The Life and Public Services of Schuyler Colfax: Together with His Most Important SpeechesUnited States Publishing Company, 1868 - 512 páginas |
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... South - The Kansas - Nebraska Bill - Its True Char- acter - Repeal of the Missouri Compromise - History of the Measure in Congress - The Efforts of the Free - Soil Members Defeated -How the Bill was Passed - Opening of the Territory ...
... South - The Kansas - Nebraska Bill - Its True Char- acter - Repeal of the Missouri Compromise - History of the Measure in Congress - The Efforts of the Free - Soil Members Defeated -How the Bill was Passed - Opening of the Territory ...
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... best facilities for the discharge of his duties , he removed to the town of South Bend , where he has resided ever since . This was his entrance into public life . UNIT CALI EARLY STRUGGLES . 13 It is said that 12 LIFE OF SCHUYLER COLFAX .
... best facilities for the discharge of his duties , he removed to the town of South Bend , where he has resided ever since . This was his entrance into public life . UNIT CALI EARLY STRUGGLES . 13 It is said that 12 LIFE OF SCHUYLER COLFAX .
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... South Bend , called " The St. Joseph Valley Register . " Of this journal he was the sole proprietor and editor . Those who know any thing of the difficulties which lie in the way of a country newspaper during the first few years of its ...
... South Bend , called " The St. Joseph Valley Register . " Of this journal he was the sole proprietor and editor . Those who know any thing of the difficulties which lie in the way of a country newspaper during the first few years of its ...
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... South Bend a Debating Club , composed of the best men , both young and old , of the town and county . This club met at stated periods , and its debates are said to have been marked 1 1 by more than the average ability of such bodies ...
... South Bend a Debating Club , composed of the best men , both young and old , of the town and county . This club met at stated periods , and its debates are said to have been marked 1 1 by more than the average ability of such bodies ...
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... desirous of interfering with any of the rights of the South , or of destroying Slavery where it then existed , they were determined that not one foot more of our fair land should be polluted with the ELECTED TO CONGRESS . 19.
... desirous of interfering with any of the rights of the South , or of destroying Slavery where it then existed , they were determined that not one foot more of our fair land should be polluted with the ELECTED TO CONGRESS . 19.
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Página 306 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath?
Página 54 - 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...
Página 510 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Página 53 - That the constitution and all laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the s*ame force and effect within the said territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Página 503 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate: if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Página 294 - 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 ; but no law shall be passed interfering with the primary disposal of the soil ; no tax shall be imposed upon the property of the United States...
Página 316 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 155 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have never sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Página 510 - I love and honor the English troops. I know their virtues and their valor. I know they can achieve any thing except impossibilities ; and I know that the conquest of English America is an impossibility. You cannot, I venture to say it, you cannot conquer America.
Página 51 - ... shall not be so construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated by this act, or to any other Territory of the United States; but that the citizens of the several States or Territories shall be at liberty to take and hold their slaves within any of the Territories of the United States, or of the States to be formed therefrom, as if the said act, entitled as aforesaid, and approved as aforesaid, had never been passed.