 | Allen Johnson - 1908 - 432 páginas
...Congress, when the people of a Territory refuse it, you must step off the Democratic platform. ... I tell you, gentlemen of the South, in all candor,...can ever carry any one Democratic State of the North ori the platform that it is the duty of the Federal govern-* _ ment to force the people of a Territory... | |
 | Louis Howland - 1920 - 402 páginas
...could not possibly stand. A year before Douglas had in the Senate warned Davis and the others that no "Democratic candidate can ever carry any one Democratic...a Territory to have slavery when they do not want it." "When this," replied Davis, "shall become an unpopular doctrine, when men are to lose great States... | |
 | Louis Howland - 1920 - 422 páginas
...candor," he continued, "I do not believe a Democratic candidate can ever carry one Democratic State in the North on the platform that it is the duty of the...a territory to have slavery when they do not want it." Jefferson Davis followed with what was a virtual declaration of war on Douglas. "I have heard,"... | |
 | Don Carlos Seitz - 1928 - 462 páginas
...South in all candor," he once declared, "I do not believe a Democratic candidate can ever carry one state of the North on the platform that it is the...a territory to have slavery when they do not want it." This was renewed defiance of the Supreme Court, which lacked the means of enforcing its mandate... | |
 | 1887 - 980 páginas
...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,...not believe a Democratic candidate can ever carry * Douglas, New Orleans speech, Dec. 6th, 1858. Pamphlet. t Douglas, Baltimore speech, Jan. 5th, 1859.... | |
 | Organization of American Historians - 1914 - 420 páginas
...Court, and if they are constitutional they must stand ; if they are unconstitutional they are void. zt Congressional Globe, 35th Congress, 2nd Session, pp....a Territory to have slavery when they do not want it.29 Davis replied at once that "if, in the progress of our history, we have reached the point where... | |
 | Henry Martyn Flint - 1863 - 446 páginas
...understood to occupy that position. Gentkmen 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... | |
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I tell you, gentlemen of the South, in all candor, I do not believe a Democratic candidate can ever carry any one Democratic State of the North on the platform that it is the duty of the Federal Government to force the people of a Territory to have slavery... 
