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" ... then the article providing for slavery shall be stricken from the constitution by the president of this convention;" and it is expressly declared that "no slavery shall exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now... "
Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive ... - Page 22
by United States. Congress. Senate
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The American Nation: Its Executive, Legislative, Political ..., Volume 2

James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 694 pages
...The pro-slavery party formed a plan of government in which was a clause providing " that the rights of property in slaves now in the territory shall in no manner be interfered with," and forbade any amendments of the instrument until 1864. It was submitted to the voice of the people in...
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The Achievements of Four Centuries: Or, The Wonderful Story of Our ..., Volume 2

Benson John Lossing - 1890 - 560 pages
...Convention at Lecompton, framed a State Constitution, which contained a clause providing that the rights of property in slaves now in the Territory " shall in no manner be interfered with," and forbade any amendments of the instrument until 1864. It was submitted to the votes of the people in...
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850, Volume 2

James Ford Rhodes - 1892 - 568 pages
...of the organic act. But if " constitution with no slavery " carried, then slavery should " no longer exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in this territory shall in no measure be interfered with." " The alternative presented was like submitting...
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 to the ..., Volume 2

James Ford Rhodes - 1892 - 604 pages
...of the organic act. But if " constitution with no slavery " carried, then slavery should " no longer exist in the State of Kansas, except that the right of property in slaves now in this territory shall in no measure be interfered with." " The alternative presented was like submitting...
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The Republican Party and Its Leaders: A History of the Party from Its ...

Thomas Wallace Knox - 1892 - 618 pages
...government attempted to force upon Kansas the Lecompton Constitution, which provided that "the rights of property in slaves now in the Territory shall in no manner be interfered with." The immediate result of this repudiation of their own platform was seen in the elections of 1858. The...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897: 1849-1861

United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1897 - 712 pages
...entitled to vote. They are to vote by ballot, and "the ballots cast at said election shall be indorsed 'constitution with slavery' and 'constitution with...transmitted to the Congress of the 'United States for the admission of the State into the Union. At this election every citizen will have an opportunity...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1907, Volume 5

United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1897 - 722 pages
...entitled to vote. They are to vote by ballot, and "the ballots cast at said election shall be indorsed 'constitution with slavery' and ' constitution with...ratified transmitted to the Congress of the United States for the admission of the State into the Union. At this election every citizen will have an opportunity...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Volume 5

United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1897 - 700 pages
...Congress by the president of the convention in its original form; if, on the contrary, there shall lie a majority in favor of the ' ' constitution with no...ratified transmitted to the Congress of the United States for the admission of the State into the Union. At this election every citizen will have an opportunity...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 7

United States. President - 1897 - 540 pages
...president of the convention in its original form; if, on the contrary, there shall be a maj ->rity in favor of the ' ' constitution with no slavery,"...of property in slaves now in the Territory shall in 110 manner be interfered with;" and in that event it is made his duty to have the constitution thus...
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A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897, Volume 5

United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1897 - 670 pages
...constitution by the president of this convention;" and it is expressly declared that '' no slaver v shall exist in the State of Kansas, except that the...ratified transmitted to the Congress of the United States for the admission of the State into the Union. At this election every citizen will have an opportunity...
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