Union and Anti-slavery SpeechesApplegate & Company, 1864 - 431 páginas Contains his Reply to the Missouri republican. |
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Página 129
... slaveholders among us , that Slavery is not essen- tial to our prosperity , and , indeed , has but a limited field here in which it is profitable as a system of labor ; as it is known to retard immigration to our State ; as it is ...
... slaveholders among us , that Slavery is not essen- tial to our prosperity , and , indeed , has but a limited field here in which it is profitable as a system of labor ; as it is known to retard immigration to our State ; as it is ...
Página 293
... slaveholders in our State , but to the 25,000 , or less , of our slaveholders . I have heard much of this alleged injustice , and I expect to hear more of it here . It is the old clamor by which the interests . of our noble country have ...
... slaveholders in our State , but to the 25,000 , or less , of our slaveholders . I have heard much of this alleged injustice , and I expect to hear more of it here . It is the old clamor by which the interests . of our noble country have ...
Página 296
... slaveholders who , in violation of law , let their slaves hire their own time , and by that violation disentitle themselves to our favor ; and second , the other large numbers who are totally indifferent as to whether they retain their ...
... slaveholders who , in violation of law , let their slaves hire their own time , and by that violation disentitle themselves to our favor ; and second , the other large numbers who are totally indifferent as to whether they retain their ...
Página 297
... slaveholders embraced in these various classes , you would find , if a correct result could be arrived at , that only a very small proportion of the supposed number of 25,000 slaveholders in the State would be entitled or disposed to ...
... slaveholders embraced in these various classes , you would find , if a correct result could be arrived at , that only a very small proportion of the supposed number of 25,000 slaveholders in the State would be entitled or disposed to ...
Página 298
... slaveholders . The whole foundation of this allegation of injustice , if it has any , is in immediately taking away from one man the right to hold another man in bondage , and to sell him as a slave , instead of taking it away at a ...
... slaveholders . The whole foundation of this allegation of injustice , if it has any , is in immediately taking away from one man the right to hold another man in bondage , and to sell him as a slave , instead of taking it away at a ...
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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...