Letters on the American Republic, Or, Common Fallacies and Monstrous Errors Refuted and Exposed, Volumen4Hamilton, Adams, & Company, 1863 - 290 páginas |
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... emancipation of the slave would be dangerous to society and a curse to himself ; certify that slavery is a great blessing , a kind of alkali which neutralises the antagonism of whites and blacks for the mutual interest of both ; contend ...
... emancipation of the slave would be dangerous to society and a curse to himself ; certify that slavery is a great blessing , a kind of alkali which neutralises the antagonism of whites and blacks for the mutual interest of both ; contend ...
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... Emancipation Society , " There is no country in the world , our own excepted , where there is such a deep substratum of moral and religious principle as is to be found in those portions of the American republic which have not been ...
... Emancipation Society , " There is no country in the world , our own excepted , where there is such a deep substratum of moral and religious principle as is to be found in those portions of the American republic which have not been ...
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... emancipation of the slave in the separation of the South from the North , than in their re - union - and also of the amelioration of his condition , who that is not blind to the signs of the times , can desire success to the Federal ...
... emancipation of the slave in the separation of the South from the North , than in their re - union - and also of the amelioration of his condition , who that is not blind to the signs of the times , can desire success to the Federal ...
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... emancipation to the slaves on the basis of a military necessity , he replied that " it would be as inoperative as a bull against a comet . " About three weeks from that time he issued the proclamation referred to ! In an address which ...
... emancipation to the slaves on the basis of a military necessity , he replied that " it would be as inoperative as a bull against a comet . " About three weeks from that time he issued the proclamation referred to ! In an address which ...
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... emancipated ! Here , again , the " tip of the last joint " of " gentlemanly honour and standing " has gone out of sight . In our religious war crusaders we witness the same lamentable results . One moment they cry mightily to God as the ...
... emancipated ! Here , again , the " tip of the last joint " of " gentlemanly honour and standing " has gone out of sight . In our religious war crusaders we witness the same lamentable results . One moment they cry mightily to God as the ...
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Letters on the American Republic: Or, Common Fallacies and Monstrous Errors ... Joshua Rhodes Balme Vista de fragmentos - 1863 |
Letters on the American Republic, Or, Common Fallacies and Monstrous Errors ... Joshua Rhodes Balme Vista de fragmentos - 1863 |
Letters on the American Republic: Or, Common Fallacies and Monstrous Errors ... Joshua Rhodes Balme Vista de fragmentos - 1863 |
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Página 66 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Página 66 - 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. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Página 50 - I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be " the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not...
Página 51 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it...
Página 6 - FROM distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat, or beat of drum; True patriots all, for, be it understood, We left our country for our country's good...
Página 222 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight. "Halt!
Página 78 - It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution - to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause 'shall be delivered up
Página 59 - The prevalence of that pacific and friendly disposition among the people of the United States which will induce them to forget their local prejudices and policies, to make those mutual concessions which are requisite to the general prosperity, and, in some instances, to sacrifice their individual advantages to the interest of the community.
Página 84 - I should be exceedingly glad to know that there would never be another slave State admitted into the Union ; but I must add, that if slavery shall be kept out of the territories during the territorial existence of any one given territory, and then the people...
Página 83 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people, and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races...