Slavery: Letters and SpeechesB.B. Mussey & Company, 1851 - 564 Seiten Tharp collection. |
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... better than the most favored existence with error . And when he looks without himself , he sees there is a God en- throned above , mightier than every " god of this world , " and that there is a divine law higher than any laws of ...
... better than the most favored existence with error . And when he looks without himself , he sees there is a God en- throned above , mightier than every " god of this world , " and that there is a divine law higher than any laws of ...
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... better than those now belonging to any party . The nature of my duties also , and all my intercourse and associations , have attracted me towards whatever is worthy and beneficent in all parties , rather than towards what is peculiar to ...
... better than those now belonging to any party . The nature of my duties also , and all my intercourse and associations , have attracted me towards whatever is worthy and beneficent in all parties , rather than towards what is peculiar to ...
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... better foundation for legislating over the territories than the fact of owner- ship in the United States . Grant this , and all is grant- ed . If I own a farm , or a shop , I may , as owner , pre- scribe the conditions of its transfer ...
... better foundation for legislating over the territories than the fact of owner- ship in the United States . Grant this , and all is grant- ed . If I own a farm , or a shop , I may , as owner , pre- scribe the conditions of its transfer ...
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... better the condition of his children . The mighty impulse of parental affection repays for diligence , and makes exertion sweet . The slave's heart never beats with this high emotion . However industrious and frugal he may be , he has ...
... better the condition of his children . The mighty impulse of parental affection repays for diligence , and makes exertion sweet . The slave's heart never beats with this high emotion . However industrious and frugal he may be , he has ...
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... better off for the im- provements he makes on an estate , he will not make the improvements . Look at the seigniories of New York , the anti - rent districts as they are now called ; -every man acquainted with the subject knows that ...
... better off for the im- provements he makes on an estate , he will not make the improvements . Look at the seigniories of New York , the anti - rent districts as they are now called ; -every man acquainted with the subject knows that ...
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Seite 57 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Seite 393 - And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching, throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
Seite 57 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce.
Seite 263 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of 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.
Seite 157 - That, in addition to the provisions of the third paragraph of the second section of the fourth article of the Constitution of the United States...
Seite 492 - ... mentioned, shall be conclusive of the right of the person or persons in whose favor granted, to remove such fugitive to the State or Territory from which he escaped, and shall prevent all molestation of such person or persons by any process issued by any court, judge, magistrate, or other person whomsoever.
Seite 197 - We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, .... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Seite 115 - Tis thou, thrice sweet and gracious goddess, addressing myself to Liberty, whom all in public or in private worship, whose taste is grateful, and ever will be so, till Nature herself shall change. No tint of words can spot thy snowy mantle...
Seite 263 - States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory, north of said Missouri compromise line, slavery or involuntary servitude, (except for crime,) shall be prohibited.
Seite 290 - That in controversies respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.