...the southern Whigs. So he 336 proposed to repeal the Missouri-compromise restriction and to declare that " the citizens of the several states or territories...and hold their slaves within any of the territories of the United States or of the states to be formed therefrom," as if the Missouri compromise had never...

...the Missouri Compromise line be, and is hereby, repealed, and that the citizens of the several States shall be at liberty to take and hold their slaves within any of these Territories." He knew that Congress had the power, in their construction of the Compromise Measures,...

...eighth section of the act of 1820, admitting Missouri, shall not be so construed as to apply to the territory contemplated by this act, or to any other...and hold their slaves within any of the territories of the United States or of the States to be formed therefrom, as if the said act had never been passed....

...been duly convicted, shall be forever prohibited, ' ' shall not be so construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated by this act, or to any other...and approved as aforesaid, had never been passed. This proposition not only surprised but startled the leading men of both parties. Mr. Douglas in his...

...of Kentucky, gave notice that when the bill was taken up he would offer an amendment to the effect "that the citizens of the several states or territories...and hold their slaves within any of the territories of the United States, or of the states to be formed therefrom." Mr. Douglas looked upon this amendment...

...have been duly convicted, shall be forever prohibited," shall not be so construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated by this act, or to any other...and hold their slaves within any of the Territories of the United States, or of the States to be formed therefrom, as if the said act, entitled as aforesaid,...

...November 8, 1849. of 1820 should not be so construed as to apply to Nebraska or any other Territory; "but that the citizens of the several States or territories...and hold their slaves within any of the territories of the United States or of the States to be formed therefrom," as if the Missouri Act had never been...

...that the Missouri Compromise restriction upon slavery "shall not be so construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated by this act, or to any other...States; but that the citizens of the several States and Territories shall be at liberty to take and hold their slaves within any of the Territories of...

...liberty to take and hold their slaves within any of the Territories of the United States, or of the States to be formed therefrom, as if the said act,...and approved as aforesaid, had never been passed. [Cong. Globe, 33d Cong., 1st Sess., 175.] No. 1n. Sumner's Proposed Amendment January 17, 1854 Provided,...

...it further enacted, That the [Missouri compromise line] shall not be so construed as to apply to the Territory contemplated by this act, or to any other...their slaves within any of the Territories . . . , or of the States to be formed therefrom, as if the said act, entitled as aforesaid, . . . had never been...