The Movement for Statehood, 1845-1846, Volume 26Milo Milton Quaife State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1918 - 545 páginas |
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... passed embodying this recom- mendation with the proviso that a convention should be held with delegates from northern Illinois to discuss the inclu- sion of their territory in the proposed new state . Only by such a proceeding could ...
... passed embodying this recom- mendation with the proviso that a convention should be held with delegates from northern Illinois to discuss the inclu- sion of their territory in the proposed new state . Only by such a proceeding could ...
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... passed forcible resolu- tions against both statehood and the inclusion of any por- tion of Illinois . Most of Wisconsin's meager population was unprepared to assume the liabilities of a state govern- ment . Therefore , at a special ...
... passed forcible resolu- tions against both statehood and the inclusion of any por- tion of Illinois . Most of Wisconsin's meager population was unprepared to assume the liabilities of a state govern- ment . Therefore , at a special ...
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... passed that " the time has not yet arrived when it [ the consideration of statehood ] is expedient . " The Whigs thereupon called a meeting at the capitol which dis- cussed the matter favorably , and passed resolutions for a state ...
... passed that " the time has not yet arrived when it [ the consideration of statehood ] is expedient . " The Whigs thereupon called a meeting at the capitol which dis- cussed the matter favorably , and passed resolutions for a state ...
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... passed resolutions in favor of state government , and prepared a petition with 1,200 signatures requesting the right to vote for delegates to a constitutional convention . In January , 1844 two bills passed the legislature : One pro ...
... passed resolutions in favor of state government , and prepared a petition with 1,200 signatures requesting the right to vote for delegates to a constitutional convention . In January , 1844 two bills passed the legislature : One pro ...
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... passed by both houses and presented by the territorial delegate to the House of Representatives , where it was speedily suppressed in the committee on territories . Had the vote on the subject of immediate preparation for statehood ...
... passed by both houses and presented by the territorial delegate to the House of Representatives , where it was speedily suppressed in the committee on territories . Had the vote on the subject of immediate preparation for statehood ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 312 - Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries, or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property, or character ; he ought to obtain justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay, conformably to the laws.
Página 317 - Schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged in this State; and the General Assembly shall take measures to preserve from waste or damage such lands as have been, or hereafter may be, granted by the United States for the use of schools...
Página 128 - An act to enable the people of WisconsIn territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state Into the Union...
Página 122 - State during the six months immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside.
Página 324 - And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
Página 325 - The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
Página 326 - But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
Página 326 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days : which are a shadow of things to come ; but the body is of Christ.
Página 138 - States now or hereafter to be formed or bounded by the same ; and said river and waters, and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said State as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor.
Página 140 - The legislatures of those districts or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.