Slavery: Letters and SpeechesB.B. Mussey & Company, 1851 - 564 Seiten Tharp collection. |
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... claim , then , is not made for the purpose of making freemen more free , but for making slaves more en- slaved . The reason for denying to Congress the power to legislate for the territories , is the fear that Congress will prevent ...
... claim , then , is not made for the purpose of making freemen more free , but for making slaves more en- slaved . The reason for denying to Congress the power to legislate for the territories , is the fear that Congress will prevent ...
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... accept a session from the state of Virginia of her claim to the territory north - west of the Ohio river . The sub- ject of providing a government for this and other ter- ritory was referred to a committee consisting of Mr. Jefferson 28.
... accept a session from the state of Virginia of her claim to the territory north - west of the Ohio river . The sub- ject of providing a government for this and other ter- ritory was referred to a committee consisting of Mr. Jefferson 28.
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... claim . No , sir . I say that , if slavery were no moral or politi- cal evil , yet , according to all principles of justice and equity , the slaveholders have already obtained their full share of territory , though all the residue of ...
... claim . No , sir . I say that , if slavery were no moral or politi- cal evil , yet , according to all principles of justice and equity , the slaveholders have already obtained their full share of territory , though all the residue of ...
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... claiming to be a kind of property , is the bane of property ; and the more slaves there are found in the inventory of a nation's wealth , the less in value will the aggregate of that inventory be . This is one of the reasons why slave ...
... claiming to be a kind of property , is the bane of property ; and the more slaves there are found in the inventory of a nation's wealth , the less in value will the aggregate of that inventory be . This is one of the reasons why slave ...
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... claim to sympathy . Sir , here is a test . Let not southern men , who would now force slavery upon new regions , ever deny that their slavery at home is a chosen , voluntary , beloved crime . ' But let us look , sir , at the 58.
... claim to sympathy . Sir , here is a test . Let not southern men , who would now force slavery upon new regions , ever deny that their slavery at home is a chosen , voluntary , beloved crime . ' But let us look , sir , at the 58.
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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.