Select Speeches of John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania [1818-1828]E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1832 - 367 páginas |
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... raised , for the defence of American liberty . Already had they de- clared with the utmost solemnity , " We have counted the cost of this contest , and find nothing so dreadful as volunta- ry slavery . " Our cause was armed with the 23.
... raised , for the defence of American liberty . Already had they de- clared with the utmost solemnity , " We have counted the cost of this contest , and find nothing so dreadful as volunta- ry slavery . " Our cause was armed with the 23.
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John Sergeant. ry slavery . " Our cause was armed with the triple armour of justice ; but as yet it wanted , perhaps , a more definite purpose , a visible standard and a character that should give us a station among the nations of the ...
John Sergeant. ry slavery . " Our cause was armed with the triple armour of justice ; but as yet it wanted , perhaps , a more definite purpose , a visible standard and a character that should give us a station among the nations of the ...
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... masters - and they will not submit to exist as slaves . The sluggard suffers the light of his intellect to go out . The drunkard drowns and extinguishes it . The one sinks into a state of calm brutality - the other 40.
... masters - and they will not submit to exist as slaves . The sluggard suffers the light of his intellect to go out . The drunkard drowns and extinguishes it . The one sinks into a state of calm brutality - the other 40.
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... slave , the contempt of man- kind gradually settling upon him , and his own reason ap- proving the justness of their sentence . The base chains he wears are of his own forging . His own are the pain and the disgrace they inflict . Self ...
... slave , the contempt of man- kind gradually settling upon him , and his own reason ap- proving the justness of their sentence . The base chains he wears are of his own forging . His own are the pain and the disgrace they inflict . Self ...
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... slaves of their conquerors . Where these things hap- pened , nations , of course , ceased to exist . Such was , then , the stern policy of the discoverer . But that is not our case . He would not enter now into a discussion of the ...
... slaves of their conquerors . Where these things hap- pened , nations , of course , ceased to exist . Such was , then , the stern policy of the discoverer . But that is not our case . He would not enter now into a discussion of the ...
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Página 87 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Página 248 - Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel; and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only, as for instance with Englishmen.
Página 197 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Página 27 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Página 101 - This clause enables the judicial department to receive jurisdiction to the full extent of the constitution, laws and treaties of the United States, when any question respecting them shall assume such a form that the judicial power is capable of acting on it. That power is capable of acting only when the subject is submitted to it by a party who asserts his rights in the form prescribed by law. It then becomes a case, and the constitution declares that the judicial power shall extend to all cases...
Página 33 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations...
Página 236 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 198 - ... by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever: and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: Provided the constitution and government so to be formed, shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Página 189 - Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 99 - States the impracticability of inducing the nation at large to do this, and to request the establishment of a division line between the upper and lower towns, so as to include all the waters of the Hiwassee...