A Political Text-book for 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential Nominations and Elections Including All the National Platforms Ever Yet Adopted: Also a History of the Struggle Respecting Slavery in the Territories, and of the Action of Congress as to the Freedom of the Public Lands, with the Most Notable Speeches and Letters of Messrs. Lincoln, Douglas, Bell, Cass, Seward, Everett, Breckinridge, H. V. Johnson, Etc., Etc., Touching the Questions of the Day; and Returns of All Presidential Elections Since 1836Tribune Association, 1860 - 248 páginas |
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... portion to the injury of another portion of our com- mon country - that every citizen and every section of the country has a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges , and to complete and ample protection of ...
... portion to the injury of another portion of our com- mon country - that every citizen and every section of the country has a right to demand and insist upon an equality of rights and privileges , and to complete and ample protection of ...
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... portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power ; and that the reoccupation of Oregon and the reannex- ation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures , which this Convention recom ...
... portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power ; and that the reoccupation of Oregon and the reannex- ation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures , which this Convention recom ...
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... portion of the people of this Confederacy , be it in the States or Territories thereof , by any other than the parties interested in them , is the true Republican doctrine recognized by this body . This resolution was rejected : Yeas ...
... portion of the people of this Confederacy , be it in the States or Territories thereof , by any other than the parties interested in them , is the true Republican doctrine recognized by this body . This resolution was rejected : Yeas ...
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... portions of the public lands , under suitable limitations , is a wise and just measure of public policy , which will promote in various ways the in- terests of all the States of this Union ; and we therefore recommend it to the ...
... portions of the public lands , under suitable limitations , is a wise and just measure of public policy , which will promote in various ways the in- terests of all the States of this Union ; and we therefore recommend it to the ...
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... portion of the life , the right of all men to the soil is as sacred as their right to life itself . 12. That the Public Lands of the United States belong to the People , and should not be sold to individuals nor granted to corporations ...
... portion of the life , the right of all men to the soil is as sacred as their right to life itself . 12. That the Public Lands of the United States belong to the People , and should not be sold to individuals nor granted to corporations ...
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Página 128 - I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further...
Página 197 - Continents circumstances are eminently and conspicuously different. It is impossible that the Allied Powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness...
Página 123 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Página 197 - In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defense.
Página 197 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America. This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments...
Página 123 - 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 way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Página 144 - Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the government, nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Página 61 - ... provided, always, that any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 197 - The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly, in favor of the liberty and happiness of their fellow men on that side of the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Página 173 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.