Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Chief Justice Tancy” in chapter 14, page 239 of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Debates of Lincoln and Douglas: Carefully Prepared by the Reporters of Each Party at the times of their Delivery.:
... a State (I use the language of Mr. Buchanan in his letter of acceptance), have the right to decide for themselves whether slavery shall or shall not exist within their limits.
The point upon which Chief Justice Tancy expresses his opinion is simply this, that slaves being property, stand on an equal footing with other property and consequently that the owner has the same right to carry that property into a Territ...
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