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Página 51 - ... imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than three years, nor less than one year, or both, at the discretion of the court.
Página 320 - It is difficult at this day to realize the state of public opinion in relation to that unfortunate race which prevailed in the civilized and enlightened portions of the world at the time of the Declaration of Independence and when the Constitution of the United States was framed and adopted.
Página 320 - This opinion was at that time fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the white race. It was regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in politics, which no one thought of disputing, or supposed to be open to dispute...
Página 225 - ... discloses with what subtle ingenuity words, phrases, definitions, ideas, and theories were being invented and plied to broaden and secure every conquest of the proslavery reaction. An elaborate argument was made to defend the enormities of the Lecompton Constitution. The doctrine of the Silliman letter, that " slavery exists in Kansas under the Constitution of the United States," was assumed as a conceded theory.
Página 320 - Have ye forgot, or never knew, That God will judge the judges too ? High in the heavens his justice reigns : Yet you invade the rights of God, And send...
Página 376 - States stepped down from his exalted position to attempt to coerce the people into a base submission to the will of an illegalized body of men.
Página 320 - ... bound to respect; and the black man might be reduced to slavery, bought and sold, and treated as an ordinary article of merchandise. This opinion, at that time, was fixed and universal with the civilized portion of the white race. It was regarded as an axiom of morals, which no one thought of disputing, and everyone habitually acted upon it, without doubting, for a moment, the correctness of the opinion.
Página 316 - Perfect liberty of association for political objects, and the widest scope of discussion, are the received and ordinary conditions of government in our country. Our institutions, framed in the spirit of confidence in the intelligence and integrity of the people, do not forbid citizens either individually or associated together, to attack by writing, speech, or any other methods short of physical force, the Constitution and the very existence of the Union.

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