The Statesmen of America in 1846In this book, first published in 1847, the English author Sarah Mytton Maury gives a personal and very positive account of her impressions of the United States upon arriving there in late 1845. Through marriage she gains access to many American statesmen of her day, and the book is dedicated to James Buchanan, later President of the United States. Maury portrays prominent senators, judges, officers, members of the clergy and Presidents John Adams and James K. Polk. Many of the descriptions are interspersed with extracts from speeches and letters by those portrayed. The book gives a great deal of attention to the early nineteenth-century dispute between Britain and the United States about territorial claims in the north-west, the so-called 'Oregon Question'. On this question as in other matters of contention or cultural differences between the two countries, Maury maintains a position of neutrality. |
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and this was the question of Slavery . Whilst I ever have maintained , and ever
shall maintain , in their full force and vigour , the constitutional rights of the
southern States over their slave property , I yet feel a strong repugnance , by any
act of ...
and this was the question of Slavery . Whilst I ever have maintained , and ever
shall maintain , in their full force and vigour , the constitutional rights of the
southern States over their slave property , I yet feel a strong repugnance , by any
act of ...
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From the very best information , it is no longer profitable to raise wheat , rye and
corn by slave labour . Where these articles are the only staples of agriculture , in
the pointed and expressive language of Mr. Randolph , “ if the slave don't run ...
From the very best information , it is no longer profitable to raise wheat , rye and
corn by slave labour . Where these articles are the only staples of agriculture , in
the pointed and expressive language of Mr. Randolph , “ if the slave don't run ...
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Supplies of provisions , water - casks , merchandise , and articles connected with
the prosecution of the Slave Trade , are , it is understood , freely carried by
vessels of different nations to the Slave factories ; and the effects of the factors
are ...
Supplies of provisions , water - casks , merchandise , and articles connected with
the prosecution of the Slave Trade , are , it is understood , freely carried by
vessels of different nations to the Slave factories ; and the effects of the factors
are ...
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So Slavery as an abstract principle is repugnant to our nature , and opposed to
every right of the human race . ... Mr. Calhoun is the determined upholder of the
existing system of Slavery , and of Slave holding rights ; his opinions are founded
...
So Slavery as an abstract principle is repugnant to our nature , and opposed to
every right of the human race . ... Mr. Calhoun is the determined upholder of the
existing system of Slavery , and of Slave holding rights ; his opinions are founded
...
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That which we call a rose , “ By any other name would smell as sweet : “ So
Slavery would , were it not Slavery called ... then , that poverty and privation are
the inheritance of all the serving classes in the world — the American Slave
alone ...
That which we call a rose , “ By any other name would smell as sweet : “ So
Slavery would , were it not Slavery called ... then , that poverty and privation are
the inheritance of all the serving classes in the world — the American Slave
alone ...
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