Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... understand him to maintain this right , as a right existing under the Constitution ; not as a right to overthrow it , on the ground of extreme necessity , such as would justify violent revo- lution . I understand him to maintain an ...
... understand him to maintain this right , as a right existing under the Constitution ; not as a right to overthrow it , on the ground of extreme necessity , such as would justify violent revo- lution . I understand him to maintain an ...
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... understand the doctrine now contended for to be that which , for the sake of distinctness , we may call the right of revolution . I understand the gentle- man to maintain that , without revolution , without civil com- motion , without ...
... understand the doctrine now contended for to be that which , for the sake of distinctness , we may call the right of revolution . I understand the gentle- man to maintain that , without revolution , without civil com- motion , without ...
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... understand all this delusion , and we are awake to the sufferings you have insidiously inflicted upon us by the talisman of union . If you will not withdraw your exactions , if you will not live with us upon the terms of equal rights ...
... understand all this delusion , and we are awake to the sufferings you have insidiously inflicted upon us by the talisman of union . If you will not withdraw your exactions , if you will not live with us upon the terms of equal rights ...
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... understanding and patriotism of the people , warn them of the consequences that must inevi- tably result from an observance of the dictates of the convention . " The ordinance is founded , not on the indefeasible right of resisting acts ...
... understanding and patriotism of the people , warn them of the consequences that must inevi- tably result from an observance of the dictates of the convention . " The ordinance is founded , not on the indefeasible right of resisting acts ...
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... understanding who hears the question , will give such an answer as will preserve the Union . Metaphysical subtlety , in pursuit of an impracticable theory , could alone have devised one that is calculated to destroy it . " The ...
... understanding who hears the question , will give such an answer as will preserve the Union . Metaphysical subtlety , in pursuit of an impracticable theory , could alone have devised one that is calculated to destroy it . " The ...
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Page 107 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 49 - Government, as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact...
Page 131 - 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 128 - ... a specious and fantastic arrangement of words, by which a man can prove a horse-chestnut to be a chestnut horse. I will say here, while upon this subject, that I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 107 - 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 295 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this Confederation are submitted to them. And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 128 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence — the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 240 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS...
Page 65 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our...
Page 68 - That the several states who"' -'formed that instrument being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of the infraction; and, That a Nullification by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument is the rightful remedy...