 | 1877 - 738 strani
...to be the duty of the General Assembly, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may bo necessary " to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in said State, under any pretext whatsoever." This last clause is supposed by some to he repugnant to... | |
 | 1878 - 598 strani
...legalized therein. It is also made the imperious duty of its legislature to pass laws, as soon as may be, "To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in that State, under any pretence whatever." 542 543 If Missouri be permitted to introduce and legalize... | |
 | David A. McKnight - 1878 - 446 strani
...Line." She had inserted in her constitution a provision, authorizing her Legislature to enact a law, " to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in said State, under any pretext whatever." Because of this she had not yet been recognized as a State... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1879 - 460 strani
...under which that State applied for admission into the Union, provided that it should be the duty of the legislature " to pass laws to prevent free negroes...mulattoes from coming to and settling in the State, under any pretext whatever." One ground of objection to the admission of the State under this Constitution... | |
 | William Franklin Switzler - 1879 - 658 strani
...this injunction : " It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in this State, under any pretext whatsoever." It was maintained that this clause, which was the fouith... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1880 - 426 strani
...presented contained a clause requiring the legislature to pass such laws as might be found necessary ' ' to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this State, under any pretext whatsoever." The State was received into the 1 Virginia v. West Virginia,... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - 1881 - 626 strani
...of the resolution. Art. III., Sect. 26, § 4, of the Constitution of Missouri, made it the duty of the Legislature to pass laws : " To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this State under any pretext whatsoever." To be sure, as we have already seen, those who required the... | |
 | Hermann Von Holst - 1881 - 620 strani
...letter of the resolution. Art. III., Sect. 26, g 4, of the Constitution of Missouri, made it the duty of the Legislature to pass laws: " To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this State under any pretext whatsoever." To be sure, as we have already seen, those who required the... | |
 | George Washington Williams - 1882 - 640 strani
...State. "It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, " First, to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in, this State, under any pretext whatever." Upon the motion to admit the State the vote stood : yeas,... | |
 | William Carey Crane - 1884 - 700 strani
...reassembling of Congress in 1820-21, to embody a provision requiring the Legislature of the new State to pass laws " to prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in the State," a new and more exciting debate followed ; which debate lasted through the short winter session that... | |
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It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second. 
