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Defeated in Kansas by the voice of the people, slavery then took the question from the people, and promulgated its last platform in 1860, by which all the Territories, nearly equal in area to the States, were to be subjected forever _as Territories_ to slavery, although opposed by the overwhelming voice of their people.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 1, July, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Wisconsin, at the instigation of Calhoun moved, as a rider on an appropriation bill, a section providing a temporary government for such Territories, including a provision to "_extend the Constitution of the United States to the Territories_."
Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Joseph Warren Keifer 1884
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Until the question of whether Israel will remain a state independent of the Palestinian Territories is settled, the situation will not be resolved to the satisfaction of either the Palestinians or the Israelis.
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The median age of the Territories is something like 15 or 16.
Matthew Yglesias » American Public Prepared to Support Israel in Endless War With Arabs 2010
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Until the question of whether Israel will remain a state independent of the Palestinian Territories is settled, the situation will not be resolved to the satisfaction of either the Palestinians or the Israelis.
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One of them, Snap Lake in the Northwest Territories, is currently in an environmental assessment and it is highly probable that De Beers will take it into production in the next few years.
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No Maps for These Territories is a splendid documentary on William Gibson, in which Gibson rides a limo from LA to NYC, musing about the world.
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Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen: Our speaker today, Stuart M. Hodgson, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, is one of those Canadians whose daily life is spent in the work of trying to make the Canadian dream come true.
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I also have the distinction of being the ombudsman for the North and I can assure you that as far as the Government of the Northwest Territories is concerned, there is never any disagreement amongst us!
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The northern part of the Prairie Provinces together with the adjoining area of the Yukon and Northwest Territories is estimated to contain more than one-quarter of Canada's accessible productive forests.
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