Speeches, Messages, and Other Writings of the Hon. Albert G. Brown: A Senator in Congress Fronm the State of Mississippi |
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... territory , by way of indemnity , the House of Representatives of the United States declared , by a large vote , that " neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in any ter- ritory hereafter to be acquired by , or annexed to ...
... territory , by way of indemnity , the House of Representatives of the United States declared , by a large vote , that " neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall exist in any ter- ritory hereafter to be acquired by , or annexed to ...
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... territory of the United States , with as little constitutional hindrance as a citizen from any other state may ... territory , and thus prepare the way for making her , in the end , a free state , why may not a pro - slavery majority ...
... territory of the United States , with as little constitutional hindrance as a citizen from any other state may ... territory , and thus prepare the way for making her , in the end , a free state , why may not a pro - slavery majority ...
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... territory within the rightful limits of Texas , and , if needs be , to repel any hostile invasion of it from Mexico or elsewhere . For a more perfect understanding of the President's course , let us consider the temper in which Mexico ...
... territory within the rightful limits of Texas , and , if needs be , to repel any hostile invasion of it from Mexico or elsewhere . For a more perfect understanding of the President's course , let us consider the temper in which Mexico ...
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... territory . American senators and representatives have set up for Mexico a bound- ary which she never did , until ... territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande was neutral territory . How came it to be so ? You tell me it was ...
... territory . American senators and representatives have set up for Mexico a bound- ary which she never did , until ... territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande was neutral territory . How came it to be so ? You tell me it was ...
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... territorial government be early provided for Oregon , and also that a military force be at once raised for the protection of the people of that territory . Mr. COBB of Georgia , immediately upon the reading of the message , moved that ...
... territorial government be early provided for Oregon , and also that a military force be at once raised for the protection of the people of that territory . Mr. COBB of Georgia , immediately upon the reading of the message , moved that ...
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Page 178 - Mexicans who, in the Territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States...
Page 133 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 46 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
Page 136 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New...
Page 483 - can nothing be done for freedom because the public conscience is inert?' Yes, much can be done — everything can be done. Slavery can be limited to its present bounds, it can be ameliorated, it can be and must be abolished, and you and I can and must do it.
Page 373 - Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Page 373 - 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...
Page 538 - White persons of foreign birth, who shall have declared their intention to become citizens conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization.
Page 133 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 465 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...