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... existence of which no one denies , seems to be left in uncertainty by the leaders of the movement . Mr. Jefferson Davis , the President of the new Confederacy , in his inaugural speech delivered on the 18th of February , declares that ...
... existence of which no one denies , seems to be left in uncertainty by the leaders of the movement . Mr. Jefferson Davis , the President of the new Confederacy , in his inaugural speech delivered on the 18th of February , declares that ...
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... existence , is a fact embodied in the Declaration of Independence itself . That august manifesto - the Magna Charta which introduced us into the family of nations - was issued to the world - so its first sentence sets forth - because ...
... existence , is a fact embodied in the Declaration of Independence itself . That august manifesto - the Magna Charta which introduced us into the family of nations - was issued to the world - so its first sentence sets forth - because ...
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... existence of these laws , which are wholly inoperative as far as she is concerned , and which probably never caused to the entire South the loss of a dozen fugitives , the ground for break- ing up the Union and plunging the country into ...
... existence of these laws , which are wholly inoperative as far as she is concerned , and which probably never caused to the entire South the loss of a dozen fugitives , the ground for break- ing up the Union and plunging the country into ...
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... existence on the exigencies of the cotton market , to live upon the tolerance of the navies of Europe , and she assigns as leading causes for this amazing fatuity , that the northern fisheries have been encouraged by a trifling bounty ...
... existence on the exigencies of the cotton market , to live upon the tolerance of the navies of Europe , and she assigns as leading causes for this amazing fatuity , that the northern fisheries have been encouraged by a trifling bounty ...
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... existence of slavery was recognized and its protection guarantied by the constitution , as soon as the Northern states had acquired a controlling voice in Con- gress , a persistent and organized system of hostile measures , against the ...
... existence of slavery was recognized and its protection guarantied by the constitution , as soon as the Northern states had acquired a controlling voice in Con- gress , a persistent and organized system of hostile measures , against the ...
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Page 6 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying the amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved.
Page 5 - AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her under the compact entitled 'The Constitution of the United States of America.' "We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, "That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the...
Page 18 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Page 5 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 37 - Its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth. that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition. This, our new government, is the first, in the history of the world, based upon this great physical, philosophical, and moral truth.
Page 8 - The Constitution was ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves, for their own government, and not for the government of the individual States. Each State established a Constitution for itself, and in that Constitution provided such limitations and restrictions on the powers of its particular government as its judgment dictated. The people of the United States...
Page 31 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Page 14 - The Constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land, and to these every citizen of every State owes obedience, whether in his individual or official capacity.
Page 13 - Let us, then, consider all attempts to weaken this Union, by maintaining that each State is separately and individually independent, as a species of political heresy, which can never benefit us, but may bring on us the most serious distress.
Page 15 - Confederation to enforce anything, for example, contributions of money. It was not necessary to give them that power expressly; they have it by the law of nature. When two parties make a compact, there results to each a power of compelling the other to execute it. Compulsion was never so easy as in our case, where a single frigate would soon levy on the commerce of any State the deficiency of its contributions...