The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorial Character, and His Great Speech on KansasH. Dayton, 1858 - 329 páginas |
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... Constitution , those fugitives , who , under the inspiration of freedom , seek our altars for safety ; nay , more ... Constitution for its purposes , but abuses it also . It violates the Constitution at pleasure , to build up new ...
... Constitution , those fugitives , who , under the inspiration of freedom , seek our altars for safety ; nay , more ... Constitution for its purposes , but abuses it also . It violates the Constitution at pleasure , to build up new ...
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... constitution sanctioning slavery . Nor can it be questioned that the people of the United States may , in the manner ... Constitution , that slavery may be reached . " And here the question arises , are there any compromises in the ...
... constitution sanctioning slavery . Nor can it be questioned that the people of the United States may , in the manner ... Constitution , that slavery may be reached . " And here the question arises , are there any compromises in the ...
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... Constitution of the United States was the result of a compromise between the free and the slave States , which it would be contrary to good faith to break . To this it might be replied , that the slave States , by their many violations ...
... Constitution of the United States was the result of a compromise between the free and the slave States , which it would be contrary to good faith to break . To this it might be replied , that the slave States , by their many violations ...
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... Constitution . They expressly designate what shall be sacred from amendment , what compromises shall be perpetual ; and in doing so , according to a familiar rule of law and of natural logic , virtually declare that the remainder of the ...
... Constitution . They expressly designate what shall be sacred from amendment , what compromises shall be perpetual ; and in doing so , according to a familiar rule of law and of natural logic , virtually declare that the remainder of the ...
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... Constitution , by supposing that they set their hands to it , believing that slavery was to be perpetual - that the republic , which , reared by them to its giant stature , had snatched from heaven the sacred fire of freedom , was to be ...
... Constitution , by supposing that they set their hands to it , believing that slavery was to be perpetual - that the republic , which , reared by them to its giant stature , had snatched from heaven the sacred fire of freedom , was to be ...
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