...admitted as a State or State*, the said Territory, or nny portion of tho same, shall he received inlo It» Union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission.1' Now, is there any doubt, is there any uncertainty, or any vagueness whatever, in that...

...population of ninety-three thousand four hundred arid twentv, and not before; and " when ad^.utes, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the •h or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission. " My individual...

...consequence, Congress has also prescribed that, when the Territory of Kansas shall be admitted as a State, it shall be received into the Union with or without slavery, as their own Constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission. A different opinion has arisen in regard...

...territory of Utah, the bill for the formation of a general government provided that, when admitted as a state, the said territory, or any portion of the...constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission. Shortly after, a bill making proposals to Texas for the settlement of her western boundary," and proposing...

...temporary government by the name of the Territory of Kansas, and when admitted as a State or States, the said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall...constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission ; Provided, Prov'a°that nothing in this act contained, sha:l be construed to inhibit the government...

...temporary government, by the name of the Territory «f Kansas; and when admitted as a State or States, said Territory, or any portion of the same, shall...constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission." Section twenty-two, in conferring legislative power, gives it in the broadest language that is possible...

...government, by the name of the Territory of Utah; and when admitted as a State, the said Ttrrilury, or any portion of the same, shall be received into...constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission : Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to inhibit the government of the...

...consequence, Congress has also prescribed that when the territory of Kansas shall be admitted as a State, it shall be received into the Union, with or without...constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission. A different opinion has arisen in regard to the time when the people of a territory shall decide this...

...their domestic institutions in their own way." Under it Kansas, "when admitted as a State," was to "be received into the Union with or without slavery,...constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission." Did Congress mean by this language that the delegates elected to frame a constitution should have authority...

...name of the Territory of Kansas ; and when admitted as a State or Slates, (if divided,) tlie fiiil Territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union, with or without slavery, a:* their constitution may prescribe nt the time of their admission." The organic laws of New Mexico,...