Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen; Or, The "founders of the Republic" on SlaveryJ. W. Bradley, 1860 - 495 páginas |
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... given the " Notes " in full , pro and con - I could do no more ; and the reader must form his own opinions , mine would be superfluous . Passing from the Articles of the Confederation , I have next taken up the Convention to form the ...
... given the " Notes " in full , pro and con - I could do no more ; and the reader must form his own opinions , mine would be superfluous . Passing from the Articles of the Confederation , I have next taken up the Convention to form the ...
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... given everything relating to the subject of slavery that was said and done in them . In some of these States the debates are quite full ; in others but mere fragments have been pre- served ; and in a few , none at all . I have given ...
... given everything relating to the subject of slavery that was said and done in them . In some of these States the debates are quite full ; in others but mere fragments have been pre- served ; and in a few , none at all . I have given ...
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... given to the country ; and I desire here to ex- press to the great American compiler , my sincere thanks for his courtesy and kindness in this behalf . the Passing from this , the first action of Congress upon the subject of slavery is ...
... given to the country ; and I desire here to ex- press to the great American compiler , my sincere thanks for his courtesy and kindness in this behalf . the Passing from this , the first action of Congress upon the subject of slavery is ...
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... given . From this period till the application of Mis- souri for admission into the Union , in 1820 , the question of slavery was not agitated in Congress to any considerable extent . This was the first discussion ever had in that body ...
... given . From this period till the application of Mis- souri for admission into the Union , in 1820 , the question of slavery was not agitated in Congress to any considerable extent . This was the first discussion ever had in that body ...
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... given . A history of the Kansas- Nebraska bill ; extracts from the opinion of the court in the Dred Scott case , and other opinions of the courts in reference to slavery ; the inau- gural addresses of Washington , Adams , Jefferson ...
... given . A history of the Kansas- Nebraska bill ; extracts from the opinion of the court in the Dred Scott case , and other opinions of the courts in reference to slavery ; the inau- gural addresses of Washington , Adams , Jefferson ...
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Página 184 - Government as resulting from the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, 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...
Página 440 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Página 35 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Página 35 - State, or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States...
Página 176 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Página 177 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free...
Página 451 - ... nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Página 110 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Página 454 - In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe my proclamation of the 22d of April 1793 is the index to my plan. Sanctioned by your approving voice, and by that of your Representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me, uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the...
Página 42 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.