Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster Upon the Subject of Slavery: Delivered in the United States Senate on Thursday, March 7, 1850Redding & Company, 1894 - 39 Seiten |
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... suppose that the gradations in woolen cloths be repre- sented by a line . At one end of this line are those of the highest price , and let the scale descend to the other end , where , of course , will be those of the lowest price . Now ...
... suppose that the gradations in woolen cloths be repre- sented by a line . At one end of this line are those of the highest price , and let the scale descend to the other end , where , of course , will be those of the lowest price . Now ...
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... suppose the assurances are as strong , after the experience of these several months , of mines of gold appa- rently inexhaustible in the regions near San Francisco , in California , as they were at any period of the earlier dates of the ...
... suppose the assurances are as strong , after the experience of these several months , of mines of gold appa- rently inexhaustible in the regions near San Francisco , in California , as they were at any period of the earlier dates of the ...
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... suppose truly , that of the members who composed that Convention , some sixteen were natives and had been residents of the slaveholding States , about twenty - two were from the non - slave- holding States , and the remaining ten ...
... suppose truly , that of the members who composed that Convention , some sixteen were natives and had been residents of the slaveholding States , about twenty - two were from the non - slave- holding States , and the remaining ten ...
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... suppose there is to be found no injunction against that relation between man and man in the teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ , or of any of his Apostles . The object of the instruction imparted to mankind by the founder of ...
... suppose there is to be found no injunction against that relation between man and man in the teachings of the Gospel of Jesus Christ , or of any of his Apostles . The object of the instruction imparted to mankind by the founder of ...
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... suppose , because there was much less at the North , and the people did not see , or think they saw , the evils so prominently as they were seen , or thought to be seen , at the South . Then , sir , when this constitution was framed ...
... suppose , because there was much less at the North , and the people did not see , or think they saw , the evils so prominently as they were seen , or thought to be seen , at the South . Then , sir , when this constitution was framed ...
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Seite 15 - Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State; be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission, under the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of...
Seite 5 - Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep.
Seite 7 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared: a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts; whose morning drum -beat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Seite 55 - 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...
Seite 7 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared, — a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe .with her possessions and military posts, •whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Seite 12 - Let us, then, bind the republic together with a perfect system of roads and canals.
Seite 12 - He is a rash man indeed, and little conversant with human nature, and especially has he a very erroneous estimate of the character of the people of this country, who supposes that a feeling of this kind is to be trifled with or despised. It will assuredly cause itself to be respected.
Seite 28 - Then, sir, there are these abolition societies, of which I am unwilling to speak, but in regard to which I have very clear notions and opinions. I do not think them useful. I think their operations for the last twenty years have produced nothing good or valuable.
Seite 50 - be required and directed to adopt such measures as he may deem necessary to cause, as soon as may be, all duties, taxes, debts, or sums of money accruing or becoming payable to the United States to be collected and paid in the legal currency of the United States...
Seite 32 - Where is the flag of the Republic to remain ? Where is the eagle still to tower ? or is he to cower, and shrink and fall to the ground...