... British Aid to the ConfederatesBritish and Foreign Anti-slavery Society, 1861 - 8 páginas |
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... regard Hungary as a part of the Austrian Empire until the separation was actually accomplished . This was all that was meant by recognising the belligerent rights of the Confederate States . Seces- sion may be good or bad , but our ...
... regard Hungary as a part of the Austrian Empire until the separation was actually accomplished . This was all that was meant by recognising the belligerent rights of the Confederate States . Seces- sion may be good or bad , but our ...
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... regard to third States only : - " ut legatio pleno jure utrimque consistat status utrim- que liber desideratur , qui si ab unâ parte duntaxat liber sit ab eâ missi tantum jure legatorum utuntur . " Then follow these words , decisive of ...
... regard to third States only : - " ut legatio pleno jure utrimque consistat status utrim- que liber desideratur , qui si ab unâ parte duntaxat liber sit ab eâ missi tantum jure legatorum utuntur . " Then follow these words , decisive of ...
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... regard to the object for which this Psalm is chosen , to determine which of these theories is best supported by internal evidence . Before dismissing the question , I would offer one remark : there is no necessary incongruity between ...
... regard to the object for which this Psalm is chosen , to determine which of these theories is best supported by internal evidence . Before dismissing the question , I would offer one remark : there is no necessary incongruity between ...
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... regard for the liberty and security of the subject , consistent with the maintenance of its authority , is one of the best blessings conferred upon a people . Good government is so inestimable a benefaction to a free people that to ...
... regard for the liberty and security of the subject , consistent with the maintenance of its authority , is one of the best blessings conferred upon a people . Good government is so inestimable a benefaction to a free people that to ...
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... regard to matters of national legislation . Nor is the union a union simply of states , but of the whole American people . The union rose at the voice of the national will , and can be modified or destroyed only by the concurrence of ...
... regard to matters of national legislation . Nor is the union a union simply of states , but of the whole American people . The union rose at the voice of the national will , and can be modified or destroyed only by the concurrence of ...
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Página 20 - 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. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN King of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Página 17 - THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Página 15 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Página 19 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses : but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Página 19 - We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the Lord fulfil all thy petitions.
Página 14 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Página 19 - Could the seizure of British subjects in such cases be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknowledged laws of war, which forbid an article of captured property to be adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal, would imperiously demand the fairest trial where the sacred rights of persons were at issue. In place of such a trial these rights are subjected to the will of every petty commander.
Página 20 - ... any vessel, with intent that such vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace...
Página 21 - I am of opinion that this vessel is to be considered as a French transport. It would be a very different case if a vessel appeared to be carrying only a few individual invalided soldiers, or discharged sailors, taken on board by chance, and at their own charge. Looking at the description given of the men on board, I am satisfied that they are still as effective members of the French marine as any can be.