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Historical and Legal Examination of That Part of the Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Dred Scott Case - Softcover
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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1857. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... I ity to the Missouri Compromise Act--a proof that, up to that time, he had no idea of its repeal by the compromise measures of 1850, or any suspicion that it had been in any way affected by those measures, then three years old, and certainly long enough in force for their effect to be known. The bill was referred to a Committee," which returned it with what appears to have been a unanimous report, reciting that there was a controversy about the validity of the Missouri Compromise Act; some eminent statesmen holding it to be null and void under the Constitution, and others holding the act to be valid; and concluding with declaring that the Committee did not feel itself called upon to engage in the discussion of these disputed points, and that it was not prepared to recommend either the repeal or the affirmation of the Missouri Compromise Act; or to declare the meaning of the Constitution with respect to the disputed point, to wit: the power of Congress to prohibit slavery in a Territory. The following is the language of the report on these points:-- "In the opinion of some eminent statesmen, who hold that Congress is invested with no rightful authority to legislate upon the subject of slavery in the Territories, the 8th section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union is null and void; while the prevailing sentiment in large portions of the Union sustains the doctrine that the Constitution of the United States secures to every citizen an inalienable right to move into any of its Territories with his property, of whatsoever kind and description, and to hold and enjoy the same under the sanction of law. Your committee do not feel themselves called upon to enter into the discussion of these controverted questions. They involve the same iss...
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