The True Issue, and the Duty of the Whigs: An Address Before the Citizens of Cambridge, October 1, 1856J. Munroe, 1856 - 92 páginas |
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... freemen produced no greater surplus for the payment of taxes than five hundred slaves ; therefore the State in which are the laborers called freemen should be taxed no more than that in which are those called slaves . Mr. Harrison ...
... freemen produced no greater surplus for the payment of taxes than five hundred slaves ; therefore the State in which are the laborers called freemen should be taxed no more than that in which are those called slaves . Mr. Harrison ...
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... freeman . He affirmed that slaves did not do as much work as freemen , and doubted if two effected more than one . Mr. Wilson said that other kinds of property were pretty equally distributed through all the Colonies ; there were as ...
... freeman . He affirmed that slaves did not do as much work as freemen , and doubted if two effected more than one . Mr. Wilson said that other kinds of property were pretty equally distributed through all the Colonies ; there were as ...
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... same as that of three freemen ; not quite two to one , according to Mr. Harrison's proposition . The inquiry naturally arises , why three fifths of the slaves , which had been introduced into the basis of taxation because 40.
... same as that of three freemen ; not quite two to one , according to Mr. Harrison's proposition . The inquiry naturally arises , why three fifths of the slaves , which had been introduced into the basis of taxation because 40.
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... freemen ; that government is a collection of the wills of all ; that if any government could speak the will of all , it would be perfect ; and that so far as it departs from this , it becomes imperfect . But the small States carried ...
... freemen ; that government is a collection of the wills of all ; that if any government could speak the will of all , it would be perfect ; and that so far as it departs from this , it becomes imperfect . But the small States carried ...
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... freemen . To which it was replied that the Eastern States then contended for their equality . Mr King thought the admission of the blacks along with the whites at all , would excite great discontent among the States having no slaves ...
... freemen . To which it was replied that the Eastern States then contended for their equality . Mr King thought the admission of the blacks along with the whites at all , would excite great discontent among the States having no slaves ...
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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 84 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
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.
Página 10 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Página 19 - He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of heaven, To serve the devil in...
Página 83 - ... and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States.
Página 83 - That the territory ceded or to be ceded by individual States to the United States...
Página 27 - Vice-President, and should elect such by their exclusive suffrages to rule over us at the North. Do you think we would submit to it? No, not for a moment. And do you believe that your Southern brethren are less sensitive on this subject than you are, or less jealous of their rights? If you do, let me tell you that you are mistaken. And, therefore, you must see that if this sectional party succeeds, it leads inevitably to the destruction of this beautiful fabric reared by our forefathers, cemented...
Página 17 - That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence and embodied in the Federal Constitution...
Página 92 - ... their country, humanity and universal benevolence, sobriety, industry, and frugality, chastity, moderation, and temperance, and those other virtues, which are the ornament of human society, and the basis upon which...