Papers on Slavery, Rebellion, Etc1856 |
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... port the Constitution of the United States , and to support and sustain the provisions of an act entitled ' An Act to organize the Territories of Nebras- ka and Kansas , ' and the provisions of an act commonly known as ' The Fugitive ...
... port the Constitution of the United States , and to support and sustain the provisions of an act entitled ' An Act to organize the Territories of Nebras- ka and Kansas , ' and the provisions of an act commonly known as ' The Fugitive ...
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... port to the measures of that body , which are disgraceful to humanity , dis- graceful to liberty , and disgraceful to the spirit of the age . Now the duty of the administration was as plain as the light of the sun at noonday . The whole ...
... port to the measures of that body , which are disgraceful to humanity , dis- graceful to liberty , and disgraceful to the spirit of the age . Now the duty of the administration was as plain as the light of the sun at noonday . The whole ...
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... Port Bill , bad as they were . The stamp act and the tea tax convulsed the civilized world . But taxation , even without representation , is but as the small dust of the balance , when compared with the constitutional right of freedom ...
... Port Bill , bad as they were . The stamp act and the tea tax convulsed the civilized world . But taxation , even without representation , is but as the small dust of the balance , when compared with the constitutional right of freedom ...
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... ports , enter into treaties with foreign governments , or do any- thing expressly or impliedly forbidden by the Constitution . So that upon the point in issue the question comes to this , — Is secession permitted by the Constitution ...
... ports , enter into treaties with foreign governments , or do any- thing expressly or impliedly forbidden by the Constitution . So that upon the point in issue the question comes to this , — Is secession permitted by the Constitution ...
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... Port Royal into South Carolina or Georgia . It is unnecessary to specify other places where the same lack of troops produced like re- sults . Still the cry went up , " On to Richmond ! " and the better to enable the General - in - chief ...
... Port Royal into South Carolina or Georgia . It is unnecessary to specify other places where the same lack of troops produced like re- sults . Still the cry went up , " On to Richmond ! " and the better to enable the General - in - chief ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 26 - 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.
Página 33 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 27 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Página 77 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Página 20 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Página 40 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
Página 27 - ... of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said Confederation are submitted to them. And that the Articles thereof shall be inviolably...
Página 11 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.
Página 40 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Página 64 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.