The Sectional Controversy: Or, Passages in the Political History of the United StatesC. Scribner, 1863 - Всего страниц: 269 |
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... District of Columbia . One of these , signed by 800 ladies from the State of New York , was presented in the House of Representatives in Febru- ary , 1835 . And another in the same month was presented from Massachusetts , signed by ...
... District of Columbia . One of these , signed by 800 ladies from the State of New York , was presented in the House of Representatives in Febru- ary , 1835 . And another in the same month was presented from Massachusetts , signed by ...
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... District of Columbia , " it is bound to abolish slavery in the District . It was in Congress declared to be " the Great National Question . ' 99 The grounds of opposition to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia are the ...
... District of Columbia , " it is bound to abolish slavery in the District . It was in Congress declared to be " the Great National Question . ' 99 The grounds of opposition to the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia are the ...
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... District of Columbia ; passed by a vote of 132 yeas , and 45 nays . All the votes given by Massachu setts , Vermont , and Rhode Island , in the negative . And whereas it is extremely important and desirable that the agitation of this ...
... District of Columbia ; passed by a vote of 132 yeas , and 45 nays . All the votes given by Massachu setts , Vermont , and Rhode Island , in the negative . And whereas it is extremely important and desirable that the agitation of this ...
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... District of Columbia , and Mr. SLADE's remarks going to its legal character , as property in a State . The Speaker , Mr. JOHN WHITE , of Kentucky , sustained the call , saying it was not in order to discuss the subject of slavery in any ...
... District of Columbia , and Mr. SLADE's remarks going to its legal character , as property in a State . The Speaker , Mr. JOHN WHITE , of Kentucky , sustained the call , saying it was not in order to discuss the subject of slavery in any ...
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... District of Columbia . Here the Speaker interposed to calm the House , standing up in his place and saying : " The gentleman from Vermont had been reminded by the Chair that the discussion of slavery , as existing within the States ...
... District of Columbia . Here the Speaker interposed to calm the House , standing up in his place and saying : " The gentleman from Vermont had been reminded by the Chair that the discussion of slavery , as existing within the States ...
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Стр. 204 - I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Стр. 246 - 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.
Стр. 211 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Стр. 45 - ... 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 maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights,...
Стр. 26 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Стр. 60 - Union are virtually dissolved; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Стр. 211 - That the new dogma, that the Constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into any or all of the Territories of the United States, is a dangerous political heresy, at variance with the explicit provisions of that instrument itself, with contemporaneous exposition, and with legislative and judicial precedent; is revolutionary in its tendency, and subversive of the peace and harmony of the country.
Стр. 223 - Britain: and finally we do assert and declare these colonies to be free and independent states,] and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
Стр. 165 - I speak to-day for the preservation of the Union. "Hear me for my cause." I speak to-day, out of a solicitous and anxious heart, for the restoration to the country of that quiet and that harmony which make the blessings of this Union so rich, and so dear to us all.
Стр. 39 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...