...would have voted for Mr. Buchanan, but for the fact that he was understood to occupy that position. I tell you, gentlemen of the South, in all candor,...a Territory to have slavery when they do not want it. But if the true principles of State-rights and popular sovereignty be maintained and carried out...

...understood to occupy that position. Gentlemen of the southern States, I tell you in all candor that I do not believe a Democratic candidate can ever carry any one northern Democratic State on the platform that it is the duty of the Federal Government to force the...

...of Congress, where the people of a Territory refuse it, you must step off the Democratic platform. " I tell you, gentlemen of the South, in all candor,...a Territory to have slavery when they do not want it."J The discussion extended itself to other Senators; Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, Clay, of Alabama,...

...depart in peace, as you no longer belong to us. . . . I do not believe a democratic candidate can even carry any one democratic state of the north on the...a territory to have slavery when they do not want it." 1 Brown absolutely denied that he had changed his views. The provision of the Kansas-Nebraska...

...of Congress, where the people of a Territory refuse it, you must step off the Democratic platform. I tell you, gentlemen of the South, in all candor,...a Territory to have slavery when they do not want it." The discussion extended itself to other Senators ; Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, Clay, of Alabama,...

...of Congress, where the people of a Territory refuse it, you must step off the Democratic platform. I tell you, gentlemen of the South, in all candor,...a Territory to have slavery when they do not want it." The discussion extended itself to other Senators ; Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, Clay, of Alabama,...

...candor that I do not believe a Democratic candidate ctin ever carry any one northern Democratic State on the platform that it is the duty of the Federal...Government to force the people of a Territory to have shivery when they do not want it. But if the true principles of State lights and popular sovereignty...

...and enjoy the same while the Territorial condition remains. For the Northern Democrats, by Douglas : I tell you, gentlemen of the South, in all candor,...a Territory to have slavery when they do not want it.325 For the American National Constitutional party, by tbeir platform, which ran : The Constitution...

...sovereignty in earnest arguments, familiar to the readers of this work. He made the emphatic declaration : " I tell you, gentlemen of the South, in all candor,...a territory to have slavery when they do not want it." ' Jefferson Davis replied to Douglas : " The senator asks," said he, "will you make a discrimination...

...sovereignty in earnest arguments, familiar to the readers of this work. He made the emphatic declaration : " I tell you, gentlemen of the South, in all candor,...a territory to have slavery when they do not want it." ' Jefferson Davis replied to Douglas : " The senator asks," said he, " will you make a discrimination...