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The expression of any sentiment at all conflicting with the gospel of slavery ,
dooms them at once in the community in which they live , and then , whether
willing or unwilling , they are obliged to become heroes , martyrs , or exiles . They
may ...
The expression of any sentiment at all conflicting with the gospel of slavery ,
dooms them at once in the community in which they live , and then , whether
willing or unwilling , they are obliged to become heroes , martyrs , or exiles . They
may ...
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... where the poor whites and the negroes are alike bowed down in heathenish
ignorance and barbarism , and where the news is received but once a week , and
then only in a Northernbuilt stage - coach , drawn by horses in Northern harness
...
... where the poor whites and the negroes are alike bowed down in heathenish
ignorance and barbarism , and where the news is received but once a week , and
then only in a Northernbuilt stage - coach , drawn by horses in Northern harness
...
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In 1825 , Madison county cast about 3,000 votes ; now , she cannot cast
exceeding 2,300 . In traversing that county , one will discover numerous farm -
houses , once the abode of industrious and intelligent freemen , now occupied by
...
In 1825 , Madison county cast about 3,000 votes ; now , she cannot cast
exceeding 2,300 . In traversing that county , one will discover numerous farm -
houses , once the abode of industrious and intelligent freemen , now occupied by
...
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of the magnificent edifices and other structures , both private and public , in which
timber , in its various forms , is extensively used , are to be found in the free
Stateswe say , let all these things be remembered , and the truth will at once flash
...
of the magnificent edifices and other structures , both private and public , in which
timber , in its various forms , is extensively used , are to be found in the free
Stateswe say , let all these things be remembered , and the truth will at once flash
...
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For the purpose of showing what Virginia , once the richest , most populous , and
most powerful of the States , has become under the blight of slavery , we shall
now introduce an extract from one of the speeches delivered by Henry A. Wise ...
For the purpose of showing what Virginia , once the richest , most populous , and
most powerful of the States , has become under the blight of slavery , we shall
now introduce an extract from one of the speeches delivered by Henry A. Wise ...
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Related Subjects: Slavery -- United States. | Slavery -- United States -- Controversial literature -- 1857. | Southern States -- Economic conditions.
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Pasajes populares
Página 213 - That no free government, or the blessing of liberty can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Página 193 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it; for man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.
Página 242 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law...
Página 193 - This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of infidel powers, is the warfare of the Christian king of Great Britain...
Página 272 - Therefore thus saith the Lord ; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
Página 205 - Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of HEAVEN on a country. As nations cannot be rewarded or punished in the next world, they must be in this. By an inevitable chain of causes and effects, Providence punishes national sins by national calamities.
Página 194 - What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment, and death itself, in vindication of his own liberty, and, the next moment be deaf to all those motives whose power supported him through his trial, and inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is fraught with more misery, than ages of that which he rose in rebellion to oppose.
Página 242 - Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.
Página 133 - State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States...
Página 272 - Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it |
| Autor | Hinton Rowan Helper |
| Editor | Burdick Brothers, 1857 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 3 Ago. 2006 |
| Largo | 420 páginas |
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