- GLC#
- GLC08700
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- 1859
- Author/Creator
- Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861
- Title
- Popular sovereignty in the territories. The dividing line between federal and local authority.
- Place Written
- New York, New York
- Pagination
- 1 v. : 40 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 14.6 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Published by Harper & Brothers. Douglas, a United States Senator from Illinois, concludes by stating: "...every distinct political Community, loyal to the Constitution and the Union, is entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities of self-government in respect to their local concerns and internal polity, subject only to the Constitution of the United States."
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