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... never called up . At the opening of the next session , Gen. Harrison presented another letter , accompanied by several resolves passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives , urging the passage of a measure restricting ...
... never called up . At the opening of the next session , Gen. Harrison presented another letter , accompanied by several resolves passed by the Legislative Council and House of Representatives , urging the passage of a measure restricting ...
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... never taken up . On the 7th of November , 1807 , the President laid a letter from Gen. Harrison [ probably the one already referred to ] , and the resolves of his Legislature , before Congress , and that body referred them to a select ...
... never taken up . On the 7th of November , 1807 , the President laid a letter from Gen. Harrison [ probably the one already referred to ] , and the resolves of his Legislature , before Congress , and that body referred them to a select ...
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... never do to release them in the States where they might be captured , poor , ignorant , and dangerous . It was said by the opponents of the measure , that Congress could not regulate the matter , as the States had the reserved authority ...
... never do to release them in the States where they might be captured , poor , ignorant , and dangerous . It was said by the opponents of the measure , that Congress could not regulate the matter , as the States had the reserved authority ...
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... never be self- evident . " There was but one authority for slavery left , and that was the Bible . Many slave - holders thought deeply on the question of their right to hold slaves . A disturbed conscience cried aloud for a " Thus saith ...
... never be self- evident . " There was but one authority for slavery left , and that was the Bible . Many slave - holders thought deeply on the question of their right to hold slaves . A disturbed conscience cried aloud for a " Thus saith ...
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... and Freedom rules the rescued land , Trampling Oppression and his iron rod ; Such is the vow I take - so help me , God ! " There never was a grander declaration of war against slavery 42 HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA .
... and Freedom rules the rescued land , Trampling Oppression and his iron rod ; Such is the vow I take - so help me , God ! " There never was a grander declaration of war against slavery 42 HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE IN AMERICA .
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Page 318 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 232 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this Government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push...
Page 273 - Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three...
Page 33 - I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference ! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Page 273 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 268 - An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.
Page 275 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 242 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country.
Page 20 - State are unable to protect or from any cause fail in or refuse protection of the people in such rights, such facts shall be deemed a denial by such State of the equal protection of the laws to which they are entitled under the Constitution of the United States...
Page 421 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...