 | James Gillespie Blaine - United States - 1884 - 700 pages
...will you vote to admit them ? Second, Can the people of a United-States Territory, in any lawful war, against the wish of any citizen of the United States,...limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution ? Third, If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery... | |
 | William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 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.' .... The interrogatory was pressed upon Douglas, and Douglas did [as. Lmcoln predicted] answer that,... | |
 | George Spring Merriam - Biography & Autobiography - 1885 - 456 pages
...conundrums, this query : " Can the people of a United States territory, in any lawful way, against the will of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits ? " It was a most legitimate question ; it simply probed home the position of Douglas on the main topic... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1888 - 426 pages
...thousand three hundred, will you vote to admit them ? " 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 ? " 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 - 530 pages
...bill,— some 93,000,— will you vote to admit them T 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 T Q. 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery from... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 526 pages
...in return, the second one of which ran as follows : " Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...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 - 522 pages
...in return, the second one of which ran as follows : " Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...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... | |
 | 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
...ninety-three thousand — will you vote to admit them ? 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 ? Q. 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery from... | |
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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? 
