The Constitutional and Political History of the United States: 1856-1859. Buchanan's election-End of 35th Congress. 1889Callaghan, 1892 |
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... taken , while both showed a certain reluctance to advance in the way of attack or defense . It was plain that this could not be ascribed solely to the natural want of rest , after the long and vio- lent struggle . The two parties were ...
... taken , while both showed a certain reluctance to advance in the way of attack or defense . It was plain that this could not be ascribed solely to the natural want of rest , after the long and vio- lent struggle . The two parties were ...
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... taken , whether that step would not make the complete disruption of the party un- avoidable . There were not many lulled by the result of the election into such unreflecting optimism as to consider a further straining of party bonds ...
... taken , whether that step would not make the complete disruption of the party un- avoidable . There were not many lulled by the result of the election into such unreflecting optimism as to consider a further straining of party bonds ...
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... taken by congress or by the new president . If the latter wished to take it he could not be prevented , since , in his inaugural address , he had the first word . It required . very great ambition and a vast amount of self - reliance to ...
... taken by congress or by the new president . If the latter wished to take it he could not be prevented , since , in his inaugural address , he had the first word . It required . very great ambition and a vast amount of self - reliance to ...
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... taken possession of the White House . It was even sought to account for it by the fact that he had tried to obtain votes for one of the democratic candi- dates . And all the more weight was attached to it , because the greatest amount ...
... taken possession of the White House . It was even sought to account for it by the fact that he had tried to obtain votes for one of the democratic candi- dates . And all the more weight was attached to it , because the greatest amount ...
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... taken on faith . But the Union had now lived more than two generations under the constitution . Sev- eral territories had been organized and admitted into the Union as states during that period . THE SLAVERY QUESTION . 17 On the ...
... taken on faith . But the Union had now lived more than two generations under the constitution . Sev- eral territories had been organized and admitted into the Union as states during that period . THE SLAVERY QUESTION . 17 On the ...
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Стр. 275 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Стр. 266 - I think I would not hold one in slavery, at any rate; yet the point is not clear enough for me to denounce people upon. What next? Free them, and make them politically and socially our equals?
Стр. 254 - It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Стр. 275 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Стр. 275 - I will say then that I am not, or ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races — that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people...
Стр. 1 - President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an, unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Стр. 283 - I can account you no better than the enemies thereof: for, in this case there is no neutrality; he, that is not for me, is against me ; and he, that doth not bestir himself to gather with me, even while he stands still scattereth abroad.
Стр. 83 - The right of property is before and higher than any Constitutional sanction; and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same and as inviolable as the right of the owner of any property whatever.
Стр. 35 - Stat., 809,) and it provides : " that from and after the termination of the war in which the United States are now engaged with Great Britain, it shall not be lawful to employ, on board of any public or private vessels of the United States, any person or persons except citizens of the United States, or persons of color, natives of the United States.
Стр. 298 - But if we could do as our fathers did — organize "committees of safety" all over the cotton States (and it is only in them that we can hope for any effective movement) — we shall fire the Southern heart, instruct the Southern mind, give courage to each other, and, at the proper moment, by one organized, concerted action, we can precipitate the cotton States into a revolution.