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" That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States; it remaining with the several States alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require. "
Speeches and Forensic Arguments - Page 538
by Daniel Webster - 1848
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The Seventh Annual Report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free ...

American Colonization Society - 1824 - 862 pages
...control of the States themselves ; and this, I am sure, is the opinion of the whole North. Congress has no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves,...or in the treatment of them in any of the States. This was so resolved by the house of representatives, when Congress sat in this city in 179(>, on the...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 6; Volume 50

United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 pages
...proposition, and that which bears on the present question, was expressed in the following terms : " Hcsulred, That Congress have no authority to interfere in the...remaining with the several States, alone, to provide lilies and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require." This resolution received...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising the Leading ..., Volume 2; Volume 4

United States. Congress - 1825 - 762 pages
...now existing shall think proper to admit, cannot be prohibited by Congress, prior to the y ear 1808; that Congress have no authority to interfere in the...emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States, it remaining with the several States alone to provide any regulations therein...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr, Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - 1826 - 844 pages
...thousand eight hundred and eight." Strike out the second and third clauses, and in lieu thereof insert, " That Congress have no authority to interfere in the...emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States ; it remaining with the several States alone to provide any regulations therein,...
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Register of Debates in Congress: Comprising ..., Volume 1; Volume 6; Volume 50

United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 pages
...proposition, and that which bears on the present question, was expressed in the following terms : " llfa/ilnd, That Congress have no authority to interfere in the...early as March, 1790. And now, sir, the honorable member will allow me to remind him, that, not only were the Select Committee who reported the resolution,...
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The American Quarterly Observer, Volume 1

1833 - 422 pages
...On this proposition, the early laws against those who continue in the traffic are founded. Thirdly, that congress .have no authority to interfere in the...therein, which humanity and true policy may require. These resolutions received the sanction of the house, in March, 1790. It is important to observe that...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 11

1845 - 778 pages
...composed with a single exception of Northern men. " Resolved, That Congress have no authority to 1845.] interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the...therein, which humanity and true policy may require." Among others who have expressed similar views, the Southern people recollect the emphatic words uttered...
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The Colonizationist and Journal of Freedom

1834 - 402 pages
...control of the States themselves ; and this, I am sure, is the opinion of the whole North. Congress has no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves,...or in the treatment of them in any of the States. This was so resolved by the house of representatives, when Congress sat in this city in 1790, on the...
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African Repository and Colonial Journal

1834 - 472 pages
...kept alive. 1833.] 189 and this, I am sure, is the opinion of the whole North. Congress has no right to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States. — This was so resolved by the House of Representatives, when Congress sat in this city in 1790, on...
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The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States ..., Volume 2

Joseph Gales - 1834 - 646 pages
...thousand eight hundred and eight." Strike out the second and third clauses, and in lieu thereof insert, " That Congress have no authority to interfere in the...emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States ; it remaining with the several States alone to provide any regulations therein,...
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