 | Henry Martyn Flint - 1863 - 446 lapas
...with them, has simply declared that the people of a Territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits." General Case, now secretary of state, has always maintained, from the day he penned the " Nicholson... | |
 | Hiram Williams Beckwith - 1908 - 694 lapas
...a State (I use the language of Mr. Buchanan in his letter of acceptance), have the right to decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits. ["That's the idea;" "Hurrah for Douglas."] The point upon which Chief Justice Taney expresses his opinion... | |
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This legislation is founded upon principles as ancient as free government itself, and in accordance with them, has simply declared that the people of a Territory, like those of a State, shall decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist... 
