Union and Anti-slavery SpeechesApplegate & Company, 1864 - 431 páginas Contains his Reply to the Missouri republican. |
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... Truth , Liberty , and Humanity . I know no valid reason why the utterances flowing from it , which , in a greater or less degree , secured attention in almost every part of the loyal States , at the time they appeared in the public ...
... Truth , Liberty , and Humanity . I know no valid reason why the utterances flowing from it , which , in a greater or less degree , secured attention in almost every part of the loyal States , at the time they appeared in the public ...
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... truths , we never should have seen the terrible events of the present time . Those doctrines have undermined the broad and apparently immovable foundations of the Union in every heart which has received them , and have accomplished , by ...
... truths , we never should have seen the terrible events of the present time . Those doctrines have undermined the broad and apparently immovable foundations of the Union in every heart which has received them , and have accomplished , by ...
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... truth , the only one which makes our double system of governments consistent throughout , the only one which satisfies the patriotic heart , the only one which can secure a happy future to this nation , or give stability to American ...
... truth , the only one which makes our double system of governments consistent throughout , the only one which satisfies the patriotic heart , the only one which can secure a happy future to this nation , or give stability to American ...
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... truth in it . To believe in it , history must be for- gotten , the simplest axioms of government ignored , the acts and testimony of the fathers of the country disregarded , and the plainest language distorted or contemned ; Its Nature ...
... truth in it . To believe in it , history must be for- gotten , the simplest axioms of government ignored , the acts and testimony of the fathers of the country disregarded , and the plainest language distorted or contemned ; Its Nature ...
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... truth , it is the power which the people of the States have themselves created , and is therefore just as much their creature as the governments of their States . They established both , and both , in their respective spheres , are ...
... truth , it is the power which the people of the States have themselves created , and is therefore just as much their creature as the governments of their States . They established both , and both , in their respective spheres , are ...
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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...