American Orations: V. The anti-slavery struggleAlexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1896 |
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... opinion on the constitutional power of the national gov- ernment over the institution of slavery within the States , will always excite the attention of the historical student . In the decade before the war no subject was a greater ...
... opinion on the constitutional power of the national gov- ernment over the institution of slavery within the States , will always excite the attention of the historical student . In the decade before the war no subject was a greater ...
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... opinion against Garrisonianism . Lovejoy , a Western anti - slavery preacher and editor , who had been driven from one place to another in Missouri and Illinois , had finally settled at Alton , and was there shot to death while ...
... opinion against Garrisonianism . Lovejoy , a Western anti - slavery preacher and editor , who had been driven from one place to another in Missouri and Illinois , had finally settled at Alton , and was there shot to death while ...
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... opinion upon the legislature of the exposed northern States . Before the excitement had come to a head , the Whig convention of 1852 met and endorsed the compromise of 1850 “ in all its parts . " Overwhelmed in the election which ...
... opinion upon the legislature of the exposed northern States . Before the excitement had come to a head , the Whig convention of 1852 met and endorsed the compromise of 1850 “ in all its parts . " Overwhelmed in the election which ...
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... opinion , and as nearly every opinion disagreed with the other opinions on one or more points , it is not easy to see what else is covered by the decision . Nevertheless , the opinion of the Chief Justice , Roger B. Taney , attracted ...
... opinion , and as nearly every opinion disagreed with the other opinions on one or more points , it is not easy to see what else is covered by the decision . Nevertheless , the opinion of the Chief Justice , Roger B. Taney , attracted ...
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... opinion that it is in that part only that the advocates for this restriction can , with any hope of success , apply for a license to im- pose it ; and that the efforts which have been made to find it in other portions of that instru ...
... opinion that it is in that part only that the advocates for this restriction can , with any hope of success , apply for a license to im- pose it ; and that the efforts which have been made to find it in other portions of that instru ...
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Abolitionists Adams admission admitted adopted agitation amendment American anti-slavery argument bill Calhoun California cause character citizens claim clause Clay Committee compact compromise conscience Constitution Convention debate declared discussion duty excluded exist Faneuil Hall favor Federal Free Soil Free Soil party Free Soilers freedom Fugitive Slave Law fugitives from service Garrison gentlemen gress honorable House influence John Quincy Adams justice labor legislation Legislature liberty Louisiana Lovejoy Massachusetts measure ment Mexico Missouri Missouri Compromise National Government never North Northern opinion orator original party passed peace persons Phillips Pinkney political President principle prohibition protection provision question reference regard representatives republican resolution restriction secure Senate sentiment Slave Power slave-holding South Carolina Southern sovereignty speak speech stitution struggle Sumner territory Texas thing tion treaty Union United Virginia vote Webster Wendell Phillips Whig whole William Lloyd Garrison Wilmot proviso word
Beliebte Passagen
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.