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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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War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis: Consisting of Observations ...

Henry Stuart Foote - 1866 - 462 pages
...disposed of and forgotten, but not until the adoption of the following important resolution: " Eesolved, That Congress have no authority to interfere in the...therein, which humanity and true policy may require." For many years, and, indeed, up to the year 1835, slavery in the South did not become a subject of...
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The Origin of the Late War: Traced from the Beginning of the Constitution to ...

George Lunt - 1866 - 662 pages
...was set at rest, however, by a resolution passed in 1790, as follows: " Resoh'cd, That Congress has 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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Manual of the Constitution of the United States of America

Timothy Farrar - 1867 - 560 pages
...and the resolutions of the Committee, after being razeed substantially to a simple disclaimer of any "•authority to interfere in the emancipation of...or in the treatment of them in any of the States," were reported, with the amendments, to the House, and there taken up for final disposition by a majority...
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The Origin of the Late War: Traced from the Beginning of the Constitution to ...

George Lunt - 1867 - 536 pages
...was set at rest, however, by a resolution passed in 1790, as follows: " Resolved, That Congress has no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States ; U remaining with the several States alone to provide any regulations therein...
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A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Its Causes ...

Alexander Hamilton Stephens - 1870 - 942 pages
...came, after the most mature consideration of the petition and its objects. That Resolution declared : " 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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A Constitutional View of the Late War Between the States: Its Causes ...

Alexander Hamilton Stephens - 1870 - 872 pages
...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, which humanity and true policy may require." This clear exposition of the...
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Life of Daniel Webster, Volume 1

George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 630 pages
...dispassionate period in our political history. That resolution is in the following words : " ' Resolved, 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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The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 3

Charles Sumner - 1871 - 564 pages
...sanctioned the following resolution, and directed the same to be entered upon its Journals, namely : — "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 thercin...
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Life of Daniel Webster, Volume 1

George Ticknor Curtis - 1870 - 624 pages
...dispassionate period in our political history. That resolution is in the following words : " ' Besohed, 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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Old and New, Volume 1

Edward Everett Hale - 1870 - 868 pages
...subject. After discussion on the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 22d of February, it was — " Resolved, That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or of the treatment of them within any of the States; it remaining with the several States alone to provide...
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