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... attempt by any State to disturb the equi- librium of our system , by arrogating to itself powers and privileges not belonging to it . That the insurgent States assert doctrines , and claim rights and attributes , which are without a ...
... attempt by any State to disturb the equi- librium of our system , by arrogating to itself powers and privileges not belonging to it . That the insurgent States assert doctrines , and claim rights and attributes , which are without a ...
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... attempt should be made to deprive them of it . To speak of States as relatively sovereign , when thus situated as to foreign powers and as to each other , is a solecism seldom surpassed . As to internal sovereignty , it is undoubtedly ...
... attempt should be made to deprive them of it . To speak of States as relatively sovereign , when thus situated as to foreign powers and as to each other , is a solecism seldom surpassed . As to internal sovereignty , it is undoubtedly ...
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... attempts a vindication of this State Rights doctrine , ostensibly from the words of the Constitution , but , in fact , with a strange and most daring perversion and suppression of them ; to which let us briefly direct attention . Mr ...
... attempts a vindication of this State Rights doctrine , ostensibly from the words of the Constitution , but , in fact , with a strange and most daring perversion and suppression of them ; to which let us briefly direct attention . Mr ...
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... attempt to deduce by necessity an inferred power , the answer was- " Is it so nominated in the bond ? " Hence , when , with more enlightened views , the people essayed to create a real and efficient govern- ment instead of a rickety and ...
... attempt to deduce by necessity an inferred power , the answer was- " Is it so nominated in the bond ? " Hence , when , with more enlightened views , the people essayed to create a real and efficient govern- ment instead of a rickety and ...
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... attempted to separate themselves from their country . They have disturbed the commercial equilibrium of great nations ; and to avoid a recurrence of such disturbance hereafter , those nations are already searching the earth for new ...
... attempted to separate themselves from their country . They have disturbed the commercial equilibrium of great nations ; and to avoid a recurrence of such disturbance hereafter , those nations are already searching the earth for new ...
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Page 60 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 60 - ... inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of...
Page 421 - The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise — with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.
Page 59 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 146 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 311 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 25 - No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation . . .," but also that "No State shall, without the Consent of Congress . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Page 34 - It is obviously impracticable in the federal government of these states, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Page 146 - A house divided against itself can not stand.' . I believe this Government can not 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...
Page 201 - ... and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...