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<strong>SPEECH </strong>of <strong>JAMES M. MASON, OF VIRGINIA, </strong><br /><br />On <span style="text-decoration:underline;">THE BILL TO ORGANISE A TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT</span> for the <strong>TERRITORY OF OREGON.</strong><strong><em><br /><br /></em></strong><em>Delivered in the Senate of the United States, July 6, 1848.</em>
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Oregon Territory, Territorial Government, Bill, 1848, United States Senate, James Murray Mason, Speech.
Description
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Mason rose on July 6 1848 to speak in opposition to a bill that would authorize the formation of a territorial government for the Oregon Territory, the inhabitants of which had made clear their intentions to ban slavery from the territory. Mason cites Constitutional provisions to argue against the legality of such provisions being formed by the inhabitants of the Oregon territory.
Creator
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J.T. Towers
James Murray Mason (1798-1871)
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The Congressional Globe
Publisher
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Reese Library of the University of California
Google Books
Date
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6, July, 1848
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Santiago Jauregui
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Item not held in Copyright, Public Domain
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Digitized Book
Language
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English
Type
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Transcribed Speech
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<a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/Speech_of_James_M_Mason_of_Virginia_on_t/h7w3AQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0">Speech of James M. Mason, of Virginia, on the Bill to Organise a Territorial Government for the Territory of Oregon</a>