The Statesmen of America in 1846Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1847 - 548 Seiten |
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... SLAVERY . " It becomes the duty of all the states , and especially of those whose constitutions recognize the existence of domestic slavery , to look with watchfulness to the attempts which have been re- cently made 8 THE PRESIDENT AND ...
... SLAVERY . " It becomes the duty of all the states , and especially of those whose constitutions recognize the existence of domestic slavery , to look with watchfulness to the attempts which have been re- cently made 8 THE PRESIDENT AND ...
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... slavery , as it existed at the adoption of the constitution of the United States , and as it still exists in some of the states , formed the subject of one of the compromises of opinion and of interest upon the settlement of which all ...
... slavery , as it existed at the adoption of the constitution of the United States , and as it still exists in some of the states , formed the subject of one of the compromises of opinion and of interest upon the settlement of which all ...
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... slavery existed or might exist . They intended to place , and they did in fact place it beyond the pale of action within the constitutional power of the Federal Government . No power has been conferred upon the general government ...
... slavery existed or might exist . They intended to place , and they did in fact place it beyond the pale of action within the constitutional power of the Federal Government . No power has been conferred upon the general government ...
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... reduce our revenue and injure our domestic manufactures . In arriving at the conclusion to support this treaty , I had to encounter but one serious obstacle , and this was the question of Slavery . Whilst I 26 MR . BUCHANAN .
... reduce our revenue and injure our domestic manufactures . In arriving at the conclusion to support this treaty , I had to encounter but one serious obstacle , and this was the question of Slavery . Whilst I 26 MR . BUCHANAN .
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... slave pro- perty , I yet feel a strong repugnance , by any act of mine , to extend the present limits of the Union over a new slave holding territory . After mature reflection , however , I overcame these scruples , and now believe that ...
... slave pro- perty , I yet feel a strong repugnance , by any act of mine , to extend the present limits of the Union over a new slave holding territory . After mature reflection , however , I overcame these scruples , and now believe that ...
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