The Seventh Annual Report of the American Society for Colonizing the Free People of Colour of the United States: With an AppendixDavid and Force, 1824 - 173 strani |
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... hope to go . ; In the mean while , there exists among us a great social evil a cancer on the body politic , that is gradually eating its way to the vitals of the state : -It is at work while we sleep and when we wake - and it will ...
... hope to go . ; In the mean while , there exists among us a great social evil a cancer on the body politic , that is gradually eating its way to the vitals of the state : -It is at work while we sleep and when we wake - and it will ...
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... hope . It was not without difficulty that the Virginia Legislature determined to make public those councils ; and since the promulgation of them the plan had had to encounter the most serious difficulties in public opinion . Nor is this ...
... hope . It was not without difficulty that the Virginia Legislature determined to make public those councils ; and since the promulgation of them the plan had had to encounter the most serious difficulties in public opinion . Nor is this ...
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... hope of success ; but I fear that we shall meet with difficulties in that body from prejudice , from the power of habit , and from constitutional difficulties as to the power of appropriation . On these accounts I should have preferred ...
... hope of success ; but I fear that we shall meet with difficulties in that body from prejudice , from the power of habit , and from constitutional difficulties as to the power of appropriation . On these accounts I should have preferred ...
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... hope of success , I should then think we had better present our memo- rial ; but I am unwilling that it should be presented and fail . I entirely concur with my friend in the encomium he has pronounced on our venerable Chief Magistrate ...
... hope of success , I should then think we had better present our memo- rial ; but I am unwilling that it should be presented and fail . I entirely concur with my friend in the encomium he has pronounced on our venerable Chief Magistrate ...
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... hope they will do it ; I think they ought to do it . They can create what now does not exist . Thus far , the Government has been only by consent and mu- tual understanding : a generous assumption of authority for be- neficial purposes ...
... hope they will do it ; I think they ought to do it . They can create what now does not exist . Thus far , the Government has been only by consent and mu- tual understanding : a generous assumption of authority for be- neficial purposes ...
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Stran xviii - Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. "They have stricken me," shalt thou say, "and I was not sick ; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
Stran 44 - Commonwealth; and that the Senators and Representatives of this state in the Congress of the United States, be requested!
Stran 18 - For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
Stran 143 - America, as he may deem expedient for the effectual abolition of the African Slave Trade ; and its ultimate denunciation as Piracy, under the Law of Nations, by the consent of the civilized world.
Stran 162 - In compliance with a resolution of the House of Representatives, adopted at their last session, instructions have been given to all the Ministers of the United States, accredited to the powers of Europe and America, to propose the proscription of the African slave trade, by classing it under the denomination, and inflicting on its perpetrators the punishment of piracy.
Stran 14 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
Stran 47 - Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to forward a copy of these Resolutions to the Executive of each...
Stran 144 - That the President of the United States be requested to enter into such arrangements as he may deem suitable and proper, with one or more of the maritime powers of Europe, for the effectual abolition of the slave trade.
Stran 158 - Resolved, That the President of the United States be requested to enter upon and prosecute from time to time such negotiations with the several maritime powers of Europe and America as he may deem expedient for the effectual abolition of the African slave trade and its ultimate denunciation as piracy under the law of nations, by the consent of the civilized world.
Stran 73 - That the Governor of this State be requested to transmit a copy of the foregoing resolution, to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, and to the Governors of the several States. Mr. Noble, of Indiana, presented to the Senate of the United States...