Speech of Hon. Chas. E. Clarke, of New York, on the Admission of California

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Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Chas. E. Clarke, of New York, on the Admission of California: Delivered in the House of Representatives, May 13, 1850Under this power in the Constitution Congress has totally prohibited the introduction of slaves north of the Missouri compromise line, Congress has exercised the power within the boundaries and without the boundaries of the old United States. What principle prevents a similar exercise of power as to California or New Mexico?The power to exclude slavery from the new ter ritories' exists under both the treaty and the war making power. Congress has the power to declare war, and that implies the power to acquire terri tory by conquest.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.