The True Doctrine of State Rights: With an Examination of the Record of the Democratic and Republican Parties in Connection with SlaveryJameson & Morse, Printers, 1880 - 83 páginas |
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... oath they were bound to support . In this they had only followed the Fathers who had formed the constitutiou for the thir- teen states , twelve of which were slave states whose citizens from the time of its adoption and through all the ...
... oath they were bound to support . In this they had only followed the Fathers who had formed the constitutiou for the thir- teen states , twelve of which were slave states whose citizens from the time of its adoption and through all the ...
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... oaths to observe its injunctions . Men here who occupy seats only by virtue of an oath to preserve the Constitution , tell us that , because of the passage of this law , they will commit perjury , they will violate the Constitution ...
... oaths to observe its injunctions . Men here who occupy seats only by virtue of an oath to preserve the Constitution , tell us that , because of the passage of this law , they will commit perjury , they will violate the Constitution ...
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... oath , like every other officer of the country , to support the constitution , which says to these states that they shall deliver up fugitives from service , which is as binding in honor and conscience as any other article . No man ...
... oath , like every other officer of the country , to support the constitution , which says to these states that they shall deliver up fugitives from service , which is as binding in honor and conscience as any other article . No man ...
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... oaths are unanimous . Now if they would make the effort in good temper , could they not with nearly equal unanimity frame and pass a law , by means of which to keep good that unanimous oath ? " In his debate with Douglas he had said ...
... oaths are unanimous . Now if they would make the effort in good temper , could they not with nearly equal unanimity frame and pass a law , by means of which to keep good that unanimous oath ? " In his debate with Douglas he had said ...
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... oaths " were unanimous " to its fulfillment , and elsewhere declared that any unfriendly legis- lation against a constitutional right to hold a slave was " monstrous ; " and was an outlandish " and " lawless doctrine from the mouth of ...
... oaths " were unanimous " to its fulfillment , and elsewhere declared that any unfriendly legis- lation against a constitutional right to hold a slave was " monstrous ; " and was an outlandish " and " lawless doctrine from the mouth of ...
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Página 7 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Página 38 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; 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 7 - That the good people of this commonwealth, having ever felt, and continuing to feel the most sincere affection for their brethren of the other States ; the truest anxiety for establishing and perpetuating the Union of all ; and the most scrupulous fidelity to that Constitution, -which is the pledge of mutual friendship, and the instrument of mutual happiness...
Página 74 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor...
Página 22 - If there should happen to be an irreconcilable variance between the two, that which has the superior obligation and validity ought, of course, to be preferred : in other words, the constitution ought to be preferred to the statute ; the intention of the people to the intention of their agents.
Página 80 - That the principle and construction contended for by sundry of the state legislatures, that the general government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing short of despotism— since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers...
Página 5 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Página 13 - In America the powers of sovereignty are divided between the government of the Union and those of the States. They are each sovereign with respect to the objects committed to it, and neither sovereign with respect to the objects committed to the other.
Página 22 - The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning, as well as the meaning of any particular act proceeding from the legislative body.
Página 74 - I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying. I surely will not blame them for not doing what I should not know how to do myself.