Massachusetts Quarterly Review, Том 1Coolidge & Wiley, 1848 |
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... senate now and then made a truce , but never a peace . Peace was only an armistice for a limited period . Says Homer , " It is the business of a man to fight ; of a slave to till the ground . " He represented the general opinion of the ...
... senate now and then made a truce , but never a peace . Peace was only an armistice for a limited period . Says Homer , " It is the business of a man to fight ; of a slave to till the ground . " He represented the general opinion of the ...
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... Senator Benton , and in the two able and learned speeches of Mr. Severance , of Maine , delivered the one in the House of Representatives at Washington , Feb. 4th , 1847 , and the other in the Legislature of Maine , July 27th , 1847. We ...
... Senator Benton , and in the two able and learned speeches of Mr. Severance , of Maine , delivered the one in the House of Representatives at Washington , Feb. 4th , 1847 , and the other in the Legislature of Maine , July 27th , 1847. We ...
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... Senator , and did vote against the . treaty for the annexation [ of Texas ] . I believed that the treaty . embraced a country to which Texas had no claim , over which she had never asserted jurisdiction , and which she had no right to ...
... Senator , and did vote against the . treaty for the annexation [ of Texas ] . I believed that the treaty . embraced a country to which Texas had no claim , over which she had never asserted jurisdiction , and which she had no right to ...
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... Senate , on the 16th , 17th , and 20th of May , 1844 , is well known . We give the resolutions offered by that distinguished member of the democratic party , on the 13th of May , while the treaty was still pending . " Resolved , That ...
... Senate , on the 16th , 17th , and 20th of May , 1844 , is well known . We give the resolutions offered by that distinguished member of the democratic party , on the 13th of May , while the treaty was still pending . " Resolved , That ...
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... Senate to wash its hands of all this part of the transaction by a special disapprobation . I therefore propose as an ... Senator Ashley , of Arkansas , in his speech , said- though not in the corrected copy , " I will here add , that the ...
... Senate to wash its hands of all this part of the transaction by a special disapprobation . I therefore propose as an ... Senator Ashley , of Arkansas , in his speech , said- though not in the corrected copy , " I will here add , that the ...
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Страница 447 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Страница 495 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
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Страница 466 - 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...
Страница 282 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age sex and condition including those bound to servitude for a term of years and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
Страница 486 - Where rights are infringed, where fundamental principles are overthrown, where the general system of the laws is departed from, the legislative intention must be expressed with irresistible clearness to induce a court of justice to suppose a design to effect such objects.
Страница 504 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Страница 161 - Every freeman of Carolina shall have absolute power and authority over his negro slaves, of what opinion or religion soever.
Страница 413 - Let the motive be in the deed, and not in the event. Be not one whose motive for action is the hope of reward. Let not thy life be spent in inaction.