| 1901 - 762 sidor
...the United States Senate, Josiah Quincy, then Senator from Massachusetts, uttered these words: — I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion,...States which compose it are free from their moral Oibligations;— and: that as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some to prepare,... | |
| Bostonian Society - 1901 - 558 sidor
...first obtaining the consent of each one of the thirteen original States, Mr. Quincy said : — "It is my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes,...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 ;... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - 1901 - 704 sidor
...and to be very fearless, in tracing and exposing their immediate effects and distant consequences. Under the sanction of this rule of conduct, I am compelled to declare // as my deliberate opinion, thai, if this bill passes, the bonds of this union are, i<irtually, dissolved... | |
| Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 506 sidor
...; and to be very fearless in tracing and exposing their immediate effects and distant consequences. Under the sanction of this rule of conduct, I am compelled...declare it as my deliberate opinion that if this bill basses, the bonds of this Union are. (Mr. Quincy was here called to order by Mr. Poindexter, delegate... | |
| William Draper Lewis - 1907 - 592 sidor
...the right to admit the proposed new state, and declared that "if this bill passes, the bonds of the Union are virtually dissolved; that the states which...free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, definitely to prepare for a separation, amicably... | |
| Thomas Smyth - 1910 - 778 sidor
...; and to be very fearless in tracing and exposing their immediate effects and distant consequences. Under the sanction of this rule of conduct, I am compelled...free from their moral obligations, and that, as it wil! be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation —... | |
| Thomas Charles Blaisdell - 1908 - 402 sidor
...admit new states except such as should be formed from territory belonging to the Union in 1787, said, "I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion...compose it are free from their moral obligations, and as it will be the right of all so it will be the duty of some to prepare definitely for a separation,... | |
| Ellwood Wadsworth Kemp - 1908 - 384 sidor
...compelled to declare it my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill (concerning Louisiana becoming a state) passes, the bonds of this Union are, virtually, dissolved;...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 ;... | |
| Ulysses Robert Brooks - 1909 - 620 sidor
...Josiah Q.uincy. of Massachusetts, in regard to the Louisiana Enabling Act, 14th January, 1811. He said: "I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion,...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 —... | |
| William Lowndes Lipscomb - 1909 - 252 sidor
...said: "I am compelled to declare it my deliberate opinion that if this bill passes, the bonds of the union are virtually dissolved. That the- States which...it are free from their moral obligations and that it will be the right of all so it will be the duty of some to prepare definitely for a separation,... | |
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