Speeches ...Printed at the office of the Congressional globe, 1856 |
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第 3 頁
... opinion , the people did decide , and what ought to be considered hereafter as settled by the contest . Before proceeding to do so , however , I wish to advert to one or two remarks which fell from the gentleman from Indiana [ Mr ...
... opinion , the people did decide , and what ought to be considered hereafter as settled by the contest . Before proceeding to do so , however , I wish to advert to one or two remarks which fell from the gentleman from Indiana [ Mr ...
第 4 頁
... opinion that the Legislature of a Territory can prohibit slavery , whilst others maintain that it cannot ; but that is not because of any difference of construction placed on the bill , but only a difference of opinion as to how a ...
... opinion that the Legislature of a Territory can prohibit slavery , whilst others maintain that it cannot ; but that is not because of any difference of construction placed on the bill , but only a difference of opinion as to how a ...
第 5 頁
... opinion he entertains on the judicial question , I do not know ; it is not important for the country to know ; and gentlemen are probably doomed to re- main in ignorance , as the Executive is restrained by the fundamental principles of ...
... opinion he entertains on the judicial question , I do not know ; it is not important for the country to know ; and gentlemen are probably doomed to re- main in ignorance , as the Executive is restrained by the fundamental principles of ...
第 7 頁
... opinion , a beneficent institution , and wherever it ought to exist it will exist , if the people interested are left free to con- sult their choice . To establish it where , from soil , climate , or other circumstances , it ought not ...
... opinion , a beneficent institution , and wherever it ought to exist it will exist , if the people interested are left free to con- sult their choice . To establish it where , from soil , climate , or other circumstances , it ought not ...
第 8 頁
... opinion on a matter of opinion ; and I hope no gentleman will say we construe the act differently , because we differ in opinion as to the choice the people will probably make . Mr. Speaker , I advocated the Kansas and Ne- braska bill ...
... opinion on a matter of opinion ; and I hope no gentleman will say we construe the act differently , because we differ in opinion as to the choice the people will probably make . Mr. Speaker , I advocated the Kansas and Ne- braska bill ...
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第 12 頁 - State may be entitled under the provisions of this act land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share; said scrip to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...
第 12 頁 - States, except the eighth section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, (approved March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void...
第 11 頁 - This Convention of Delegates, assembled in pursuance of a call addressed to the people of the United States, without regard to past political differences or divisions, who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, to the policy of the present Administration, to the extension of Slavery into Free Territory ; in favor of admitting Kansas as a Free State, of restoring the action of the Federal Government to...
第 5 頁 - That the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the provisions of this act...
第 13 頁 - Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
第 10 頁 - December, eighteen hundred and fifty, and who shall have resided upon and cultivated the same for four consecutive years, and shall otherwise conform to the provisions of this act...
第 13 頁 - That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of said Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory...
第 10 頁 - ... that you will not vote, nor give your influence for any man for any office in the gift of the people, unless he be an American-born citizen, in favor of Americans ruling America, nor if he be a Roman Catholic...
第 10 頁 - SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be and hereby is granted to every white settler or occupant of the public lands, American half-breed Indians included, above the age of eighteen years, being a citizen of the United States, or having made...
第 10 頁 - ... that if it may be done legally, you will, when elected or appointed to any official station conferring on you the power to do so remove all foreigners, aliens, or Roman Catholics from office or place, and that you will in no case appoint such to any office or place in your gift.