The Political History of the United States of America During the Great RebellionPhilp & Solomons, 1865 - 653 páginas |
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... of its army and navy ? Will you Dot allow the Government to buy of its own citizens , as we have all done ? If by the cunning of these men in the non - slaveholding States they have been able to present to the Government inducements to ...
... of its army and navy ? Will you Dot allow the Government to buy of its own citizens , as we have all done ? If by the cunning of these men in the non - slaveholding States they have been able to present to the Government inducements to ...
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... Do not let us break it because , forsooth , he may . If he does , that is the time for us to strike . I think it ... nothing to say in its defence . But the reason given for it was to encourage our young men to go to sea and learn to ...
... Do not let us break it because , forsooth , he may . If he does , that is the time for us to strike . I think it ... nothing to say in its defence . But the reason given for it was to encourage our young men to go to sea and learn to ...
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... of these are evils in the system ; do they over- balance and outweigh the advantages and great good which this same government affords in a thousand innumerable ways that cannot be estimated ? Have we not at the South , as well as the ...
... of these are evils in the system ; do they over- balance and outweigh the advantages and great good which this same government affords in a thousand innumerable ways that cannot be estimated ? Have we not at the South , as well as the ...
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... of duty leads , and then we may not fear to tread therein . I come now to the main question put to me , and on which my counsel has been asked . That is , what the present Legislature should do in view of the dangers that threaten us ...
... of duty leads , and then we may not fear to tread therein . I come now to the main question put to me , and on which my counsel has been asked . That is , what the present Legislature should do in view of the dangers that threaten us ...
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... do not let the question which comes before the people be put to them in the language of my honorable friend who ... present- ing the question fairly to the people , for calling together an untrammelled convention , and presenting all the ...
... do not let the question which comes before the people be put to them in the language of my honorable friend who ... present- ing the question fairly to the people , for calling together an untrammelled convention , and presenting all the ...
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Página 79 - That the Constitution, and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Página 168 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Página 97 - Unanimity is impossible. The rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible. So that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.
Página 97 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face ; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.
Página 96 - The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And finally, in 1787, one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was " to form a more perfect Union.
Página 96 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Página 97 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Página 97 - And while it is obviously possible that such decision may be erroneous in any given case, still the evil effect following it, being limited to that particular case, with the chance that it may be overruled and never become a precedent for other cases, can better be borne than could the evils of a different practice.
Página 61 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Página 97 - Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they may not shrink to decide cases properly brought before them, and it is no fault of theirs if others seek to turn their decisions to political purposes.