Republican Landmarks: The Views and Opinions of American Statesmen on Foreign Immigration. Being a Collection of Statistics of Population, Pauperism, Crime, Etc. With an Inquiry Into the True Character of the DUnited States Government, and Its Policy on the Subject of Immigration, Naturalization of Aliens, EtcJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1856 - 367 páginas |
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... called on to reflect whether means may not be found for remedying an evil of so astounding a magnitude ! " A Russian peasant , no doubt , is the slave of a harder master , but still he is fed and housed to his content , and no trace of ...
... called on to reflect whether means may not be found for remedying an evil of so astounding a magnitude ! " A Russian peasant , no doubt , is the slave of a harder master , but still he is fed and housed to his content , and no trace of ...
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... called a covering ; the youngest children even , -gather in a tumultuous group about the car holding the smiling faces whose happy lot it is to leave forever their native land . With the wildest signs of grief for the departing , as if ...
... called a covering ; the youngest children even , -gather in a tumultuous group about the car holding the smiling faces whose happy lot it is to leave forever their native land . With the wildest signs of grief for the departing , as if ...
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... called , still disgraces our country . " A father or mother converted into a brute by the indulgence of a base and depraved appetite , becomes to a family of little children like " a wild boar out of the woods turned into a gar- den of ...
... called , still disgraces our country . " A father or mother converted into a brute by the indulgence of a base and depraved appetite , becomes to a family of little children like " a wild boar out of the woods turned into a gar- den of ...
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... called attention to the increasing number of vagrant , idle , and vicious children of both sexes , growing up in ignorance and profligacy , and des- tined to a life of misery , shame , and crime , the number of whom were given upon ...
... called attention to the increasing number of vagrant , idle , and vicious children of both sexes , growing up in ignorance and profligacy , and des- tined to a life of misery , shame , and crime , the number of whom were given upon ...
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... called the " alien and sedition laws " of 1798. By the " act concerning aliens , " power was assumed by the ( Heneral Government in time of peace to remove or expel them from the country , and it , no less than the Sedition 4 REPUBLICAN ...
... called the " alien and sedition laws " of 1798. By the " act concerning aliens , " power was assumed by the ( Heneral Government in time of peace to remove or expel them from the country , and it , no less than the Sedition 4 REPUBLICAN ...
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Página 365 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency.
Página 345 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...
Página 347 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious...
Página 101 - ... and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation respectively shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.
Página 346 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Página 367 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
Página 343 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: That God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.
Página 333 - As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a State, And sovereign Law, that State's collected will O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits Empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Página 307 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 82 - The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year 1808, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.