Some Southern QuestionsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908 - 318 páginas |
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... tion of religion , uplifted by the genius of freedom , grasping the great principle of representative union of Hansetown and Provence , defying Spain , establishing her colonies in all the earth , bidding fair to become a great ...
... tion of religion , uplifted by the genius of freedom , grasping the great principle of representative union of Hansetown and Provence , defying Spain , establishing her colonies in all the earth , bidding fair to become a great ...
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... tion , " That the right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race , color , or previous condition of servitude , " is as much a part and parcel ...
... tion , " That the right of the citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race , color , or previous condition of servitude , " is as much a part and parcel ...
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... tion cannot be settled until it is settled right . I base my statement upon the eternal foundation of historic precedent and universal experience . I appeal to the facts of our own history which culminated in this city in the great ...
... tion cannot be settled until it is settled right . I base my statement upon the eternal foundation of historic precedent and universal experience . I appeal to the facts of our own history which culminated in this city in the great ...
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... tion can be settled by a free people until it is settled in the forum of eternal justice . So I insist that until this question is settled right and in strict accord with the letter and spirit of the Constitution it will disturb our ...
... tion can be settled by a free people until it is settled in the forum of eternal justice . So I insist that until this question is settled right and in strict accord with the letter and spirit of the Constitution it will disturb our ...
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... tion , I ask , how can ten millions of comparatively igno- rant Negroes overwhelm the civilization of twenty millions of white people with the intelligence of all the centuries behind them ? Let us be fair , Mr. Chair- man . Let us look ...
... tion , I ask , how can ten millions of comparatively igno- rant Negroes overwhelm the civilization of twenty millions of white people with the intelligence of all the centuries behind them ? Let us be fair , Mr. Chair- man . Let us look ...
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Página 209 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 252 - That the liberties, franchises, privileges, and jurisdictions of Parliament are the ancient and undoubted birthright and inheritance of the subjects of England...
Página 37 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Página 209 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Página 2 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Página 188 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Página 211 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Página 181 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, " Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of heaven and earth...
Página 209 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...
Página 209 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...