law of that realm . It was certain that they would decide for ...
... Kansas , west of Missouri , was settled by emigrants mainly from the North . According to law , they were about to meet , and decide whether slavery or freedom should be the law of that realm . It was certain that they would decide for ...
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... Kansas . These facts nobody denied ; and yet Presi- dent Pierce's administration felt bound to respect the decision obtained by such votes . This armed mob from other States then chose a legislature of strong proslavery men ; convened ...
... Kansas . These facts nobody denied ; and yet Presi- dent Pierce's administration felt bound to respect the decision obtained by such votes . This armed mob from other States then chose a legislature of strong proslavery men ; convened ...
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... Kansas also sent a petition to the Gen- eral Government , imploring its protection . In reply , the President issued a proclamation , declaring that the legislature thus created must be recognized as the legitimate legislature of Kansas ...
... Kansas also sent a petition to the Gen- eral Government , imploring its protection . In reply , the President issued a proclamation , declaring that the legislature thus created must be recognized as the legitimate legislature of Kansas ...
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... KANSAS . MATTHEWS ROBINSON.SC In August , 1857 , a correspondence took place between a num ber of gentlemen of distinction in New Haven , Conn . , and Presi- dent Buchanan , which , in consequence of its having been made public by the ...
... KANSAS . MATTHEWS ROBINSON.SC In August , 1857 , a correspondence took place between a num ber of gentlemen of distinction in New Haven , Conn . , and Presi- dent Buchanan , which , in consequence of its having been made public by the ...
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... Kansas , announced that President Buchanan was determined to sustain this legislature , thus mob elected , as the lawful legislature of Kansas ; and that its acts would be en- forced by executive authority and by the army . This ...
... Kansas , announced that President Buchanan was determined to sustain this legislature , thus mob elected , as the lawful legislature of Kansas ; and that its acts would be en- forced by executive authority and by the army . This ...
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Страница 429 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth...
Страница 205 - That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundations on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
Страница 391 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Страница 406 - ... especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend ; and we denounce the lawless invasion, by armed force, of the soil of any State or Territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Страница 408 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Страница 132 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political: peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none: the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies: the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...
Страница 416 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free...
Страница 407 - It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence, in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation, in 1778. And finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was, 'to form a more perfect Union.
Страница 30 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Страница 408 - One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute.