 | Roger L. Ransom - 1989 - 340 páginas
...in Freeport he asked Douglas: "Can the People of a United States territory, in any lawful way, . . . exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a state constitution?"61 This, of course, was the essence of popular sovereignty, and the Dred Scott decision... | |
 | David Zarefsky - 1993 - 324 páginas
...the second Freeport question, in which Lincoln asked, "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?" Legend has it that, although advised against asking this question, Lincoln did so anyway, throwing... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas - 1991 - 474 páginas
...have a major place in succeeding encounters. It reads: "Can the people of a United States territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen...States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formulation of a state constitution?" Before asking the question, Lincoln had sought the advice of... | |
 | Peter W. Schramm, Bradford P. Wilson - 1993 - 286 páginas
...Stephen A. Douglas: "Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wishes of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery...from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution?'"6 This question framed an effective wedge is'4Rosita M. Thomas and Rinn-Sup Shin, Abortion:... | |
 | Eli Ginzberg, Alfred S. Eichner - 1993 - 380 páginas
...attacked. "Can the people of a United States Territory," he asked his opponent, "in any lawful way . . . exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution?"21 Douglas replied with care. Regardless of what the Supreme Court ruled, he said, "the... | |
 | David Herbert Donald - 1995 - 724 páginas
...the English bill? Second, could "the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, . . . exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution?" Third, would Douglas acquiesce in and follow a decision of the Supreme Court declaring that states... | |
 | Robert Walter Johannsen - 1973 - 1012 páginas
...the Democratic candidate, the second of which asked, "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' reply was immediate and unhesitating. While Lincoln had not mentioned the Dred Scott decision,... | |
 | Digital Scanning Inc - 1999 - 278 páginas
...ninety-three thousand-will you vote to admit them ? Q. 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 ? Q. 3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery from... | |
 | Stephen B. Oates - 2009 - 522 páginas
...interrogatories, calculated to hurt Douglas in Free-Soil Illinois: "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? "If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that states cannot exclude slavery from their... | |
 | John W. Burgess - 2000 - 356 páginas
...question, as he finally formulated it, was : " Can the people of a United States Territory, tinder the Dred Scott decision, in any lawful way, against...limits, prior to the formation of a State constitution ? " Douglas's intellectual insight was not clear enough and penetrating enough to discover the inconsistency... | |
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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? 
