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... true , as alleged , that as solid shot are driven by a larger charge of powder , their power is thereby proportionally greater ; and that on strik- ing a ship they may pass entirely through her , thus exposing her to the consequences of ...
... true , as alleged , that as solid shot are driven by a larger charge of powder , their power is thereby proportionally greater ; and that on strik- ing a ship they may pass entirely through her , thus exposing her to the consequences of ...
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... true that ment of the Government , and by their acts ning through a period of sixty years from the date of its organization . I sustain them , too , by the language of the Constitution itself : And if , in the judgment of Congress , a ...
... true that ment of the Government , and by their acts ning through a period of sixty years from the date of its organization . I sustain them , too , by the language of the Constitution itself : And if , in the judgment of Congress , a ...
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... true , and if it be also true , that the Supreme Court has decided the Missouri com- promise to be constitutional , or in other words , that the legislative power of Congress was com petent tos passage , it would seem to follow that it ...
... true , and if it be also true , that the Supreme Court has decided the Missouri com- promise to be constitutional , or in other words , that the legislative power of Congress was com petent tos passage , it would seem to follow that it ...
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... true character , erroneous opin- ions very generally prevail . He is , indeed , the victim of prejudice . He is only regarded as the irreclaimable , terrible savage , who in war spares neither age nor sex , but with heartless and cruel ...
... true character , erroneous opin- ions very generally prevail . He is , indeed , the victim of prejudice . He is only regarded as the irreclaimable , terrible savage , who in war spares neither age nor sex , but with heartless and cruel ...
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... true , Mr. Speaker , that my colleague [ Mr. GIDDINGS ] has been some- thing of an agitator , and I believe it to be equally true that , at the opening of almost every session of Congress , he has made a speech upon the slavery question ...
... true , Mr. Speaker , that my colleague [ Mr. GIDDINGS ] has been some- thing of an agitator , and I believe it to be equally true that , at the opening of almost every session of Congress , he has made a speech upon the slavery question ...
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Página 5 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Página 123 - March 6, 1820, which being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories, as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise 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...
Página 131 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy, and slavery.
Página 111 - The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent State, and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
Página 99 - Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen ; for we be brethren. Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 148 - Though the earth and all inferior creatures be common to all men, yet every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The labour of his body, and the work of his hands, we may say, are properly his.
Página 111 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Página 79 - An act to grant a quantity of land to the territory of Wisconsin, for the purpose of aiding in opening a canal to connect the waters of Lake Michigan with those of Rock river...
Página 177 - ... occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Página 58 - ... looked on, cool and collected; they saw the latent source from which these outrages proceeded; they gathered around their public functionaries and when the constitution called them to the decision by suffrage, they pronounced their verdict, honorable to those who had served them, and consolatory to the friend of man, who believes he may be intrusted with his own affairs.