Speech of Truman Smith, of Connecticut, on the Nebraska Question: Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 10 and 11, 1854J.T. and L. Towers, 1854 - Всего страниц: 23 |
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... South- ern Senators in putting down the Nebraska bill of the last session , on the very objections which I now state , notwithstanding it left the Missouri restriction untouched . In the first place , Mr. President , I desire to ( MR ...
... South- ern Senators in putting down the Nebraska bill of the last session , on the very objections which I now state , notwithstanding it left the Missouri restriction untouched . In the first place , Mr. President , I desire to ( MR ...
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... South , which you fly from , or at least manifest a disposition to do so . Will you stand up to the new compromise ? But , after all , sir , this business of creating Ter- ritories is no trivial affair , so far as the treasury I admit ...
... South , which you fly from , or at least manifest a disposition to do so . Will you stand up to the new compromise ? But , after all , sir , this business of creating Ter- ritories is no trivial affair , so far as the treasury I admit ...
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... South : will you turn them down upon the State of Texas ? Would it be just to that State to do so ! And how long could they exist there ? Is there not another mighty column advancing from the Gulf of Mexico to the North and Northwest ...
... South : will you turn them down upon the State of Texas ? Would it be just to that State to do so ! And how long could they exist there ? Is there not another mighty column advancing from the Gulf of Mexico to the North and Northwest ...
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... South . I am against local ideas , North and South ; and against all narrow and local contests . I am an American , and know no locality in Ame- rica - that is my country - that is my country . My heart , my sentiments , my judgment ...
... South . I am against local ideas , North and South ; and against all narrow and local contests . I am an American , and know no locality in Ame- rica - that is my country - that is my country . My heart , my sentiments , my judgment ...
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... South , surely he must have known it . If it be repugnant to the adjustment of 1850 , and subversive of our true interests , surely the fact could not have escaped his vigilance . And yet , sir , in a moment of profound repose , and ...
... South , surely he must have known it . If it be repugnant to the adjustment of 1850 , and subversive of our true interests , surely the fact could not have escaped his vigilance . And yet , sir , in a moment of profound repose , and ...
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8th section abrogation address the Senate adjustment of 1850 agitation amend anti-slavery asso bill Committee on Territories Compro Compromise of 1850 Congress Constitution coun declared demagogue diem domestic institutions DOUGLAS evil fact forty wives governor HENRY CLAY honorable chair honorable chairman honorable friend honorable Senator House Indian country Indian title intend Justments lands last session legislation of 1850 license measures of 1850 ment Mexico and Utah mise Mississippi Missouri act Missouri Compromise Missouri restriction Nebraska north of 36 Northern object occasion Oregon organized polygamy present President principle proposed proposition question of slavery regulate their domestic repeal restriction of 1820 ritorial seems Sena sion slave slaveholding slavery question South Southern subject of slavery suppose Terri Territories of Utah Territory of Nebraska Texas tion tories treaties TRUMAN SMITH Union United venture to assert vote WEBSTER Whig party Wilmot Proviso words yeas
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Стр. 12 - 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...
Стр. 12 - March 6, 1820, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories, as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise 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...
Стр. 11 - First: That all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories and in the new states to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, through their appropriate representatives. "Second: That 'all cases involving title to slaves...
Стр. 16 - I intend to stand or fall; and that is, that the whole territory within the former United States, or in the newly acquired Mexican provinces, has a fixed and settled character, now fixed and settled by law which cannot be repealed; in the case of Texas without a violation of public faith, and...
Стр. 15 - I now say, Sir, as the proposition upon which I stand this day, and upon the truth and firmness of which I intend to act until it is overthrown, that there is not at this moment within the United States, or any territory of the United States, a single foot of land, the character of which, in regard to its being free territory or slave territory, is not fixed by some law, and some irrepealable law, beyond the power of the action of the government.
Стр. 22 - That mankind are all formed by the same Almighty Being, alike objects of his care, and equally designed for the enjoyment of happiness, the Christian religion teaches us to believe, and the political creed of Americans fully coincides with the position.
Стр. 8 - An act to provide for an exchange of lands, with the Indians residing in any of the States or Territories, and for their removal west of the Mississippi...
Стр. 22 - States ;' and as they conceive that these blessings ought rightfully to be administered without distinction of color to all descriptions of people, so they indulge themselves in the pleasing expectation that nothing which can be done for the relief of the unhappy objects of their care will be either omitted or delayed.
Стр. 13 - Kansas ; and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Стр. 6 - That no person shall be permitted to trade with any of the Indians (in the Indian country) without a license therefor from a superintendent of Indian affairs, or Indian agent or sub-agent, which license shall be issued for a term not exceeding two years for the tribes east of the Mississippi, and not exceeding three years for the tribes west of that river.