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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Stran 17
... whole , or of certain of its parts , will be impossible , except by a great and fearful sacrifice on the one side or on the other , and it is most obvious that exciting thoughts and schemes of separation , and even of armed collision ...
... whole , or of certain of its parts , will be impossible , except by a great and fearful sacrifice on the one side or on the other , and it is most obvious that exciting thoughts and schemes of separation , and even of armed collision ...
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... whole long and useful public life . Mr. Web- ster , upon the occasion referred to , said : " Sir , this measure is opposed by the North , or some of the North , and by the South , or some of the South ; and it has the remarkable ...
... whole long and useful public life . Mr. Web- ster , upon the occasion referred to , said : " Sir , this measure is opposed by the North , or some of the North , and by the South , or some of the South ; and it has the remarkable ...
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... River . In the year 1787 , the celebrated ordinance was adopted in the Congress then holding its session in the city of New York , by which slavery was forever excluded ORDINANCE OF 1787 . 41 from the whole of that 40 SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS .
... River . In the year 1787 , the celebrated ordinance was adopted in the Congress then holding its session in the city of New York , by which slavery was forever excluded ORDINANCE OF 1787 . 41 from the whole of that 40 SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS .
Stran 41
... whole of that vast dominion . At the very mo- ment of its adoption , the Federal Convention , sitting at the time in Philadelphia , was engaged in the considera- tion of the subject of slavery in its various aspects . Con- stant ...
... whole of that vast dominion . At the very mo- ment of its adoption , the Federal Convention , sitting at the time in Philadelphia , was engaged in the considera- tion of the subject of slavery in its various aspects . Con- stant ...
Stran 43
... whole North has not wrought upon me to change my opinions , or my political conduct . I hope I am above violating my principles , even under the smart of injury and false imputations . Unjust suspicions and undeserved reproach ...
... whole North has not wrought upon me to change my opinions , or my political conduct . I hope I am above violating my principles , even under the smart of injury and false imputations . Unjust suspicions and undeserved reproach ...
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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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