The American Crisis ConsideredLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - Всего страниц: 296 |
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... York to manumit the slaves , who raise the produce by which New York sends forth her volunteers , and makes her welcome them so warmly when they come back war- worn at the end of three months ' enlistment . The South , unless it were ...
... York to manumit the slaves , who raise the produce by which New York sends forth her volunteers , and makes her welcome them so warmly when they come back war- worn at the end of three months ' enlistment . The South , unless it were ...
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... York ; and 50,000 coolies have been im- ported to raise sugar on the plantations , the sensual black , meanwhile , basking in the sun , and feeding on yams and pumpkins . That is black nature . The omnipotent Deity , who placed those ...
... York ; and 50,000 coolies have been im- ported to raise sugar on the plantations , the sensual black , meanwhile , basking in the sun , and feeding on yams and pumpkins . That is black nature . The omnipotent Deity , who placed those ...
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... York , to some extent , are collected in benevolent institutions , sent West , and " bound out " to farmers for some years . Thus , on a small scale , goes on at the North what is found so generally necessary at the South . But the ...
... York , to some extent , are collected in benevolent institutions , sent West , and " bound out " to farmers for some years . Thus , on a small scale , goes on at the North what is found so generally necessary at the South . But the ...
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... York . In Thompson Street the property is rendered almost valueless by being occupied by free negroes , who beg the coldest days of an almost arctic winter bare- footed , and in the most abject state of misery . In the Northern States ...
... York . In Thompson Street the property is rendered almost valueless by being occupied by free negroes , who beg the coldest days of an almost arctic winter bare- footed , and in the most abject state of misery . In the Northern States ...
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... York for negotiation , the presence of the proceeds of Southern crops lying in the New York banks , and by them used to sustain the stock - market , has been a great aid in the negotia- tion of those Western credits which were applied ...
... York for negotiation , the presence of the proceeds of Southern crops lying in the New York banks , and by them used to sustain the stock - market , has been a great aid in the negotia- tion of those Western credits which were applied ...
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Стр. 13 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Стр. 20 - Rowton's Debater : A Series of complete Debates, Outlines of Debates, and Questions for Discussion; with ample References to the best Sources of Information.
Стр. 235 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.
Стр. 229 - Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it?
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Стр. 232 - The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress protect slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. From questions of this class spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minorities. If the minority will not acquiesce the majority must, or the Government must cease.
Стр. 104 - And be it further enacted, that in all that territory ceded by France to the United States under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.
Стр. 234 - ... if the policy of the Government upon vital questions • affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Стр. 228 - It is seventy-two years since the first inauguration of a President under our National Constitution. During that period, fifteen different and...
Стр. 15 - James Mackintosh's Miscellaneous Works : Including his Contributions to The Edinburgh Review. Complete in One Volume ; with Portrait and Vignette. Square crown 8vo.