 | William Eleroy Curtis - Biography & Autobiography - 1903 - 478 pages
...by the local Legislature, and if the people are opposed to slavery, they will elect representative's to that body who will, by unfriendly legislation,...for it, their legislation will favor its extension." The supporters of Douglas shouted with satisfaction at the clever way in which he had escaped the trap... | |
 | Norman Dwight Harris - African Americans - 1904 - 312 pages
...prevent the introduction of it into their midst.1 If, on the contrary, they are for it, their legislature will favor its extension. Hence, no matter what the...Territory is perfect and complete under the Nebraska bill."2 It is generally admitted that in thus disregarding the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott... | |
 | Francis Curtis - United States - 1904 - 568 pages
...can only be established by the local legislature; and if the people are opposed to Slavery, they will elect representatives to that body who will, by unfriendly...effectually prevent the introduction of it into their midst. The third question was practically left unanswered, Mr. Douglas saying that a decision of the Supreme... | |
 | Alexander Johnston - United States - 1905 - 624 pages
...If the people are opposed to slavery, they will elect representatives to the Territorial Legislature who will by unfriendly legislation effectually prevent...for it, their legislation will favor its extension." By this speech Douglas was able to hold the Illinois Senatorship and defeat Lincoln in 1858; but Lincoln... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1906 - 570 pages
...representatives to that body who will by unfriendly 1 Lincoln-Douglas Debates, p. 120. • Ibid., p. 00. legislation effectually prevent the introduction of...territory is perfect and complete under the Nebraska bill."1 This answer attracted more attention throughout the country than any statement of Douglas during... | |
 | Alonzo Rothschild - History - 1906 - 576 pages
...only be established by the local legislature ; and if the people are opposed to slavery, they will elect representatives to that body who will by unfriendly...prevent the introduction of it into their midst." n This rare sophism, "as thin," to use a Lincolnian illustration, "as the homeopathic soup that was... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 348 pages
...can only be established by the local legislature, and if the people are opposed to slavery they will elect representatives to that body who will by unfriendly...slave Territory or a free Territory is perfect and convplete under the Nebraska bill. I hope Mr. Lincoln deems my answer satisfactory on that point.*... | |
 | Robert Henry Browne - 1907 - 740 pages
...can only be established by the local Legislature; and if the people are opposed to slavery, they will elect representatives to that body who will, by unfriendly...prevent the introduction of it into their midst. If, jon the contrary, they are for it, their legislation will favor its extension. Hence, no matter what... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1907 - 738 pages
...can only be established by the local legislature, and if the people are opposed to slavery they will elect representatives to that body who will by unfriendly legislation effectually prevent the intnxlnction of it into their midst. If, on the contrary, they are for it. their legislation will favor... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas - Illinois - 1908 - 698 pages
...their midst. If, on the contrary, they are for Slavery, their Legislature will favor its admission and extension. Hence, no matter what the decision of the...the right of the people to make a Slave Territory or Free Territory is perfect and complete under the Nebraska bill. I hope Mr. Lincoln deems my answer... | |
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Those police regulations can only be established by the local legislature; and if the people are opposed to slavery they will elect representatives to that body who will by unfriendly legislation effectually prevent the introduction of it into their midst. 
