Caucuses of 1860: A History of the National Political Conventions of the Current Presidential Campaign: Being a Complete Record of the Business of All the Conventions; with Sketches of Distinguished Men in Attendance Upon Them, and Descriptions of the Most Characteristic Scenes and Memorable EventsFollett, Foster, 1860 - 232 páginas |
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... delegate was for or against him . Ev- ery motion meant to nominate or not to nominate him . Every parlia- mentary war was pro or con Douglas . On the route to Charleston , delegates and others who were proceed- ing to attend the ...
... delegate was for or against him . Ev- ery motion meant to nominate or not to nominate him . Every parlia- mentary war was pro or con Douglas . On the route to Charleston , delegates and others who were proceed- ing to attend the ...
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... delegates to the Convention since our stop here . A conversation commenced at the dinner table about Douglas . There was a delegate from Indiana and an outsider from Kentucky , sitting very near a couple of Mississippians , delegates ...
... delegates to the Convention since our stop here . A conversation commenced at the dinner table about Douglas . There was a delegate from Indiana and an outsider from Kentucky , sitting very near a couple of Mississippians , delegates ...
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... delegate to - day , I told him I presumed the South would have to put up with another platform capa- ble of a double construction ; he declared that impossible . I inquired - " Don't you see the Douglas delegates don't agree with you ...
... delegate to - day , I told him I presumed the South would have to put up with another platform capa- ble of a double construction ; he declared that impossible . I inquired - " Don't you see the Douglas delegates don't agree with you ...
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... delegates here , as there was on the road . The Douglas element is so powerful , that it would be indiscreet to exasperate it . And the Douglasites repeat very few of those dis- paraging words so familiar in their mouths at home , about ...
... delegates here , as there was on the road . The Douglas element is so powerful , that it would be indiscreet to exasperate it . And the Douglasites repeat very few of those dis- paraging words so familiar in their mouths at home , about ...
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... delegates , Develin of Wayne , and Tabot of Marion , knocked under , and agreed to go with their Douglas brethren and cast the vote of the State as a unit . My opinion still is that the chances are against the nomination of Douglas . I ...
... delegates , Develin of Wayne , and Tabot of Marion , knocked under , and agreed to go with their Douglas brethren and cast the vote of the State as a unit . My opinion still is that the chances are against the nomination of Douglas . I ...
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Página 139 - That the new dogma, that the Constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country.
Página 137 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the states, and especially the right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any state or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.
Página 138 - Constitution is essential to the preservation of our republican institutions, and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States, and the Union of the States, shall be preserved.
Página 201 - Truth crushed to earth will rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers; While error wounded writhes in pain, And dies amid her worshippers.
Página 136 - Republican Party is opposed to any change In our Naturalization Laws or any State legislation by which the rights of citizenship hitherto accorded to immigrants from foreign lands shall be abridged or impaired ; and in favor of giving a full and efficient protection to the rights of all classes of citizens, whether native or naturalized, both at home and abroad.
Página 139 - That appropriations by Congress for the improvement of rivers and harbors, of a national character, required for the accommodation and security of our existing commerce, are authorized by the constitution, and justified by the obligation of government to protect the lives and property of its citizens.
Página 138 - ... abroad ; and we hold in abhorrence all schemes for disunion, come from whatever source they may : and we congratulate the country that no Republican member of Congress has uttered or countenanced the threats of disunion so often made by Democratic members, without rebuke and with applause from their political associates...
Página 145 - At once there rose so wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends, from heaven that fell, Had pealed the banner-cry of hell...
Página 139 - That, while providing revenue for the support of the General Government by duties upon imports, sound policy requires such an adjustment of these imposts as to encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country ; and we commend that policy of national exchanges which secures to the workingmen liberal wages, to agriculture remunerating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and...
Página 137 - ... is essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions; and that the Federal Constitution, the Rights of the States, and the Union of the States must and shall be preserved.