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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... tion . Many of his speeches at this time were remarkable specimens of stump oratory ; and though they failed to carry the state under the weight of Mr. Van Buren's name , they did not fail to add greatly to General Brown's character as ...
... tion . Many of his speeches at this time were remarkable specimens of stump oratory ; and though they failed to carry the state under the weight of Mr. Van Buren's name , they did not fail to add greatly to General Brown's character as ...
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... tion . The lion and the lamb may well be said to have lain down together . The high - toned Nullifier , whose sword leaps quickly from its scabbard to protect his country , and to avenge even a look that threatens her with insult ; he ...
... tion . The lion and the lamb may well be said to have lain down together . The high - toned Nullifier , whose sword leaps quickly from its scabbard to protect his country , and to avenge even a look that threatens her with insult ; he ...
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... tion as his wants required . But this state of things did not long con- tinue . Large companies of land speculators , chiefly merchants from your eastern cities , were organized , and vast sums of money consolidated and sent to the ...
... tion as his wants required . But this state of things did not long con- tinue . Large companies of land speculators , chiefly merchants from your eastern cities , were organized , and vast sums of money consolidated and sent to the ...
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... tion of national interest . Dare any man say that General Harrison is for or against a National Bank , Internal Improvement , the Tariff , or even Abolition itself ? Dare any member of the Whig party on this floor rise in his place and ...
... tion of national interest . Dare any man say that General Harrison is for or against a National Bank , Internal Improvement , the Tariff , or even Abolition itself ? Dare any member of the Whig party on this floor rise in his place and ...
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... tion consisted of thirteen New York merchants , and they not only honest but above suspicion . Here I am met by the declaration that I expect the Sub - treasury to perform all these various functions , and that the Sub - treasury is the ...
... tion consisted of thirteen New York merchants , and they not only honest but above suspicion . Here I am met by the declaration that I expect the Sub - treasury to perform all these various functions , and that the Sub - treasury is the ...
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acres admission admit amendment authority Bank believe bill British BROWN California called charge Chickasaw citizens claim colleague committee compromise Congress Constitution contract convention court Cuba declaration demand Democratic Democratic party deny District dollars duty election enabling act equal exclude slavery exercise favor Free-Soilers gentleman gentleman from Mississippi give governor honorable hundred judgment justice Kansas Lecompton constitution legislation legislature Lord Clarendon Majesty's government Massachusetts means ment Mexico millions Mississippi Missouri compromise never Nicaragua North North Carolina officers opinion party pass political position present President principle proposed proposition protection proviso public lands purpose question Quitman railroad reason Secretary senator from Illinois slave slaveholding South southern sovereignty speech stand submit suppose territory Texas thing thousand tion treasury Union United violation Virginia vote Whig whole Wilmot proviso
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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...