Union and Anti-slavery SpeechesApplegate & Company, 1864 - 431 páginas Contains his Reply to the Missouri republican. |
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... period of more than thirty years has been unin- termittingly occupied by their leading men , in con- vincing their people that the Union sprang from the Constitution of the United States ; that the Constitu- tion is a mere league ...
... period of more than thirty years has been unin- termittingly occupied by their leading men , in con- vincing their people that the Union sprang from the Constitution of the United States ; that the Constitu- tion is a mere league ...
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... period of time , Colonies and States have all acknowledged the highest and most important attributes of sovereignty to reside in the government established by the Nation , and therefore yielded to the Nation superiority over the ...
... period of time , Colonies and States have all acknowledged the highest and most important attributes of sovereignty to reside in the government established by the Nation , and therefore yielded to the Nation superiority over the ...
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... period of time which I can not look back upon , without the feelings of one who , from having gazed all his life upon bright and beautiful scenes of peace and happiness , has been suddenly compelled to turn to one of wrath and misery ...
... period of time which I can not look back upon , without the feelings of one who , from having gazed all his life upon bright and beautiful scenes of peace and happiness , has been suddenly compelled to turn to one of wrath and misery ...
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... period , leave to the South no resource but DISSOLUTION : for no amendments to the Constitution could be reached through a conven- tion of the people under the three - fourths rule . " It is upon the evidence furnished by this letter ...
... period , leave to the South no resource but DISSOLUTION : for no amendments to the Constitution could be reached through a conven- tion of the people under the three - fourths rule . " It is upon the evidence furnished by this letter ...
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... period disunionism has had but one home in this land , and that was in the South . If there were any in the North who entertained the wretched thought , they were so few and so feeble in influence , as to occasion not a moment's ...
... period disunionism has had but one home in this land , and that was in the South . If there were any in the North who entertained the wretched thought , they were so few and so feeble in influence , as to occasion not a moment's ...
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Página 60 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Página 60 - ... inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of...
Página 421 - The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.
Página 59 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Página 146 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Página 311 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 25 - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation . . .," but also that "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Página 34 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these states, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Página 146 - A house divided against itself can not stand.' . I believe this Government can not endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved ; I do not expect the house to fall ; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other...
Página 201 - ... and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...