Some Southern QuestionsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908 - 318 páginas |
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... idea of government ; but after they were bound in one glorious , shining union of States , that great principle of civil philosophy , the right of the people to govern through its own suffrage , shone as the glory of heaven . The State ...
... idea of government ; but after they were bound in one glorious , shining union of States , that great principle of civil philosophy , the right of the people to govern through its own suffrage , shone as the glory of heaven . The State ...
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... idea of an educational and property fran- chise , not in any detail , but in some of its higher and more general aspects . It appeals to the elements most needed in good citizenship . It will cultivate the de- sire for the acquisition ...
... idea of an educational and property fran- chise , not in any detail , but in some of its higher and more general aspects . It appeals to the elements most needed in good citizenship . It will cultivate the de- sire for the acquisition ...
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... idea of holding ourselves solid on the Negro Question . Believing in the Southern leaders and trusting to their guidance in the past , still with the most absolute ear- nestness I believe that the time for change is upon us . The South ...
... idea of holding ourselves solid on the Negro Question . Believing in the Southern leaders and trusting to their guidance in the past , still with the most absolute ear- nestness I believe that the time for change is upon us . The South ...
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... idea that the white man of the South will treat him as fairly in politics as he does in business , he will gradually and surely incline to the support of the Southern people . It is inevitable . If this is not the case it is against the ...
... idea that the white man of the South will treat him as fairly in politics as he does in business , he will gradually and surely incline to the support of the Southern people . It is inevitable . If this is not the case it is against the ...
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William Alexander MacCorkle. upon the idea that the Negro will always vote against the Southern white man . This is a mistake . He will not . Nothing can be more certain than that he will ultimately become entirely affiliated with , and ...
William Alexander MacCorkle. upon the idea that the Negro will always vote against the Southern white man . This is a mistake . He will not . Nothing can be more certain than that he will ultimately become entirely affiliated with , and ...
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Pasajes populares
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...