Speech on [i.e. Of] Hon. Wm. Barksdale, of Mississippi, on the Presidential Election1856 - 24 páginas |
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Speech on Hon. Wm. Barksdale, of Mississippi, on the Presidential Election ... William Barksdale Sin vista previa disponible - 2016 |
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Página 10 - State. 7. The recognition of the right of nativeborn and naturalized citizens of the United States, permanently residing in any territory thereof, to frame their constitution and laws, and to regulate their domestic and social affairs in their own mode, subject only to the provisions of the Federal Constitution, with the privilege of admission into the Union whenever they have the requisite population for one Representative in Congress...
Página 16 - ... the weaker powers ; as shown in reopening sectional agitation, by the repeal of the Missouri Compromise ; as shown in granting to unnaturalized foreigners the right of suffrage in Kansas and Nebraska ; as shown in its vacillating course on the Kansas and Nebraska question ; as shown in the corruptions which pervade some of the Departments of the Government ; as shown in disgracing meritorious naval officers through prejudice or caprice ; and as shown in the blundering mismanagement of our foreign...
Página 11 - Nebraska ; as shown in its vacillating course on the Kansas and Nebraska question ; as shown in the removal of Judge Bronson from the collectorship of New- York upon false and untenable grounds ; as shown in the corruptions which pervade some of the departments of the Government ; as shown in disgracing meritorious naval officers through prejudice or caprice ; and as shown in the blundering mismanagement of our foreign relations. 14. Therefore, to remedy existing evils, and prevent the disastrous...
Página 11 - Opposition to the reckless and unwise policy of the present Administration in the general management of our national affairs, and more especially as shown in removing
Página 18 - ... of our Federal Government were, to secure these rights to all persons within its exclusive jurisdiction — that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national...
Página 18 - 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 the principles of Washington and Jefferson; and who purpose to unite in presenting...
Página 18 - ... without due process of law, it becomes our duty to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it for the purpose of establishing Slavery in any territory of the United States, by positive legislation prohibiting its existence or extension therein. That we deny the authority of Congress, of...
Página 18 - ... the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures has been violated; they have been deprived of life, liberty, and property without due process of law...
Página 12 - Provided always, That none but those who are citizens of the United States under the Constitution and laws thereof, and who have a fixed residence in any such Territory, ought to participate in the formation of the Constitution or in the enactment of laws for said Territory or State.
Página 16 - Some of these have gone to their eternal rest, with the blessings -of their country on their heads, but- others yet survive, deserving the benediction and honors of a grateful people. By the blessings of Divine Providence, our efforts were crowned with signal success, and when I left the Presidential chair, the whole nation was prosperous and contented, and our relations with all foreign nations were of the most amicable kind. The cloud that hung upon the horizon was dissipated. But where are we...