War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis: Consisting of Observations Upon the Causes, Course, and Consequences of the Late Civil War in the United StatesHarper & Brothers, 1866 - 440 strani |
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... honor of giving you some additional assurance of my esteem , as well as of my gratitude for past kindnesses , by dedicating to you the following vol- ume ; which , though the imperfect product of a few weeks ' labor , and written under ...
... honor of giving you some additional assurance of my esteem , as well as of my gratitude for past kindnesses , by dedicating to you the following vol- ume ; which , though the imperfect product of a few weeks ' labor , and written under ...
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... a representative in Congress from Florida , did me the honor of presenting me to Mr. Webster a few days after the publication , in * Mr . Choate . AUTHOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH MR . WEBSTER . 23 pamphlet 22 SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS .
... a representative in Congress from Florida , did me the honor of presenting me to Mr. Webster a few days after the publication , in * Mr . Choate . AUTHOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH MR . WEBSTER . 23 pamphlet 22 SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS .
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... honor . If he had aspirations , they were high , and honorable , and noble . There was nothing grov- eling , or low , or meanly selfish , that came near the head or the heart of Mr. Calhoun . Firm in his purpose , per- fectly patriotic ...
... honor . If he had aspirations , they were high , and honorable , and noble . There was nothing grov- eling , or low , or meanly selfish , that came near the head or the heart of Mr. Calhoun . Firm in his purpose , per- fectly patriotic ...
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... we shall carry with us a deep sense of his genius and character , his honor and integrity , his amiable deportment in private life , and the purity of his exalted patriotism . " CHAPTER II . Early colonial Settlements in North America .
... we shall carry with us a deep sense of his genius and character , his honor and integrity , his amiable deportment in private life , and the purity of his exalted patriotism . " CHAPTER II . Early colonial Settlements in North America .
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... honored fellow - countrymen on the 4th of March , 1817. This period of our history is borne in pleasant recollection by persons who still survive , and continues , to some extent , yet to be referred to by them as " the era of good ...
... honored fellow - countrymen on the 4th of March , 1817. This period of our history is borne in pleasant recollection by persons who still survive , and continues , to some extent , yet to be referred to by them as " the era of good ...
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War of the Rebellion; Or, Scylla and Charybdis: Consisting of Observations ... Henry Stuart Foote Predogled ni na voljo - 2016 |
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Stran 341 - They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before ? Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends...
Stran 328 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Stran 251 - 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 the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Stran 317 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Stran 329 - I take the official oath to-day with no mental reservations and with no purpose to construe the Constitution or laws by any hypercritical rules. And while I do not choose now to specify particular acts of Congress as proper to be enforced, I do suggest that it will be much safer for all, both in official and private stations...
Stran 331 - If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
Stran 330 - I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend and maintain itself.
Stran 329 - It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves: and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution — to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause "shall be delivered up
Stran 38 - Africa, was struck out in complaisance to South Carolina and Georgia, who had never attempted to restrain the importation of slaves, and who, on the contrary, still wished to continue it.
Stran 44 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States; it remaining with the several States alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
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