 | George Washington Platt - 1904 - 392 pages
...the Dred Scott decision. It was plain that the question, "Can the people of a United States Territory in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution ?" could not be answered without antagonizing cither the North or the South. There was absolutely no... | |
 | Norman Dwight Harris - African Americans - 1904 - 312 pages
...was concerned. "Can the people of a United States Territory," he asked Senator Douglas, at Freeport, "in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution?" To this Mr. Douglas replied: "I answer emphatically 1 "Lincoln-Douglas Debates," page 75. ' "Lincoln... | |
 | Sherman Williams - United States - 1904 - 208 pages
...this question, " Can the people of a United States territory in any lawful way, against the wishes of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery...limits prior to the formation of a state constitution ? " Lincoln had consulted with several of his friends before asking the question and they had all counseled... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - United States - 1905 - 616 pages
...Scott decision. That was an impossible feat. Lincoln had asked Douglas: "Can the people of a Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State constitution ? " The Dred Scott decision as accepted and interpreted by the South positively denied any such power.... | |
 | Enoch Walter Sikes, William Morse Keener - United States - 1905 - 560 pages
...ninety-three thousand — will you vote to admit them? " 2. Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State constitution ? " 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery from... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...the furious Lecompton controversy. LINCOLN AT FREEPORT: Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution? DOUGLAS AT FREEPORT: I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a hundred times from... | |
 | Iowa State Bar Association - Bar associations - 1901 - 938 pages
...1858, Mr. Lincoln asked Judge Douglas this question: " Can the people of a United States territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a state constitution ? " Douglas answered the question, and on his answer, became a Senator for another term from Illinois,... | |
 | Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1981 - 340 pages
...had been asking * Second Freeport question and answer: "Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution?" "I answer emphatically, as Mr. Lincoln has heard me answer a hundred times from every stump in Illinois,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1989 - 946 pages
...thousand — will you vote to admit them? [Applause.] Q. 2. Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution? [Renewed applause.] Q. 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States can not... | |
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Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution? 
