| Guy Carleton Lee - 1903 - 506 pages
...that the compromise measures of 1850 affirm, and rest upon the following propositions : " First. — That all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories,...States to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the people residing therein, by their appropriate representatives, to be chosen by them for that purpose.... | |
| Guy Carleton Lee - History - 1903 - 490 pages
...that the compromise measures of 1850 affirm, and rest upon the following propositions : " First. — That all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories,...States to be formed therefrom, are to be left to the people residing therein, by their appropriate representatives, to be chosen by them for that purpose.... | |
| William Henry Smith - Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) - 1903 - 404 pages
...reported in the Parkville Luminary, and reprinted in the Cincinnati Gazette and other papers of the day. appropriate representatives, to be chosen by them...for that purpose. Second. That "all cases involving titles to slaves," and "questions of personal freedom," are to be referred to the adjudication of the... | |
| Francis Curtis - United States - 1904 - 568 pages
...principles, established by the Compromise measures of one thousand eight hundred and fifty, to wit: First, That all questions pertaining to Slavery in the Territories,...left to the decision of the people residing therein, through their appropriate representatives. Second, That " all cases involving title to slaves," and... | |
| Alexander Johnston - United States - 1905 - 624 pages
...the legal points in dispute." But the report stated the basis of the compromise of 1850 as follows: "That all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories,...representatives, to be chosen by them for that purpose." This was, in the first place, incorrect, since the New Mexico and Utah acts left no such power to the... | |
| Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - Speeches, addresses, etc - 1905 - 458 pages
...determine the effect of the provision in the Utah and New Mexico bills. It declares among other thinga that all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories...left to the decision of the people residing therein through their appropriate representatives. This provision in effect repealed the Missouri prohibition,... | |
| Alexander Johnston - United States - 1905 - 616 pages
...the legal points in dispute." But the report stated the basis of the compromise of 1850 as follows: "That all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories, and in the new States to be formed thcrcfrom, are to be left to the decision of the people residing therein, by their appropriate representatives,... | |
| Samuel Peter Orth - United States - 1906 - 466 pages
...The report is more valuable for our purpose than the bill. The principles of 1850 he affirmed were "that all questions pertaining to slavery in the territories...representatives to be chosen by them for that purpose; that all cases involving title to slaves and questions of personal freedom are to be referred to the... | |
| Israel Smith Clare - World history - 1906 - 468 pages
...organized on " the principle established by the Compromise of 1850," namely, " that all questions relating to slavery in the Territories and in the new States...left to the decision of the people residing therein," or, as it was likewise called, " the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the... | |
| Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1906 - 910 pages
...the principle that "all questions pertaining to slavery in the Territories, and the new States to 1ю formed therefrom, are to be left to the decision of...appropriate representatives, to be chosen by them for that Îmrpose." This, the so-called principle of 'popuar sovereignty.' would, if strictly applied, obviously... | |
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