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... Congress has no power to charter & national bank ; that we believe such an institu- tion one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the country , dangerous to our republican in- stitutions and the liberties of the people , and ...
... Congress has no power to charter & national bank ; that we believe such an institu- tion one of deadly hostility to the best interests of the country , dangerous to our republican in- stitutions and the liberties of the people , and ...
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... Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States , and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not ...
... Congress has no power under the Constitution to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States , and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not ...
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... Congress with slav- ery in State and Territory , or in the District of Columbia . 2. That was the basis of the compromises of 1850 - confirmed by both the Democratic and subject Whig parties in national conventions - ratified therefo ...
... Congress with slav- ery in State and Territory , or in the District of Columbia . 2. That was the basis of the compromises of 1850 - confirmed by both the Democratic and subject Whig parties in national conventions - ratified therefo ...
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... Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government , and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics ...
... Congress sovereign power over the Territories of the United States for their government , and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics ...
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... Congress for the improvement of rivers and harbors of a national character , required for the accom- modation and security of our existing com- merce , are authorized by the Constitution and justified by the obligation of the Government ...
... Congress for the improvement of rivers and harbors of a national character , required for the accom- modation and security of our existing com- merce , are authorized by the Constitution and justified by the obligation of the Government ...
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Page 218 - A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
Page 103 - We are unalterably opposed to every measure calculated to debase our currency or impair the credit of our country. We are, therefore, opposed to the free coinage of silver except by international agreement with the leading commercial nations of the world, which we pledge ourselves to promote, and until such agreement can be obtained the existing gold standard must be preserved.
Page 20 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretense of a military necessity or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially unpaired — justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities...
Page 20 - ... justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate Convention of the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
Page 18 - That the new dogma that the Constitution of its own force carried slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States...
Page 12 - This convention of delegates, assembled in pursuance of a call addressed to the people of the United States, without regard to past political differences or divisions, who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise; to the policy of the present administration ; to the extension of slavery into free territory ; in favor of the admission of Kansas as a Free State ; of restoring the action of the Federal Government to the principles of Washington and Jefferson; and for the purpose of presenting...
Page 7 - That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes ours the land of Liberty, and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the democratic faith...
Page 8 - Constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of Slavery, or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the" most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
Page 15 - Inasmuch as differences of opinion exist in the Democratic party as to the nature and extent of the powers of a Territorial Legislature, and as to the powers and duties of Congress, under the Constitution of the United States, over the institution of Slavery within the Territories : "2. Resolved, That the Democratic Party will abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on the questions of Constitutional law.
Page 104 - The Government of Spain, having lost control of Cuba, and being unable to protect the property or lives of resident American citizens, or to comply with its treaty obligations, we believe that the Government of the United States should actively use its influence and good offices to restore peace and give independence to the island.