The Church and the Rebellion: A Consideration of the Rebellion Against the Government of the United States; and the Agency of the Church, North and South, in Relation Thereto |
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... believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so . Those who nominated and elected me , did so with the full knowledge that I had made this , and made similar declarations , and had never recanted them . And ...
... believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so . Those who nominated and elected me , did so with the full knowledge that I had made this , and made similar declarations , and had never recanted them . And ...
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... believe that thousands of less note have been subjected to the most cruel doom . We have undoubted proof of this , relating to every period since the beginning of the war , and we fairly infer that there are multitudes of like cases of ...
... believe that thousands of less note have been subjected to the most cruel doom . We have undoubted proof of this , relating to every period since the beginning of the war , and we fairly infer that there are multitudes of like cases of ...
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... believe it , and taking this ground before the people , and convincing large numbers that this was their design , -induced the States to rebel , that they might give to the institution greater expansion , security , and power , and ...
... believe it , and taking this ground before the people , and convincing large numbers that this was their design , -induced the States to rebel , that they might give to the institution greater expansion , security , and power , and ...
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... believe - or pretend to believe it . sometimes deceive them , and it is only because this.
... believe - or pretend to believe it . sometimes deceive them , and it is only because this.
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... believe in giving " the devil his due , " and even William Lloyd Garrison and his associates are entitled to at least that measure of consideration . As we totally disagree with the eminent jurist in locating this responsibility , we ...
... believe in giving " the devil his due , " and even William Lloyd Garrison and his associates are entitled to at least that measure of consideration . As we totally disagree with the eminent jurist in locating this responsibility , we ...
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Page 4 - 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 338 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired ; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 287 - By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.
Page 340 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 11 - I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution— which amendment, however, I have not seen— has passed Congress, to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service.
Page 287 - I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?
Page 4 - I shall have the most solemn one to ' preserve, protect, and defend it.' " 1 am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. " The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the "better angels of our nature.
Page 47 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; 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 4 - ... endangered by the now incoming Administration. I add, too, that all the protection which, consistently with the Constitution and the laws, can be given will be cheerfully given to all the States when lawfully demanded, for whatever cause — as cheerfully to one section as to another.
Page 287 - For promotion cometh neither from the east, Nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.