Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen; Or, The "founders of the Republic" on SlaveryJ. W. Bradley, 1860 - 495 strani |
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... nature or of law , one - half the laborers of a State could , in the course of one night , be transformed into slaves , would the State be made the poorer , or the less able to pay taxes ? That the con- dition of the laboring poor in ...
... nature or of law , one - half the laborers of a State could , in the course of one night , be transformed into slaves , would the State be made the poorer , or the less able to pay taxes ? That the con- dition of the laboring poor in ...
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... natural consequence of this distracted and disheart- ening condition of the Union , the federal authority had ceased to be respected abroad , and dispositions were shown , particularly in Great Britain , to take advantage of imbecility ...
... natural consequence of this distracted and disheart- ening condition of the Union , the federal authority had ceased to be respected abroad , and dispositions were shown , particularly in Great Britain , to take advantage of imbecility ...
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... nature of the government ought to be kept in view . He made a lengthy speech in favor of this proposition . The debate was continued through the day , and it was finally agreed that the representation should be according to the ratio of ...
... nature of the government ought to be kept in view . He made a lengthy speech in favor of this proposition . The debate was continued through the day , and it was finally agreed that the representation should be according to the ratio of ...
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... nature . Georgia was decided on this point . That State bas always hitherto supposed a general government to be the pursuit of the central States , who wished to have a vortex for every thing ; that her distance would preclude her from ...
... nature . Georgia was decided on this point . That State bas always hitherto supposed a general government to be the pursuit of the central States , who wished to have a vortex for every thing ; that her distance would preclude her from ...
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... natural - born citizen , or a citizen of the United States , at the time of the adoption of this Con- stitution , shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have ...
... natural - born citizen , or a citizen of the United States , at the time of the adoption of this Con- stitution , shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have ...
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Stran 184 - Government as resulting from the compact to which the states are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for...
Stran 440 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Stran 35 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.
Stran 35 - State, or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only, as in the judgment of the United States...
Stran 176 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights and liberty they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Stran 177 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free...
Stran 451 - ... nation) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country without odium, sometimes even with popularity; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation.
Stran 110 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Stran 454 - In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe my proclamation of the 22d of April 1793 is the index to my plan. Sanctioned by your approving voice, and by that of your Representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me, uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination, with the...
Stran 42 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.