A Biographical Sketch of Henry A. Wise: With A History of the Political Campaign in Virginia in 1855,Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library, 1856 - 552 páginas |
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... South Carolina . His views in full upon this subject are set forth in his first address to the York district in 1833 . We will here introduce an extract of a letter , with the comments of Father Ritchie upon the position Mr. Wise ...
... South Carolina . His views in full upon this subject are set forth in his first address to the York district in 1833 . We will here introduce an extract of a letter , with the comments of Father Ritchie upon the position Mr. Wise ...
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... South Carolina ; but after a high pro- tective bill had passed he thought as Mr. Calhoun did , that the bill was unconstitutional , and could be compromised before the ordinance of South Carolina was passed , as it was afterwards . In ...
... South Carolina ; but after a high pro- tective bill had passed he thought as Mr. Calhoun did , that the bill was unconstitutional , and could be compromised before the ordinance of South Carolina was passed , as it was afterwards . In ...
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... South American conquest and acquisition , in the hands of England ; Cuba , a depot of domination over the mouth of the Mississippi , in the hands of Spain , just strong enough to keep it from us for some strong maritime power to seize ...
... South American conquest and acquisition , in the hands of England ; Cuba , a depot of domination over the mouth of the Mississippi , in the hands of Spain , just strong enough to keep it from us for some strong maritime power to seize ...
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... south . We are upon the eve of times which will try men's souls . Let us have a tried , brave , true southern man in the executive office of Virginia . At a time like this , let us look to the metal of our men , rather than to their ...
... south . We are upon the eve of times which will try men's souls . Let us have a tried , brave , true southern man in the executive office of Virginia . At a time like this , let us look to the metal of our men , rather than to their ...
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... South . They know , moreover , that his election would crush out Nnow - Nothingism in this section of the Union , and would present an impassable barrier to the progress of that fusion which in the North has resulted in the election of ...
... South . They know , moreover , that his election would crush out Nnow - Nothingism in this section of the Union , and would present an impassable barrier to the progress of that fusion which in the North has resulted in the election of ...
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Página 14 - We must therefore acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as .we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
Página 182 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Página 69 - It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him ; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
Página 426 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Página 17 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Página 425 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Página 383 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the...
Página 15 - ... of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty ; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers.
Página 78 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Página 14 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.