We have found," says James Monroe, in his speech on the subject before the Virginia Convention, " that this evil has preyed upon the very vitals of the Union ; and has been prejudicial to all the states in which it has existed. Annals of Cleveland - Página 631por United States. Work Projects Administration (Ohio) - 1937Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Beverley Bland Munford - 1909 - 382 páginas
...part. None took advantage of the other's distresses. And if we find that this evil has preyed upon the vitals of the Union and has been prejudicial to all the states where it has existed, and is likewise repugnant to their several state constitutions and Bills of Rights,... | |
| Emerson David Fite - 1911 - 382 páginas
...whether slavery is voted up or voted down.' — STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. "We have found this evil, slavery, has preyed upon the very vitals of the Union, and has been prejudicial to the states in which it has existed.' — JAMES MONROE. " 'I don't care whether slavery is voted up... | |
| Thomas Roane Barnes Wright - 1912 - 222 páginas
...part. None took advantage of the other's distresses. And if we find that this evil has preyed upon the vitals of the Union and has been prejudicial to all the States where it existed, and is likewise repugnant to their several State Constitutions and Bills of Rights,... | |
| James Augustin Brown Scherer - 1916 - 474 páginas
...» Cited by Lamed, iv, 2923. «HR Helper, The Impending Crisis of the South: New York, 1857; p. 193. preyed upon the very vitals of the Union, and has...been prejudicial to all the States, in which it has existed";8 while Patrick Henry wrote: "It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion, to show that... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - 1902 - 712 páginas
...it. None took advantage of the other's distresses. And if we find that this evil has preyed upon the vitals of the Union, and has been prejudicial to all the States, where it has existed, and is likewise repugnant to their several State Constitutions, and Bills of... | |
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