 | William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 426 pages
...according to the English bill, some nine thousand three hundred, will you vote to admit them ? " Q. 2. Can the people of a United States Territory, in any...limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution ? " Q. 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery... | |
 | John Moses - Illinois - 1892 - 880 pages
...One of these was as follows: "Can the people of a United-States territory in any lawful way, againsl; the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude...limits prior to the formation of a state constitution?" which brought out the fatal answer, that the local legislature by unfriendly legislation might effectually... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 528 pages
...questions which had been asked him, and proposed four in return, the second one of which ran as follows: " Can the people of a United States Territory, in any...from its limits, prior to the formation of a State constitution?"1 To comprehend the full force of this interrogatory, the reader must recall the fact... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 526 pages
...he answered as follows : The next question propounded to me by Mr. Lincoln is, Can the people of a Territory in any lawful way, against the wish of any...citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from their limits, prior to the formation BTEPUES A. DOUGLAS. THE FREEPORT DOCTRINE of a State constitution... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 530 pages
...he answered as follows : The next question propounded to me by Mr. Lincoln is, Can the people of a Territory in any lawful way, against the wish of any...citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from their limits, prior to the formation MI rilLN A. DOUGLAS. of a State constitution ? I answer emphatically,... | |
 | Henry Martyn Flint - United States - 1890 - 452 pages
...reply : " Can the people of a Territory of the United States in any lawful way, against the wishes of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to tha formation of a State constitution ?" To this question Mr. Douglas gave an affirmative reply, ia... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...according to the English bill — some ninety-three thousand — will you vote to admit them ? Q. 2. Can the people of a United States Territory, in any...limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution ? Q. 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery from... | |
 | John Goss - Oratory - 1891 - 280 pages
...will you vote to admit them? '• Can the people of a United States territory in any lawful manner, against the wish of any citizen of the United States,...limits prior to the formation of a state constitution? "If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that states cannot exclude slavery from their... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1891 - 142 pages
...whether, the Dred Scott decision notwithstanding, "the people of a Territory could in any lawful way exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a state constitution." Lincoln foresaw and predicted what Douglas would answer : that slavery could not exist in a Territory... | |
 | Carl Schurz - 1891 - 130 pages
...whether, the Dred Scott decision notwithstanding, " the people of a Territory could in any lawful way exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a state constitution." Lincoln foresaw and predicted what Douglas would answer : that slavery could not exist in a Territory... | |
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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? 
