The Works of Charles Sumner: 1862-1863Lee and Shepard, 1874 |
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... vote . Sir , I shall not allow Sena- tors to be more careful on this head than myself . They shall not have a monopoly of this proper caution . In proceedings against criminals there are provisions or principles of the Constitution ...
... vote . Sir , I shall not allow Sena- tors to be more careful on this head than myself . They shall not have a monopoly of this proper caution . In proceedings against criminals there are provisions or principles of the Constitution ...
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... votes . If you are not in earnest against the rebellion now arrayed in war , if you are content to seem without acting , to seem without striking , in short , to seem rather than to be , you will pass a new penal statute , and nothing ...
... votes . If you are not in earnest against the rebellion now arrayed in war , if you are content to seem without acting , to seem without striking , in short , to seem rather than to be , you will pass a new penal statute , and nothing ...
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... votes . Our tax , at best , can be little more than prospective . Is it not better to wait till it may be a reality ? Even if at another time the tax on cotton seemed politic , I doubt if it can be so regarded for some time . to come ...
... votes . Our tax , at best , can be little more than prospective . Is it not better to wait till it may be a reality ? Even if at another time the tax on cotton seemed politic , I doubt if it can be so regarded for some time . to come ...
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... voting and speaking against a tax on cotton , Mr. Sumner was anxious to tax Slavery , and this he sought to accomplish by a tax on those who pretended to hold slaves . May 28th , he moved the following amendment : - " And be it further ...
... voting and speaking against a tax on cotton , Mr. Sumner was anxious to tax Slavery , and this he sought to accomplish by a tax on those who pretended to hold slaves . May 28th , he moved the following amendment : - " And be it further ...
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... vote . Subsequently Mr. Sumner modified his amendment , by accepting a substitute drawn by Mr. Simmons , of Rhode Island , in behalf of the VOL . VII . 5 Finance Committee , who suggested , that " the section TAX ON SLAVE - MASTERS . 97.
... vote . Subsequently Mr. Sumner modified his amendment , by accepting a substitute drawn by Mr. Simmons , of Rhode Island , in behalf of the VOL . VII . 5 Finance Committee , who suggested , that " the section TAX ON SLAVE - MASTERS . 97.
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Página 194 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Página 426 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Página 504 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these States to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Página 505 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Página 68 - It is agreed that the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of His Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States.
Página 513 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 449 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease; neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life : In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Página 472 - It would be superfluous in me to point out to your lordship that this is war.
Página 504 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation and reporting to congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the several states render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation...
Página 449 - And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life. In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.