An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of the Proceedings of the National and State Conventions on this SubjectSaxton & Peirce, 1841 - 440 páginas |
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... interest with them , it would be our duty , and the duty of every other man , to lift up his voice against the oppression that is there exercised , on the same grounds that we should enter a stranger's house from which proceeded the cry ...
... interest with them , it would be our duty , and the duty of every other man , to lift up his voice against the oppression that is there exercised , on the same grounds that we should enter a stranger's house from which proceeded the cry ...
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... interest to prevent , if possible , our being thus called upon ? Has a foreign nation the same right to call upon us for such a purpose ? We cannot suppose any one will answer in the affirmative ; neither 8 PREFACE .
... interest to prevent , if possible , our being thus called upon ? Has a foreign nation the same right to call upon us for such a purpose ? We cannot suppose any one will answer in the affirmative ; neither 8 PREFACE .
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... interest involved , were willing to do any thing , provided this should be effected ; and that many , after our independence was gained ; took no active interest in it , and would have been very glad had no change taken place , but ...
... interest involved , were willing to do any thing , provided this should be effected ; and that many , after our independence was gained ; took no active interest in it , and would have been very glad had no change taken place , but ...
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... interest was still more strongly fortified by the acquisi- tion and the establishment of slavery there , as it had already been in the Territory of Louisiana . " The Missouri triumph , however , seems to have ex- tinguished every thing ...
... interest was still more strongly fortified by the acquisi- tion and the establishment of slavery there , as it had already been in the Territory of Louisiana . " The Missouri triumph , however , seems to have ex- tinguished every thing ...
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... interest was made to have that clause in the Declaration struck out , and it was done . But the great principles that animated them still remained embodied in the instrument ; and , the moment it was adopted by this country , every ...
... interest was made to have that clause in the Declaration struck out , and it was done . But the great principles that animated them still remained embodied in the instrument ; and , the moment it was adopted by this country , every ...
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