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Page 37 - 2 February 19, 1803, Congress passed an "ACT RECOGNIZING THE STATE OF OHIO" and provided:— "That all the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable shall have the same force and effect within the said State of Ohio, as elsewhere within the United States."
Page 60 - Article VI provided:— "That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the persons claiming his or her labor as aforesaid."
Page 173 - that this government created by this compact, was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself * * * but that, as in all other cases of compact between parties having no common judge each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress." The
Page 77 - domain be kept free for the hardy pioneers of our own land and the oppressed and banished of other lands;" "that we inscribe on our banner, 'Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men,' and under it we will fight on, and fight forever, until a triumphant victory shall reward our exertions."
Page 18 - little partial local interests; our projects will be confounded; and we ourselves shall become a reproach and byworddown to future ages. And, what is worse, mankind may hereafter, from this unfortunate instance, despair of establishing governments by human wisdom, and leave it to chance, war and
Page 37 - 2. It provided that: "There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this State, otherwise than for the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; * * * Nor shall any indenture of any negro or mulatto, hereafter made and executed out of
Page 56 - XXVI, 177),— "Resolved * * * That our Senators in Congress be instructed, and our representatives be requested, to use their efforts to induce the government of the United States to aid the 'American Colonization Society' in effecting the object of their institution which is so eminently calculated to advance the honor and interest of our common country." On March
Page 35 - servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted: "Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid." 8
Page 173 - between parties having no common judge each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress." The
Page 3 - treasury, which shall be supplied by the several States, in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint." 3 Thus, the troublesome question of