The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 66
... nature and of nations , but rests in voluntary com- pacts . I know of only two compacts found in diplomatic history that admitted EXTRADITION OF SLAVES . Here is one of them . It is found in a treaty of peace made between Alexander ...
... nature and of nations , but rests in voluntary com- pacts . I know of only two compacts found in diplomatic history that admitted EXTRADITION OF SLAVES . Here is one of them . It is found in a treaty of peace made between Alexander ...
Page 177
... nature de- mand that hospitality , and from the very inmost sources of our nature springs up that sympathy . What is that great epic poem which has filled the second place in the admiration , I had almost said in the affections , of ...
... nature de- mand that hospitality , and from the very inmost sources of our nature springs up that sympathy . What is that great epic poem which has filled the second place in the admiration , I had almost said in the affections , of ...
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... nature and enormity of his acts , for no man twenty - three years old , possessing a sound mind , and guilty of four - fold murders , could suppose that he would be allowed to escape all punishment by simply promising , like a penitent ...
... nature and enormity of his acts , for no man twenty - three years old , possessing a sound mind , and guilty of four - fold murders , could suppose that he would be allowed to escape all punishment by simply promising , like a penitent ...
Contents
BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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