The Congressional Globe, Band 31Blair & Rives, 1855 |
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... political con- dition . Hence , it has been my earnest endeavor to maintain peace and friendly intercourse with all nations . The wise theory of this Government , so early adopted and steadily pursued , of avoiding all en- tangling ...
... political con- dition . Hence , it has been my earnest endeavor to maintain peace and friendly intercourse with all nations . The wise theory of this Government , so early adopted and steadily pursued , of avoiding all en- tangling ...
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... political organization , and declared themselves an independent sovereign State . If , at some time , a faint hope was enter- tained that they might become a stable and respect- able community , that hope soon vanished . They proceeded ...
... political organization , and declared themselves an independent sovereign State . If , at some time , a faint hope was enter- tained that they might become a stable and respect- able community , that hope soon vanished . They proceeded ...
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... political and social well being , as to claim , in anticipation , the sever- est analysis . Entertaining these views , I recur with satisfaction to the experience and action of the last session of Congress , as furnishing assur- ance ...
... political and social well being , as to claim , in anticipation , the sever- est analysis . Entertaining these views , I recur with satisfaction to the experience and action of the last session of Congress , as furnishing assur- ance ...
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... political death already upon them ? Are they beginning to look into their political graves ? We have been informed , though not by the President , that negotiations have been entered into by which this Government has obtained from the ...
... political death already upon them ? Are they beginning to look into their political graves ? We have been informed , though not by the President , that negotiations have been entered into by which this Government has obtained from the ...
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... political faith . I hold that every human being is sovereign of his own conduct , while he interferes with the rights of no other person . Now , sir , what do you understand by the term ' popular sovereignty ? ' " " Well , indeed ...
... political faith . I hold that every human being is sovereign of his own conduct , while he interferes with the rights of no other person . Now , sir , what do you understand by the term ' popular sovereignty ? ' " " Well , indeed ...
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Seite 176 - 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.
Seite 35 - When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Seite 167 - Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...
Seite 168 - 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; but the qualifications of voters and of holding office at all subsequent elections shall be such as shall be prescribed by the legislative assembly...
Seite 168 - Territory ; but the qualifications of voters, and of holding office, at all subsequent elections, shall be such as shall be prescribed by the Legislative Assembly : Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Seite 156 - ... shall also retain all the vacant and unappropriated lands lying within its limits, to be applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said republic of Texas; and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the government of the United States.
Seite 167 - 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...
Seite 167 - Congress deemed it wise and prudent to refrain from deciding the matters in controversy then, either by affirming or repealing the Mexican laws, or by an act declaratory of the true intent of the Constitution and the extent of the protection afforded by it to slave property in the territories, so your committee are not prepared...
Seite 12 - Such a reorganization of the examining corps as will place all its members on a proper footing is a subject worthy of consideration. The assistant examiners, who are performing the duties of principal examiners, may justly expect, at no distant day, the compensation attached to those duties and responsibilities. The Attorney General should be clothed with supervisory power over the accounts of the marshals, clerks, and other officers of the courts of the United States now possessed by this Department....
Seite 167 - That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.