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Description:Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Sherrard Clemens, of Virginia, on the President's Kansas Message: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 18, 1858 First, then, of the case and the law. On the 30thday of May, 1854, the Congress of the United States organized the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, both of which did not then contain, ex clusive of the aboriginal inhabitants, two hundred human souls. It was provided, that the State or States created within the same, should be re cecd into the Union, with or without sla very, as their constitutions may prescribe at the time oft/ieir ad mission; and to that end it was expressly stipu lated, that nothing in the act contained should be construed to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude ittherefrom; but the peo ple tliereofsliould be leftperfectly free to form and regulate their domestic insiitiitions in their own way, subject only to the Federal Consdtution, and all of us know that the only requirement by that instrument is, that the State constitution shall be republican. That no obstacle might be inter posed by Federal authority, and that these ends might be completely attained, the Congress of the United States abnegated the power ofmaking laws for said Territories by anomalously stipulating that the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects oflegislation, con sistent with the Federal Constitution, and the provisions of the organic act. Congress even went further than this; for while the right of Stif frage was conferred on every actual resident white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, it still further anomalously stipulated that the qualification of voters, at all subsequent elections, shall be prescribed by the Territorial Assembly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speech of the Hon. Sherrard Clemens, of Virginia, on the Presidents Kansas message;. To get started finding Speech of the Hon. Sherrard Clemens, of Virginia, on the Presidents Kansas message;, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Sherrard Clemens, of Virginia, on the President's Kansas Message: Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 18, 1858 First, then, of the case and the law. On the 30thday of May, 1854, the Congress of the United States organized the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, both of which did not then contain, ex clusive of the aboriginal inhabitants, two hundred human souls. It was provided, that the State or States created within the same, should be re cecd into the Union, with or without sla very, as their constitutions may prescribe at the time oft/ieir ad mission; and to that end it was expressly stipu lated, that nothing in the act contained should be construed to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude ittherefrom; but the peo ple tliereofsliould be leftperfectly free to form and regulate their domestic insiitiitions in their own way, subject only to the Federal Consdtution, and all of us know that the only requirement by that instrument is, that the State constitution shall be republican. That no obstacle might be inter posed by Federal authority, and that these ends might be completely attained, the Congress of the United States abnegated the power ofmaking laws for said Territories by anomalously stipulating that the legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects oflegislation, con sistent with the Federal Constitution, and the provisions of the organic act. Congress even went further than this; for while the right of Stif frage was conferred on every actual resident white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, it still further anomalously stipulated that the qualification of voters, at all subsequent elections, shall be prescribed by the Territorial Assembly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Speech of the Hon. Sherrard Clemens, of Virginia, on the Presidents Kansas message;. To get started finding Speech of the Hon. Sherrard Clemens, of Virginia, on the Presidents Kansas message;, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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