Democracy in America, Volumen15Colonial Press, 1899 |
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Página 117
... slaves . [ The last Act of apportionment , passed February 2 , 1872 , fixes the rep- resentation at one to 134,684 inhabitants . There are now ( 1875 ) 283 members of the lower House of Congress , and 9 for the States at large , making ...
... slaves . [ The last Act of apportionment , passed February 2 , 1872 , fixes the rep- resentation at one to 134,684 inhabitants . There are now ( 1875 ) 283 members of the lower House of Congress , and 9 for the States at large , making ...
Página 251
... slaves , servants , and paupers in the receipt of relief from the townships , there is no class of per- sons who do not exercise the elective franchise , and who do not indirectly contribute to make the laws . Those who design to attack ...
... slaves , servants , and paupers in the receipt of relief from the townships , there is no class of per- sons who do not exercise the elective franchise , and who do not indirectly contribute to make the laws . Those who design to attack ...
Página 339
... slavery as soon as he is born : nay , he may have been purchased in the womb , and have begun his slavery before he began his existence . Equally devoid of wants and of enjoyment , and useless to himself , he learns , with his first ...
... slavery as soon as he is born : nay , he may have been purchased in the womb , and have begun his slavery before he began his existence . Equally devoid of wants and of enjoyment , and useless to himself , he learns , with his first ...
Página 340
... slavery does not produce more fatal effects upon the first , than independence upon the second . The negro has lost all property in his own person , and he cannot dispose of his existence without committing a sort of fraud : but the ...
... slavery does not produce more fatal effects upon the first , than independence upon the second . The negro has lost all property in his own person , and he cannot dispose of his existence without committing a sort of fraud : but the ...
Página 341
... slavery , the pride of the other to death . I remember that while I was travelling through the forests which still cover the State of Alabama , I arrived one day at the log house of a pioneer . I did not wish to penetrate into the ...
... slavery , the pride of the other to death . I remember that while I was travelling through the forests which still cover the State of Alabama , I arrived one day at the log house of a pioneer . I did not wish to penetrate into the ...
Términos y frases comunes
administration advantages affairs Ameri American amongst Anglo-Americans aristocracy Atlantic Ocean authority body cause central citizens civil colonies condition conduct confederate consequences Constitution Court of Sessions courts of justice dangers democracy Democracy in America democratic derived despotism elected emigrants England equal established Europe European evil executive government executive power exercise existence favorable February 20 Federal Government France frequently functionaries habits human increase independence Indians individual influence inhabitants institutions interests judges judicial power jury labor land lative laws Laws of Massachusetts legislation legislature less liberty magistrate majority manners means ment midst moral nation natural negroes never North North America obliged opinion parties passions perceive political population possession present President principles prosperity public officers race religion representatives republican republics slavery slaves social society South sovereignty spirit TEIRESIAS territory tion town township tribunals Union United universal suffrage whilst
Pasajes populares
Página 33 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony ; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 234 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 439 - The American struggles against the obstacles that nature opposes to him; the adversaries of the Russian are men. The former combats the wilderness and savage life; the latter civilization with all its arms. The conquests of the American are therefore gained by the plowshare; those of the Russian by the sword.
Página 439 - There are at the present time, two great nations in the world which seem to tend towards the same end, although they started from different points; I allude to the Russians and the Americans.
Página 312 - And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of their function...
Página 38 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Página 32 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Página 1 - Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of condition among the people.
Página 306 - States the sovereign authority is religious, and consequently hypocrisy must be common; but there is no country in the whole world in which the Christian religion retains a greater influence over the souls of men than in America...
Página 150 - It is a just observation, that the people commonly intend the PUBLIC GOOD. This often applies to their very errors. But their good sense would despise the adulator who should pretend that they always reason right about the means of promoting it. They know from experience that they sometimes err; and the wonder is that they so seldom err as they do, beset, as they continually are, by the wiles of parasites and sycophants, by the snares of the ambitious, the avaricious, the desperate...