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... reason why they ran very well , and would have been very glad to follow and overtake them , but my destina- tion was Upper Alton , where there was a school recently established . It was understood to be a " manual labor school , " and ...
... reason why they ran very well , and would have been very glad to follow and overtake them , but my destina- tion was Upper Alton , where there was a school recently established . It was understood to be a " manual labor school , " and ...
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... reasons . I know I attempted to argue the motion , and although at the time I was so embarrassed by the surroundings ... reasons I had assigned in writing for a new trial in succession , and said that the learned counsel had sup- ported ...
... reasons . I know I attempted to argue the motion , and although at the time I was so embarrassed by the surroundings ... reasons I had assigned in writing for a new trial in succession , and said that the learned counsel had sup- ported ...
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... reasons , a failure as a poli- tician , but his preeminence as a judge has never been disputed . In the May following my admission to the bar , a term of the circuit court was held in Macoupin county , and I was appointed , in ...
... reasons , a failure as a poli- tician , but his preeminence as a judge has never been disputed . In the May following my admission to the bar , a term of the circuit court was held in Macoupin county , and I was appointed , in ...
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... reasons the southern leaders did , and was ready to support them in whatever they might consider to be their rights . He was honest and truthful , a good citizen and a sincere friend . He was a member of the house of representatives in ...
... reasons the southern leaders did , and was ready to support them in whatever they might consider to be their rights . He was honest and truthful , a good citizen and a sincere friend . He was a member of the house of representatives in ...
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... reason of its alleged inconsistency with the compromise measures of 1850 , and established instead the principle of popular sovereignty ; that is , " that con- gress should not legislate slavery into any territory or state , or exclude ...
... reason of its alleged inconsistency with the compromise measures of 1850 , and established instead the principle of popular sovereignty ; that is , " that con- gress should not legislate slavery into any territory or state , or exclude ...
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Page 594 - The American people, from tradition and interest, favor bimetallism, and the Republican party demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions and under such provisions, to be determined by legislation, as will secure the maintenance of the parity of values of the two metals, so that the purchasing and debt-paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold, or paper, shall be at all times equal.
Page 608 - 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...
Page 608 - 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 regulate their domestic institutions in their...
Page 476 - The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
Page 49 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Page 608 - 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...
Page 592 - We demand the free and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent for the future the demonetization of any kind of legal-tender money by private contract.
Page 592 - We are opposed to the issuing of interest-bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace, and condemn the trafficking with banking syndicates which, in exchange for bonds, and at an enormous profit to themselves, supply the Federal Treasury with gold to maintain the policy of gold monometallism.
Page 83 - That a railroad to the Pacific ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country ; that the Federal Government ought to .render immediate and efficient aid in its construction ; and that, as preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly established. 17. Finally, having thus set forth our distinctive principles and views, we invite the co-operation of all citizens, however differing on other questions, who substantially agree with us in their affirmance and support.
Page 521 - We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discriminating against either metal or charge for mintage...