Speeches, Messages, and Other Writings of the Hon. Albert G. Brown: A Senator in Congress Fronm the State of MississippiJ. B. Smith & Company, 1859 - 614 páginas |
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... political speeches and writings . The reflection that the subject of a work of this kind possesses true merit , naturally tends to ease the labor of preparing and bringing it forth . The contents of this compilation constitute ( 8 )
... political speeches and writings . The reflection that the subject of a work of this kind possesses true merit , naturally tends to ease the labor of preparing and bringing it forth . The contents of this compilation constitute ( 8 )
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... political convulsion has ever shaken . During his six months ' stay at Jefferson College , previously men- tioned , he underwent a course of military training ; and , recommended by this circumstance , the people of his county attested ...
... political convulsion has ever shaken . During his six months ' stay at Jefferson College , previously men- tioned , he underwent a course of military training ; and , recommended by this circumstance , the people of his county attested ...
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... political career of General Brown . At the November election , he was chosen a representative to the State Legislature , to fill the first vacancy occurring after he was twenty - one years old . It was an interesting period in the ...
... political career of General Brown . At the November election , he was chosen a representative to the State Legislature , to fill the first vacancy occurring after he was twenty - one years old . It was an interesting period in the ...
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... political forecast of General Brown . Though almost the youngest member of the house , he counselled his more aged ... politicians , insist that in all cases it was their duty to provide for the ' general welfare , ' in obedience to the ...
... political forecast of General Brown . Though almost the youngest member of the house , he counselled his more aged ... politicians , insist that in all cases it was their duty to provide for the ' general welfare , ' in obedience to the ...
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... political disgrace which could befall a republican citizen . I am a Democrat in practice as in principle , and it is one of the first articles in the Koran of that political sect , that the people should be represented by whom they will ...
... political disgrace which could befall a republican citizen . I am a Democrat in practice as in principle , and it is one of the first articles in the Koran of that political sect , that the people should be represented by whom they will ...
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Página 178 - Mexicans who, in the Territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States...
Página 133 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 46 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
Página 136 - Delaware, December 7, 1787 ; Pennsylvania, December 12, 1787 ; New Jersey, December 18, 1787 ; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts, February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788 ; South Carolina, May 23, 1788 ; New...
Página 483 - can nothing be done for freedom because the public conscience is inert?' Yes, much can be done — everything can be done. Slavery can be limited to its present bounds, it can be ameliorated, it can be and must be abolished, and you and I can and must do it.
Página 373 - Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Página 373 - That every free white male inhabitant above the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of said Territory at the time of the passage of this act, shall be entitled to vote at the first election, and shall be eligible to any office within the said Territory...
Página 538 - White persons of foreign birth, who shall have declared their intention to become citizens conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization.
Página 133 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Página 465 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...