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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ... - Page 146
by Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1865 - 842 pages
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British and Foreign State Papers

Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1866 - 1472 pages
...slavery contained in the organic Act of Congress of the 30th May, 1854. Congress declared it to be " 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...
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The Western Journal, Volume 12

1854 - 488 pages
...I860, 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...
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Report of the Department of the Interior ... [with Accompanying ..., Part 1

United States. Department of the Interior - 1857 - 810 pages
...slavery contained in the organic act of Congress of the 30th May, 1854. Congress declared it to be "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...
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The Western Journal and Civilian: Devoted to Agriculture ..., Volume 12

1854 - 470 pages
...I860, 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...
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Speech of Truman Smith, of Connecticut, on the Nebraska Question: Delivered ...

Truman Smith - 1854 - 28 pages
...the enacting clause. "Is hereby declared inoperative and void." Here the peroration. •'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...
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The Nebraska Question: Comprising Speeches in the United States Senate by Mr ...

Edward Everett, Charles Sumner - 1854 - 234 pages
...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...
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Kanzas and Nebraska: The History, Geographical and Physical Characteristics ...

Edward Everett Hale - 1854 - 262 pages
...fifty, 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...
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The Whig Almanac and United States Register for

1855 - 84 pages
...fifty, 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...
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The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge for the Year

1855 - 374 pages
...1850, commonly called the Compromise measures, is herehy declared inoperate and void ; it heing the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, hut to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their...
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Echoes from the Cabinet: Comprising the Constitution of the United States ...

1855 - 124 pages
...fifty, 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...
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