National Sermons: Sermons, Speeches and Letters on Slavery and Its War: from the Passage of the Fugitive Slave Bill to the Election of President Grant |
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... May 28 , 1854 , on the oc- casion of the passage of the Nebraska Bill , by the Senate of the United States , on the midnight of Thursday , May 25 , 1854 . - the grave a resurrection that shall send despair and 3 ( 33 )
... May 28 , 1854 , on the oc- casion of the passage of the Nebraska Bill , by the Senate of the United States , on the midnight of Thursday , May 25 , 1854 . - the grave a resurrection that shall send despair and 3 ( 33 )
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... senator from Georgia , Mr. Toombs , but last Thursday , that " the government has but little to fear from the abolitionists . Their greatest achievements have been to raise mobs of fugitives and free negroes , and to incite them to ...
... senator from Georgia , Mr. Toombs , but last Thursday , that " the government has but little to fear from the abolitionists . Their greatest achievements have been to raise mobs of fugitives and free negroes , and to incite them to ...
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... senate in pagan edicts and crimes ; no more vaunts of our greatness among the nations of the earth . They have heard of our shame , they have seen it , and they rejoice in it . We , raised to heaven by free institutions and all the ...
... senate in pagan edicts and crimes ; no more vaunts of our greatness among the nations of the earth . They have heard of our shame , they have seen it , and they rejoice in it . We , raised to heaven by free institutions and all the ...
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... Senate Chamber , the Hall of Representatives , " Forcible occupation of St. Do- mingo , that Hayti may be returned to its chains ; war with Spain , that Cuba may be ours ; yet another slice of Mexico for our slaves . ' Before this ...
... Senate Chamber , the Hall of Representatives , " Forcible occupation of St. Do- mingo , that Hayti may be returned to its chains ; war with Spain , that Cuba may be ours ; yet another slice of Mexico for our slaves . ' Before this ...
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... Senator Wade , of Ohio , said , in that fight in the night and with the night , that until this warfare was ended by the triumph of the right , " I am an Abolitionist at heart while in the slave - cursed atmosphere of this capital ...
... Senator Wade , of Ohio , said , in that fight in the night and with the night , that until this warfare was ended by the triumph of the right , " I am an Abolitionist at heart while in the slave - cursed atmosphere of this capital ...
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Page 256 - And, sure, he is an honourable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason!
Page 104 - I shall see him, but not now : I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 143 - So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Page 364 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 638 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 340 - I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.
Page 428 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
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Page 59 - And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him. they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. 5. And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some and killing some.