 | Silas Gamaliel Pratt - 1901 - 278 páginas
...discussion, asked Douglas the following question : " Can the people of a United States Territory in a lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the...States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the foundation of a State Constitution? " His friends said: "Douglas will answer it in the affirmative... | |
 | William Garrott Brown - 1902 - 164 páginas
...right of a State to prohibit slavery, would he acquiesce? "Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a state constitution ? " Douglas had no great difficulty with the first three questions, and the fourth — the second,... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 476 páginas
...to the entire nation and the cause of human freedom : " Can the people of a United States Territory in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution ?" In proposing this question Lincoln rejected the advice and disregarded the entreaties of his wisest... | |
 | John George Nicolay - 1902 - 606 páginas
...propounded four questions to Douglas, the second of which was : "Can the people of a United States Territory in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?" Mr. Lincoln had long and carefully studied the import and effect of this interrogatory, and nearly... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 460 páginas
...Lincoln asked Douglas several questions, chief among them: " Can the people of a United States territory in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a state constitution?" In answering to please Illinois Lincoln saw that Douglas must displease the south. When his friends... | |
 | Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe - 1905 - 596 páginas
...ninety-three thousand — will you vote to admit them? " 2. Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a State constitution ? " 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery from... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 394 páginas
...Lincoln asked Douglas several questions, chief among them: " Can the people of a United States territory in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...limits prior to the formation of a state constitution?" In answering to please Illinois Lincoln saw that Douglas must displease the south. When his friends... | |
 | Charles Kendall Adams, William Peterfield Trent - 1903 - 810 páginas
...Douglas this question : "Can the people of a United States territory, in any legal way, against the will of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery...limits prior to the formation of a state constitution '! " The Republican committee managing the campaign, urged Lincoln not to ask Douglas the question.... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 408 páginas
...thousand — would you vote to admit them? Question 2. Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...the United States, exclude slavery from its limits? Question 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States can not exclude slavery... | |
 | James Albert Woodburn - 1911 - 332 páginas
...famous Lincoln-Douglas debates, Lincoln forced Douglas to answer whether the people of a Territory could exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution. If Douglas said that they could not, he must abandon his cherished doctrine of popular sovereignty... | |
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Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution? 
