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... considered . - Repeal of the " 21st Rule . " - The Texas Question . - The State of Parties . - Dissolution menaced by the Legislature of Massachusetts , in 1845 , 125 CHAPTER VI . The Whig Party and Democratic Party compete with each ...
... considered . - Repeal of the " 21st Rule . " - The Texas Question . - The State of Parties . - Dissolution menaced by the Legislature of Massachusetts , in 1845 , 125 CHAPTER VI . The Whig Party and Democratic Party compete with each ...
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... considered opinions disregarded , in favor of those of transient Congressmen , often incapable by nature , and sometimes disqualified for calm judgment by personal habits , and of Governors of States , who ought to have re- mained among ...
... considered opinions disregarded , in favor of those of transient Congressmen , often incapable by nature , and sometimes disqualified for calm judgment by personal habits , and of Governors of States , who ought to have re- mained among ...
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... considered , was neither right nor wrong . It was a question of policy and of law , not of morals . Probably , most would neither have desired to hold , nor to see any human being held in bondage , if freedom were consistent with his ...
... considered , was neither right nor wrong . It was a question of policy and of law , not of morals . Probably , most would neither have desired to hold , nor to see any human being held in bondage , if freedom were consistent with his ...
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... considered so settled that there could be no question on the subject ; and there was little room for prejudice , until as- sumptions were made for the one from which the nature and reason of the other revolted . Such was the domestic ...
... considered so settled that there could be no question on the subject ; and there was little room for prejudice , until as- sumptions were made for the one from which the nature and reason of the other revolted . Such was the domestic ...
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... considered a concession to any particular section , since slaves were then held in every State of the Union ex- cept Massachusetts , though insignificant in numbers at the North compared with those at the South . The rights of the ...
... considered a concession to any particular section , since slaves were then held in every State of the Union ex- cept Massachusetts , though insignificant in numbers at the North compared with those at the South . The rights of the ...
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Page 173 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various...
Page 173 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 393 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 173 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 28 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Page 265 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 168 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman : likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant.
Page 327 - ... encourage the development of the industrial interests of the whole country ; and we commend that policy of national exchanges which secures to the workingmen liberal wages, to agriculture remunerating prices, to mechanics and manufacturers an adequate reward for their skill, labor and enterprise, and to the nation commercial prosperity and independence.
Page 228 - That Congress has no power under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several states, and that such states are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs, not prohibited by the Constitution...
Page 173 - One method of assault may be to effect in the forms of the constitution alterations which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.