Some Southern QuestionsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908 - 318 páginas |
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... arises before us a broken and impaired Constitution , which has unloosed from its Pandora's box the foul vultures of coming woe , which are always ready to flap their wings about the dying body of a free people . It is from this ...
... arises before us a broken and impaired Constitution , which has unloosed from its Pandora's box the foul vultures of coming woe , which are always ready to flap their wings about the dying body of a free people . It is from this ...
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... arises the crucial question , how can we remove our political complexities , give the Negro his franchise , and preserve the Constitution and at the same time not imperil our civilization ? I reply that it seems to me by far the best to ...
... arises the crucial question , how can we remove our political complexities , give the Negro his franchise , and preserve the Constitution and at the same time not imperil our civilization ? I reply that it seems to me by far the best to ...
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... arises before us the horrid phantasma- goria of the Reconstruction . Sir , every intelligent man , submitting himself to the calm , cold light of reason , must admit the absolute change of circum- stances between then and now . There is ...
... arises before us the horrid phantasma- goria of the Reconstruction . Sir , every intelligent man , submitting himself to the calm , cold light of reason , must admit the absolute change of circum- stances between then and now . There is ...
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... arise out of the commercial change of to - day . As surely as we live , this marvel- lous industrial transformation of the South will sooner or later produce a division among us on the great questions of commerce . It is sure to do so ...
... arise out of the commercial change of to - day . As surely as we live , this marvel- lous industrial transformation of the South will sooner or later produce a division among us on the great questions of commerce . It is sure to do so ...
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... arises an important question . If the South , far - seeing and liberal in its policy towards the Negro , should adopt a liberal franchise provision , can the Negro on his part ever become imbued with the American spirit ? Will he ever ...
... arises an important question . If the South , far - seeing and liberal in its policy towards the Negro , should adopt a liberal franchise provision , can the Negro on his part ever become imbued with the American spirit ? Will he ever ...
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Página 211 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 254 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 211 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Página 4 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Página 190 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Página 39 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 213 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Página 183 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, " Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of heaven and earth...
Página 211 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...
Página 211 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...