The Life and Public Services of Schuyler Colfax: Together with His Most Important SpeechesUnited States Publishing Company, 1868 - 512 páginas |
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... never be worried out ? ] No , sir , never . You have adopted a rule this morning which will require those of us who are deter- mined not to give in on it , to sit here and vote , and vote , and vote , until you make a Speaker . Now , if ...
... never be worried out ? ] No , sir , never . You have adopted a rule this morning which will require those of us who are deter- mined not to give in on it , to sit here and vote , and vote , and vote , until you make a Speaker . Now , if ...
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... never enter it . The bill reported by Judge Douglas was entirely silent on the subject of repealing the Mis- souri Compromise , by which course alone Slavery could be admitted to the Territory , and the great mass of the American people ...
... never enter it . The bill reported by Judge Douglas was entirely silent on the subject of repealing the Mis- souri Compromise , by which course alone Slavery could be admitted to the Territory , and the great mass of the American people ...
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... never been passed . " This was a distinct and deliberate repudiation of the vital points of the Missouri Compromise . It did not repeal , or attempt to repeal that instrument , but boldly and recklessly repudiated it , and it is hard to ...
... never been passed . " This was a distinct and deliberate repudiation of the vital points of the Missouri Compromise . It did not repeal , or attempt to repeal that instrument , but boldly and recklessly repudiated it , and it is hard to ...
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... never more to return to it . " The Border Ruffians were loud in the expressions of their desire to avoid bloodshed , but notified the settlers that they must be ready to leave the Territory , with all their effects , at one o'clock that ...
... never more to return to it . " The Border Ruffians were loud in the expressions of their desire to avoid bloodshed , but notified the settlers that they must be ready to leave the Territory , with all their effects , at one o'clock that ...
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... never been paid to so young a member of the House . Thus closed Mr. Colfax's first Session in Congress . He had proved himself one of the ablest and most valuable members of that body , and his Constituents were more than satisfied with ...
... never been paid to so young a member of the House . Thus closed Mr. Colfax's first Session in Congress . He had proved himself one of the ablest and most valuable members of that body , and his Constituents were more than satisfied with ...
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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.