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... ordi- nary legislative enactments ; -as a kind of semi - constitu- tional law , securing all south of 36 ° 30 ′ to slavery . A prop- osition to repeal it would have been a crime second only to treason . But when , after the third of a 5.
... ordi- nary legislative enactments ; -as a kind of semi - constitu- tional law , securing all south of 36 ° 30 ′ to slavery . A prop- osition to repeal it would have been a crime second only to treason . But when , after the third of a 5.
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... , too . Well , what kind of a Whig is Mr. Donelson , " I should very much like to know ! " A Dem- ocratic slaveholder of Tennessee , on the South American ticket , editor of the Washington Union during Mr. Fillmore's 24.
... , too . Well , what kind of a Whig is Mr. Donelson , " I should very much like to know ! " A Dem- ocratic slaveholder of Tennessee , on the South American ticket , editor of the Washington Union during Mr. Fillmore's 24.
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... South , having a majority of the electoral votes , should declare that they would only have slave - holders for President and Vice - Presi- dent , and should elect such by their exclusive suffrages to rule over us at the North ? Do you ...
... South , having a majority of the electoral votes , should declare that they would only have slave - holders for President and Vice - Presi- dent , and should elect such by their exclusive suffrages to rule over us at the North ? Do you ...
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... South is to continue . Millard Fillmore stands in the position of a man who takes that moderate part which is never tasteful to the American people . It is one of the characteristics of the people to favor extreme measures . Moderation ...
... South is to continue . Millard Fillmore stands in the position of a man who takes that moderate part which is never tasteful to the American people . It is one of the characteristics of the people to favor extreme measures . Moderation ...
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... South - my heart throbs with every emotion that can touch the heart of a Southern man . But yet I tell you that from my heart of hearts , I loathe the Northern man with Southern principles . [ Applause . ] Bring a man from the extreme ...
... South - my heart throbs with every emotion that can touch the heart of a Southern man . But yet I tell you that from my heart of hearts , I loathe the Northern man with Southern principles . [ Applause . ] Bring a man from the extreme ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
admission admitted adopted alleged ambassador amendment argument Articles of Confederation assert attempt authority belligerent blockade Britain Captain Wilkes capture character citizens clause colony compact Confederate confiscation Congress Constitution contraband Convention court declaration despatches duty election emancipation enemy enemy's England entitled execution exercise existing force foreign freemen granted habeas corpus hostile inhabitants insurgents insurrection Jefferson Davis JOEL PARKER land law of nations legislative legislature LEONARD BACON letters of marque liberty limits martial law Mason and Slidell Massachusetts matter ment military Missouri Compromise mode necessity neutral country operations opinion party persons Plymouth Plymouth colony political port President principles prisoners proclamation provision purpose question reason rebellion rebels regarded relation representation represented respecting revolution rule seceding secession slavery slaves Slidell South South Carolina Southern statute supposed suspended territory tion towns traitors treaty Trent tution Union United violation vote Whig
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.