The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Том 1O.D. Case, 1864 - Всего страниц: 37 "A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union "--T.p. |
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... LAW FOR SLAVERY . banishment thither of felons from the | garded only with vague curiosity and GEORGIA A FREE COLONY . 31 ... laws of their own ! His argument is that , if Slavery be contrary to English law , no local enactments in the ...
... LAW FOR SLAVERY . banishment thither of felons from the | garded only with vague curiosity and GEORGIA A FREE COLONY . 31 ... laws of their own ! His argument is that , if Slavery be contrary to English law , no local enactments in the ...
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... laws of that country , ages before my ex- I found the Christian religion and Slavery growing under the same authority and istence . morrow . cultivation . In I nevertheless disliked it . former days , there was no combating the preju ...
... laws of that country , ages before my ex- I found the Christian religion and Slavery growing under the same authority and istence . morrow . cultivation . In I nevertheless disliked it . former days , there was no combating the preju ...
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... laws and constitutions , are erected ; to fix and estab- lish these principles as the basis of all laws , constitutions , and governments , which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said Territory ; to provide , also , for the ...
... laws and constitutions , are erected ; to fix and estab- lish these principles as the basis of all laws , constitutions , and governments , which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said Territory ; to provide , also , for the ...
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... law . All persons shall be bailable , unless for capital offenses , where the proof shall be evident or the presumption ... laws , founded in justice and humanity , shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them ...
... law . All persons shall be bailable , unless for capital offenses , where the proof shall be evident or the presumption ... laws , founded in justice and humanity , shall from time to time be made for preventing wrongs being done to them ...
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... laws under which they live ; and it will not be disputed that these are the proper criterion , because it is only under the pretext that the laws have transformed negroes into subjects of property , that a place is denied to them in the ...
... laws under which they live ; and it will not be disputed that these are the proper criterion , because it is only under the pretext that the laws have transformed negroes into subjects of property , that a place is denied to them in the ...
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Стр. 268 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Стр. 42 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Стр. 455 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Стр. 35 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Стр. 41 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE i.
Стр. 422 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...
Стр. 84 - Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force : that to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming, as to itself, the other party : that the Government created by this compact, was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself ; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact...
Стр. 268 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Стр. 269 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries...
Стр. 303 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.