American Orations: V. The anti-slavery struggleAlexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896 |
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... favor of slav- ery ; there was no certainty but that the South would in its turn and in due time come to the point which the North had already reached , and begin its own abolition of slavery . The language of Washington , Jefferson ...
... favor of slav- ery ; there was no certainty but that the South would in its turn and in due time come to the point which the North had already reached , and begin its own abolition of slavery . The language of Washington , Jefferson ...
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... favor of that resolution , may and probably will disapprove my vote against , unless my reasons for so voting should be explained to them . I asked but five min- utes of the House to give those reasons , and was refused . I shall ...
... favor of that resolution , may and probably will disapprove my vote against , unless my reasons for so voting should be explained to them . I asked but five min- utes of the House to give those reasons , and was refused . I shall ...
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... favor of pre- serving quiet . But , great as it was , it was not sufficient to prevent the wide - spread discontent which now pervades the section . No ; some cause , far deeper and more powerful than the one supposed , must exist , to ...
... favor of pre- serving quiet . But , great as it was , it was not sufficient to prevent the wide - spread discontent which now pervades the section . No ; some cause , far deeper and more powerful than the one supposed , must exist , to ...
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... favor of the former States . The number of States , including Vermont , Kentucky , and Tennessee , were sixteen ; of which eight , including Vermont , belonged to the northern section , and eight , including Ken- tucky and Tennessee ...
... favor of the former States . The number of States , including Vermont , Kentucky , and Tennessee , were sixteen ; of which eight , including Vermont , belonged to the northern section , and eight , including Ken- tucky and Tennessee ...
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... favor of the former . According to the apportion- ment under the census of 1840 , there were two hundred and twenty - three members of the House of Representatives , of which the North- ern States had one hundred and thirty - five , and ...
... favor of the former . According to the apportion- ment under the census of 1840 , there were two hundred and twenty - three members of the House of Representatives , of which the North- ern States had one hundred and thirty - five , and ...
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Seite 221 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch— AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Seite 162 - Hear me for my cause." I speak to-day, out of a solicitous and anxious heart, for the restoration to the country of that quiet and that harmony which make the blessings of this Union so rich, and so dear to us all. These are...
Seite 44 - 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.
Seite 354 - 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...
Seite 195 - There can be no such thing as a peaceable secession. Peaceable secession is an utter impossibility. Is the great Constitution under which we live, covering this whole country, — is it to be thawed and melted away by secession, as the snows on the mountain melt under the influence of a vernal sun, disappear almost unobserved, and run off? No, Sir! No, Sir!
Seite 398 - But let its humbled sons, instead, From sea to lake, A long lament as for the dead In sadness make.
Seite 189 - ... very strong feeling; in other words, they created great agitation in the North against Southern slavery. Well, what was the result ? The bonds of the slaves were bound more firmly than before, their rivets were more strongly fastened. Public opinion, which in Virginia had begun to be exhibited against slavery, and was opening out for the discussion of the question, drew back and shut itself up in its castle.
Seite 178 - Now, as to California and New Mexico, I hold slavery to be excluded from those territories by a law even superior to that which admits and sanctions it in Texas. I mean the law of nature, of physical geography, the law of the formation of the earth.
Seite 283 - The state of slavery is of such a nature, that it is incapable of being introduced on any reasons, moral or political, but only by positive law, which preserves its force long after the reasons, occasion, and time itself from whence it was created, is erased from memory, it is so odious, that nothing can be suffered to support it, but positive law.
Seite 158 - ... to provide for the insertion of a provision in the constitution, by an amendment, which will restore to the South, in substance, the power she possessed of protecting herself, before the equilibrium between the sections was destroyed by the action of this Government. There will be no difficulty in devising such a provision — one that will protect the South, and which, at the same time, will improve and strengthen the Government, instead of impairing and weakening it.