Slavery: Letters and SpeechesB.B. Mussey & Company, 1851 - 564 páginas Tharp collection. |
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... 180 TWO LETTERS ON THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY , AND ON THE RIGHT OF AN ALLEGED FUGITIVE SLAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY , 236 , 282 LETTER : THE ORDINANCE OF 1787 , . 238 PAGE LETTER ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION FOR THE THIRTY- SECOND CONGRESS.
... 180 TWO LETTERS ON THE EXTENSION OF SLAVERY , AND ON THE RIGHT OF AN ALLEGED FUGITIVE SLAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY , 236 , 282 LETTER : THE ORDINANCE OF 1787 , . 238 PAGE LETTER ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION FOR THE THIRTY- SECOND CONGRESS.
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... trial by jury , of habeas corpus , of religious freedom , and of life , limb , and liberty ; but accursed is that language , and fit only for the realms below , which deprives an immortal being of the rights of intelligence and of ...
... trial by jury , of habeas corpus , of religious freedom , and of life , limb , and liberty ; but accursed is that language , and fit only for the realms below , which deprives an immortal being of the rights of intelligence and of ...
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... trial prosperity of our country . It may seem a little out of place , but I cannot for- bear here adverting to one point , which , as a lover of children and as a parent , touches me more deeply than any other . To whom are intrusted ...
... trial prosperity of our country . It may seem a little out of place , but I cannot for- bear here adverting to one point , which , as a lover of children and as a parent , touches me more deeply than any other . To whom are intrusted ...
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... trial of their effects on public prosperity as in these United States . Here the two systems have worked side by side for ages , under such equal circumstances , both political and physical , and with such ample time and opportunity for ...
... trial of their effects on public prosperity as in these United States . Here the two systems have worked side by side for ages , under such equal circumstances , both political and physical , and with such ample time and opportunity for ...
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... trial commenced , I perceive that each individual seems not only to be convinced that the prisoner at the bar has committed a great offence , but , like a light reflected from a multiplying glass , he sees that offence 84 SKETCH OF THE ...
... trial commenced , I perceive that each individual seems not only to be convinced that the prisoner at the bar has committed a great offence , but , like a light reflected from a multiplying glass , he sees that offence 84 SKETCH OF THE ...
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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.