Slavery: Letters and SpeechesB.B. Mussey & Company, 1851 - 564 páginas Tharp collection. |
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... things present , or things to come , - are , and forever must be , sec- ondary and subordinate to these primary and everlasting laws . No names so lofty , no multitude so large , that they can abolish these truths , or abstract one jot ...
... things present , or things to come , - are , and forever must be , sec- ondary and subordinate to these primary and everlasting laws . No names so lofty , no multitude so large , that they can abolish these truths , or abstract one jot ...
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... things : - 1. That the successor of Mr. Adams , on the floor of Congress , should be a man " whose principles shall be in consonance with those of his predecessor . " 2. That his fidelity to the great principles of human freedom shall ...
... things : - 1. That the successor of Mr. Adams , on the floor of Congress , should be a man " whose principles shall be in consonance with those of his predecessor . " 2. That his fidelity to the great principles of human freedom shall ...
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... thing sold . If this be not so , then the buyer may dictate his terms to the seller . Answer these simple questions : Supposing the United States to own land in fee simple , then , is the government under guardianship , or disabled by ...
... thing sold . If this be not so , then the buyer may dictate his terms to the seller . Answer these simple questions : Supposing the United States to own land in fee simple , then , is the government under guardianship , or disabled by ...
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... thing in existence . It is self - existent , like a god , and human power cannot prevent it . From year to year , it goes on conquering and to conquer , and human power cannot dethrone it . Sir , I will present another argument on this ...
... thing in existence . It is self - existent , like a god , and human power cannot prevent it . From year to year , it goes on conquering and to conquer , and human power cannot dethrone it . Sir , I will present another argument on this ...
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... individual or national wealth , slavery retards both . It blasts worldly prosperity . Other things being equal , a free people will thrive and prosper , in a mere worldly sense , more than a people divided into masters and slaves . Were 32.
... individual or national wealth , slavery retards both . It blasts worldly prosperity . Other things being equal , a free people will thrive and prosper , in a mere worldly sense , more than a people divided into masters and slaves . Were 32.
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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.