The Origin of the Late War: Traced from the Beginning of the Constitution to the Revolt of the Southern StatesAppleton, 1866 - 491 sidor |
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... formed of their results by contemporary judgments . On the other hand , not a little of the uncertainty of history is due to the want of contemporary narration . Much of the present vol- ume , however , will relate to a period some time ...
... formed of their results by contemporary judgments . On the other hand , not a little of the uncertainty of history is due to the want of contemporary narration . Much of the present vol- ume , however , will relate to a period some time ...
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... , nearly two years after the ratification of the Constitution by the number of States prescribed as requisite to the formation of the new Union . THE VIRGINIAN BILL OF RIGHTS . 15 race , if 14 ORIGIN OF THE LATE WAR .
... , nearly two years after the ratification of the Constitution by the number of States prescribed as requisite to the formation of the new Union . THE VIRGINIAN BILL OF RIGHTS . 15 race , if 14 ORIGIN OF THE LATE WAR .
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... , nearly two years after the ratification of the Constitution by the number of States prescribed as requisite to the formation of the new Union . THE VIRGINIAN BILL OF RIGHTS . 15 race , if 14 ORIGIN OF THE LATE WAR .
... , nearly two years after the ratification of the Constitution by the number of States prescribed as requisite to the formation of the new Union . THE VIRGINIAN BILL OF RIGHTS . 15 race , if 14 ORIGIN OF THE LATE WAR .
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... formation of the Union in every State but one . Slavery was then universally held to be exclusively under the control of State jurisdiction . The National Leg- islature was bound to afford the citizen of the South equal protection for ...
... formation of the Union in every State but one . Slavery was then universally held to be exclusively under the control of State jurisdiction . The National Leg- islature was bound to afford the citizen of the South equal protection for ...
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... formed , was an indirect attack upon the institution in States where it al- ready existed by law , and a direct interference with popular right and liberty . The seed of discord thus flung down , and deemed for the moment worthy of no ...
... formed , was an indirect attack upon the institution in States where it al- ready existed by law , and a direct interference with popular right and liberty . The seed of discord thus flung down , and deemed for the moment worthy of no ...
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Sida 173 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
Sida 173 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Sida 393 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Sida 173 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Sida 28 - 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.
Sida 265 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Sida 168 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman : likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
Sida 327 - ... encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country ; and we commend that policy of national exchanges which secures to the workingmen liberal wages, to agriculture remunerating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and independence.
Sida 228 - That Congress has no power under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several states, and that such states are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution...
Sida 173 - One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.