Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "Founders of the Republic" on SlaveryJ.W. Bradley, 1861 - 495 strani |
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... become unequal by time and accident , he might have submitted rather than disturb government ; but that we should be very wrong to set out in this practice , when it is in our power to establish what is right . That , at the time of the ...
... become unequal by time and accident , he might have submitted rather than disturb government ; but that we should be very wrong to set out in this practice , when it is in our power to establish what is right . That , at the time of the ...
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... become vassals to the larger ; and all experience has shown that the vassals and subjects of Free States are the most enslaved . He instanced the helots of Sparta and the provinces of Rome . He observed that foreign powers , dis ...
... become vassals to the larger ; and all experience has shown that the vassals and subjects of Free States are the most enslaved . He instanced the helots of Sparta and the provinces of Rome . He observed that foreign powers , dis ...
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... become a single individual , as to all questions submitted to the con- federacy . Therefore all those reasons which prove the jus- tice and expediency of equal representation in other assem- blies hold good here . It has been objected ...
... become a single individual , as to all questions submitted to the con- federacy . Therefore all those reasons which prove the jus- tice and expediency of equal representation in other assem- blies hold good here . It has been objected ...
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... become rivals , and leave it in the power of the smaller States to give preponderance to any scale they please . The voting by the number of free inhabitants will have one excellent effect - that of inducing the colonies to discourage ...
... become rivals , and leave it in the power of the smaller States to give preponderance to any scale they please . The voting by the number of free inhabitants will have one excellent effect - that of inducing the colonies to discourage ...
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... becomes imperfect . It has been said that Congress is a representation of States , not of individuals . I say , that the objects of its care are all the individuals of the States . It is strange that annexing the name of " State " to ...
... becomes imperfect . It has been said that Congress is a representation of States , not of individuals . I say , that the objects of its care are all the individuals of the States . It is strange that annexing the name of " State " to ...
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Stran 174 - ... 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 438 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Stran 448 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is, in some degree, a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection; either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Stran 37 - ... provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever..
Stran 173 - ... shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Stran 449 - Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Stran 110 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Stran 34 - ... no imposition, duties, or restriction, shall be laid by any state on the property of the United States or either of them.
Stran 451 - But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand, neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our...
Stran 437 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by .so careful a preservation and so prudent a 'use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.