An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery, Embracing an Abstract of the Proceedings of the National and State Conventions on this SubjectAMS Press, 1973 - 440 páginas |
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... attempt a logical proof of it would be like burning tapers at noonday to assist the sun in enlighten- ing the world ; and it cannot be virtuous or honorable to attempt to support a government of which this is not the great and principal ...
... attempt a logical proof of it would be like burning tapers at noonday to assist the sun in enlighten- ing the world ; and it cannot be virtuous or honorable to attempt to support a government of which this is not the great and principal ...
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... attempt made to in- corporate it into that instrument , and the manner that attempt was frustrated . This , together with the struggle between the large States and small ones , independently of the slavery question , was almost the only ...
... attempt made to in- corporate it into that instrument , and the manner that attempt was frustrated . This , together with the struggle between the large States and small ones , independently of the slavery question , was almost the only ...
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... attempt to cover up their meaning , so that it would require deep study to know what was meant by their acts . When men attempt to do wrong , how hard it is to be plain of speech ! But was this so ? It might have been with some ; no ...
... attempt to cover up their meaning , so that it would require deep study to know what was meant by their acts . When men attempt to do wrong , how hard it is to be plain of speech ! But was this so ? It might have been with some ; no ...
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CHAPTER I | 13 |
CHAPTER II | 36 |
Quotations showing the Character of the People who came | 90 |
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