Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 16P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 |
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Page 6564
... Court for the District of Missouri ; and both Nebraska Bill and lawsuit were brought to a decision in the same month of May , 1854. The negro's name was Dred Scott , which name now designates the decision finally made in the case ...
... Court for the District of Missouri ; and both Nebraska Bill and lawsuit were brought to a decision in the same month of May , 1854. The negro's name was Dred Scott , which name now designates the decision finally made in the case ...
Page 6565
... Court met again , did not announce their decision , but ordered a re - argument . The Presiden- tial inauguration came , and still no decision of the court ; but the incoming President , in his inaugural address , fer- vently exhorted ...
... Court met again , did not announce their decision , but ordered a re - argument . The Presiden- tial inauguration came , and still no decision of the court ; but the incoming President , in his inaugural address , fer- vently exhorted ...
Page 6566
... courts will not decide , but will leave to be decided by the courts of any slave State the negro may be forced into by the master . This point is made , not to be pressed immediately ; but , if acquiesced in for a while 6566 ON HIS ...
... courts will not decide , but will leave to be decided by the courts of any slave State the negro may be forced into by the master . This point is made , not to be pressed immediately ; but , if acquiesced in for a while 6566 ON HIS ...
Page 6567
... court decision held up ? Why even a Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presidential elec- tion ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking out then would have damaged the " perfectly free " argument upon which the election was ...
... court decision held up ? Why even a Senator's individual opinion withheld till after the Presidential elec- tion ? Plainly enough now ; the speaking out then would have damaged the " perfectly free " argument upon which the election was ...
Page 6569
... court , by Chief - Justice Taney , in the Dred Scott case , and the separate opinions of all the concurring judges , expressly declare that the Constitution of the United States permits neither Congress nor a Territorial Legislature to ...
... court , by Chief - Justice Taney , in the Dred Scott case , and the separate opinions of all the concurring judges , expressly declare that the Constitution of the United States permits neither Congress nor a Territorial Legislature to ...
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