The Comprehensive History of the Southern Rebellion and the War for the Union: Embodying Also Important State Papers, Congressional Proceedings, Official Reports, Remarkable Speeches, Etc., Etc, Volumen1J. D. Torrey, 1862 - 512 páginas |
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... stand - point of loyalty to the Federal Government as a sine quá non for its prai contrary for its blame ; but we desire and expect that the present and the future all to the crucible of truth . If , in statements of opinion or dictums ...
... stand - point of loyalty to the Federal Government as a sine quá non for its prai contrary for its blame ; but we desire and expect that the present and the future all to the crucible of truth . If , in statements of opinion or dictums ...
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... stand of was a very powerful Union party , which re- arms and the requisite quantity of military pudiated the baleful idea of nullification , and munitions were ordered to be purchased , and which , eventually , succeeded in making ...
... stand of was a very powerful Union party , which re- arms and the requisite quantity of military pudiated the baleful idea of nullification , and munitions were ordered to be purchased , and which , eventually , succeeded in making ...
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... stand by the action of the Southern Convention for weal or woe . Dec. 3. Preamble and resolutions adopted in the - - votes -The Vermont Legislature 125 to 58 against a repeal of its Personal Liberty bill . -Day of Thanksgiving observed ...
... stand by the action of the Southern Convention for weal or woe . Dec. 3. Preamble and resolutions adopted in the - - votes -The Vermont Legislature 125 to 58 against a repeal of its Personal Liberty bill . -Day of Thanksgiving observed ...
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... standing upon the same sound platform , you will sympathize with her , and stand by her , and not desert her in her exposed , that her voice , and the voice of reason , and modera- perilous , border position . She has a right to claim ...
... standing upon the same sound platform , you will sympathize with her , and stand by her , and not desert her in her exposed , that her voice , and the voice of reason , and modera- perilous , border position . She has a right to claim ...
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... standing sound platform , you will sympathiz stand by her , and not desert her i that her voice , and the voice of reas perilous , border position . She has a tion , and patriotism , shall be heard you . If you secede , your Represen ...
... standing sound platform , you will sympathiz stand by her , and not desert her i that her voice , and the voice of reas perilous , border position . She has a tion , and patriotism , shall be heard you . If you secede , your Represen ...
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Página 46 - Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian. It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Página 45 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. — But, the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Página 90 - Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved.
Página 45 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Página 54 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this Confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Página 377 - Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men.
Página 45 - Citizens, by birth, or choice, of a common country, tha't country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Página 377 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Página 18 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Página 62 - 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 anti-republican tendencies : the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home, and safety abroad...