Author: Oliver Morton Dickerson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243293384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Excerpt from Illinois State Constitutional Convention of 1862 Before the delegates could be elected, however, moment )us things had happened. The storm of civil war burst upon the country and party issues were forgotten. The southern half of the state was overwhelmingly Democratic and at the same time intensely op posed to abolition. The position of the majority appears to have been that slavery was all right in the south, that the southern states had a perfect right to keep slaves, and that property rights in these slaves should be protected; but they were not willing that negroes should enter Illinois, and few probably favored any measure that would introduce slavery into any territory already free uh less the people of such section were in favor of its introduction. While they would not support any measure looking toward interfer ence with slavery wherefit existed, and even looked with favor upon slavery as an institution, the great majority would not support the slavery men in their attempt to destroy the Union. They were, in 1861, in a humor heartily to support a war for the maintenance of the Union, but would not have supported such a war if they had seen that the logical and inevitable result would.be the destruo tion of slavery. Because of their loyalty to the government, and because of the excitement following the fall of pt.sumter, party controversies were almost forgotten. There was but one party and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Illinois State Constitutional Convention of 1862 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Oliver Morton Dickerson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243293384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Excerpt from Illinois State Constitutional Convention of 1862 Before the delegates could be elected, however, moment )us things had happened. The storm of civil war burst upon the country and party issues were forgotten. The southern half of the state was overwhelmingly Democratic and at the same time intensely op posed to abolition. The position of the majority appears to have been that slavery was all right in the south, that the southern states had a perfect right to keep slaves, and that property rights in these slaves should be protected; but they were not willing that negroes should enter Illinois, and few probably favored any measure that would introduce slavery into any territory already free uh less the people of such section were in favor of its introduction. While they would not support any measure looking toward interfer ence with slavery wherefit existed, and even looked with favor upon slavery as an institution, the great majority would not support the slavery men in their attempt to destroy the Union. They were, in 1861, in a humor heartily to support a war for the maintenance of the Union, but would not have supported such a war if they had seen that the logical and inevitable result would.be the destruo tion of slavery. Because of their loyalty to the government, and because of the excitement following the fall of pt.sumter, party controversies were almost forgotten. There was but one party and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780243293384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Excerpt from Illinois State Constitutional Convention of 1862 Before the delegates could be elected, however, moment )us things had happened. The storm of civil war burst upon the country and party issues were forgotten. The southern half of the state was overwhelmingly Democratic and at the same time intensely op posed to abolition. The position of the majority appears to have been that slavery was all right in the south, that the southern states had a perfect right to keep slaves, and that property rights in these slaves should be protected; but they were not willing that negroes should enter Illinois, and few probably favored any measure that would introduce slavery into any territory already free uh less the people of such section were in favor of its introduction. While they would not support any measure looking toward interfer ence with slavery wherefit existed, and even looked with favor upon slavery as an institution, the great majority would not support the slavery men in their attempt to destroy the Union. They were, in 1861, in a humor heartily to support a war for the maintenance of the Union, but would not have supported such a war if they had seen that the logical and inevitable result would.be the destruo tion of slavery. Because of their loyalty to the government, and because of the excitement following the fall of pt.sumter, party controversies were almost forgotten. There was but one party and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Constitutional Convention
Author: Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266510956
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Excerpt from Constitutional Convention: Constitution of the State of Illinois, Annotated The present constitution of the State of Illinois was adopted by the people on July 2, 1870, and became operative on August 8. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780266510956
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Excerpt from Constitutional Convention: Constitution of the State of Illinois, Annotated The present constitution of the State of Illinois was adopted by the people on July 2, 1870, and became operative on August 8. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois. Constitutional Convention
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Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
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Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 1154
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Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois Convened January 6, 1920, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
Author: William Scott Gray
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365276784
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Excerpt from Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois Convened January 6, 1920, Vol. 1 The above summary includes only delegates originally elected. Summary of delegates elected to fill vacancies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780365276784
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1032
Book Description
Excerpt from Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois Convened January 6, 1920, Vol. 1 The above summary includes only delegates originally elected. Summary of delegates elected to fill vacancies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
New Constitution of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois. Constitutional Convention
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Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : Constitutional conventions
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois, Convened at Springfield, Jan. 7, 1862
Author: Illinois. Constitutional Convention
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1131
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Languages : en
Pages : 1131
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Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois Constitutional Convention
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332219530
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
Excerpt from Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois: Convened at Springfield, December 13, 1869 Mr. Church called the Convention to order, and nominated William Car of J o Devices, for President, pro tam. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780332219530
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 1058
Book Description
Excerpt from Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois: Convened at Springfield, December 13, 1869 Mr. Church called the Convention to order, and nominated William Car of J o Devices, for President, pro tam. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
New Constitution of the State of Illinois
Author: Illinois
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Languages : en
Pages : 56
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Languages : en
Pages : 56
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The Constitution of the State of Illinois, as Adopted in Convention, May 13th, 1870
Author: Illinois Constitutional Convention
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333052638
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Excerpt from The Constitution of the State of Illinois, as Adopted in Convention, May 13th, 1870: And Ratified by the People of the State July 2d, A. D. 1870 II. All penalties shall be proportioned to the nature of the offence, and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate; nor shall any person be transported out of the State for any offence committed within the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333052638
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Excerpt from The Constitution of the State of Illinois, as Adopted in Convention, May 13th, 1870: And Ratified by the People of the State July 2d, A. D. 1870 II. All penalties shall be proportioned to the nature of the offence, and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate; nor shall any person be transported out of the State for any offence committed within the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1862
Author: Wallace D. Draper
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 264
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