Slavery: Letters and SpeechesB.B. Mussey & Company, 1851 - 564 páginas Tharp collection. |
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Página iii
... human conduct can come in to control or modify , this longing for happiness , this hope of future welfare , is radicated in the soul ; so that it seems to have been the first attribute which was taken for the constitution of our nature ...
... human conduct can come in to control or modify , this longing for happiness , this hope of future welfare , is radicated in the soul ; so that it seems to have been the first attribute which was taken for the constitution of our nature ...
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... Human Freedom and Human Slavery . These eternal principles happen now , in a peculiar degree , to be implicated in the shifting and uncertain current of politics ; and political storms may seem for a time to overwhelm them . But the ...
... Human Freedom and Human Slavery . These eternal principles happen now , in a peculiar degree , to be implicated in the shifting and uncertain current of politics ; and political storms may seem for a time to overwhelm them . But the ...
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... human freedom shall be unwavering . And , - 3. That his " voice and vote shall on all occasions be exercised in extending and securing liberty to the human race . " Permit me to reäffirm these sentiments with my whole heart . Should the ...
... human freedom shall be unwavering . And , - 3. That his " voice and vote shall on all occasions be exercised in extending and securing liberty to the human race . " Permit me to reäffirm these sentiments with my whole heart . Should the ...
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... human freedom . " The Declaration of American Independence , in 1776 , was the first complete assertion of human rights , on an extensive scale , ever made by mankind . Less than three quarters of a century have elapsed , and already ...
... human freedom . " The Declaration of American Independence , in 1776 , was the first complete assertion of human rights , on an extensive scale , ever made by mankind . Less than three quarters of a century have elapsed , and already ...
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... human race . " " There is a crisis in our affairs . A territory , in extent far exceeding that of the thirteen original states , when they repelled the power of Great Britain , has lately been added , or is , doubtless , about to be ...
... human race . " " There is a crisis in our affairs . A territory , in extent far exceeding that of the thirteen original states , when they repelled the power of Great Britain , has lately been added , or is , doubtless , about to be ...
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Página 57 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Página 393 - And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching, throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
Página 57 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce.
Página 263 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the Federal Constitution.
Página 157 - That, in addition to the provisions of the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States...
Página 492 - ... mentioned, shall be conclusive of the right of the person or persons in whose favor granted, to remove such fugitive to the State or Territory from which he escaped, and shall prevent all molestation of such person or persons by any process issued by any court, judge, magistrate, or other person whomsoever.
Página 197 - We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, .... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Página 115 - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to Liberty, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till Nature herself shall change. No tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle...
Página 263 - States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory, north of said Missouri compromise line, slavery or involuntary servitude, (except for crime,) shall be prohibited.
Página 290 - That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.