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History

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Author: Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

Political parties -- United States; United States -- Politics and government

“The fourth one is in regard to the abolition of slavery in the District
of Columbia. In relation to that, I have my mind very distinctly made
up. I should be very glad to see slavery abolished in the District of
Columbia. I believe that Congress possesses the constitutional power to
abolish it. Yet, as a member of Congress, I should not, with my present
views, be in favor of _endeavoring_ to abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia, unless it should be upon these conditions: FIRST, That the
abolition should be gradual; SECOND, That it should be on a vote of a
majority of qualified voters in the District; and THIRD, That
compensation should be made to unwilling owners. With these three
conditions, I confess I would be exceedingly glad to see Congress
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, and in the language of
Henry Clay, ‘sweep from our Capital that foul blot upon our nation.’

I now proceed to propound to the judge the interrogatories, so far as I
have framed them. I will bring forward a new instalment when I get them
ready. I will bring now only four. The first one is:—

1. If the people of Kansas shall, by means entirely unobjectionable in
all other respects, adopt a State Constitution and ask admission into
the Union under it _before_ they have the requisite number of
inhabitants, according to the English bill—some ninety-three
thousand—will he vote to admit them?

2. Can the people of the United States Territory, in any lawful way,
against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery
from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution?

3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States
cannot exclude slavery from their limits, are you in favor of
acquiescing in, adopting and following such decision as a rule of
political action?

4. Are you in favor of acquiring additional territory in disregard of
how much acquisition may affect the nation on the slavery question?

To these questions Mr. Douglas said: “In reference to Kansas, it is my
opinion that, as she has population enough to constitute a slave State,
she has people enough for a free State. I hold it to be a sacred rule of
universal application, to require a Territory to contain the requisite
population for a member of Congress, before it is admitted as a State
into the Union.

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History

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

Cooper, Thomas V. (Thomas Valentine)

Political parties -- United States; United States -- Politics and government

“The fourth one is in regard to the abolition of slavery in the District
of Columbia. In relation to that, I have my mind very distinctly made
up. I should be very glad to see slavery abolished in the District of
Columbia. I believe that Congress possesses the constitutional power to
abolish it. Yet, as a member of Congress, I should not, with my present
views, be in favor of _endeavoring_ to abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia, unless it should be upon these conditions: FIRST, That the
abolition should be gradual; SECOND, That it should be on a vote of a
majority of qualified voters in the District; and THIRD, That
compensation should be made to unwilling owners. With these three
conditions, I confess I would be exceedingly glad to see Congress
abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, and in the language of
Henry Clay, ‘sweep from our Capital that foul blot upon our nation.’

I now proceed to propound to the judge the interrogatories, so far as I
have framed them. I will bring forward a new instalment when I get them
ready. I will bring now only four. The first one is:—

1. If the people of Kansas shall, by means entirely unobjectionable in
all other respects, adopt a State Constitution and ask admission into
the Union under it _before_ they have the requisite number of
inhabitants, according to the English bill—some ninety-three
thousand—will he vote to admit them?

2. Can the people of the United States Territory, in any lawful way,
against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery
from its limits prior to the formation of a State Constitution?

3. If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States
cannot exclude slavery from their limits, are you in favor of
acquiescing in, adopting and following such decision as a rule of
political action?

4. Are you in favor of acquiring additional territory in disregard of
how much acquisition may affect the nation on the slavery question?

To these questions Mr. Douglas said: “In reference to Kansas, it is my
opinion that, as she has population enough to constitute a slave State,
she has people enough for a free State. I hold it to be a sacred rule of
universal application, to require a Territory to contain the requisite
population for a member of Congress, before it is admitted as a State
into the Union.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

American politics (non-partisan) from the beginning to date : $b embodying a history of all the political parties, with their views and records on all important questions. Great speeches on all great issues, and tabulated history and chronological events.

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