...change of system. If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end; but if it does...interested should be at once distinctly notified of the 1 A similar resolution as the one contained in this message passed both Houses but the South ignored...

...change of system. If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end ; but if it does command such approval, I deem it of importance 15 that the states and people immediately interested should be at once distinctly notified of the fact,...

...has told us that he deems it important, if the resolution meets the approval of Congress, that the people immediately interested should be at once distinctly...the fact, so that they may begin to consider whether they will accept or reject the proposition. The adoption of the resolution imposes upon no State any...

...contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is an end of it. But if it does command such approval, I deem it of...begin to consider whether to accept or reject it. The point is not that all the States tolerating slavery would very soon, if at all, initiate emancipation...

...change of system" If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end; but if it does...accept or reject it. The federal government would find it's highest interest in such a measure, as one of the most efficient means of selfpreservation. The...

...of system. " If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end ; but if it does command such approval, I deem of importance that the States and people immediately interested should at once be distinctly notified...