Letters on the American Republic, Or, Common Fallacies and Monstrous Errors Refuted and Exposed, Volume 4 |
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... independence , and also our written laws , we shall find our honour as a people trampled in the dust , and our name made a reproach and byword amongst the nations . The constitution provides for all , THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA AND ITS GLORIES ...
... independence , and also our written laws , we shall find our honour as a people trampled in the dust , and our name made a reproach and byword amongst the nations . The constitution provides for all , THE REPUBLIC OF AMERICA AND ITS GLORIES ...
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... independence until now ; whilst through the perversion and misapplication of it the victims of slavery have increased from 617,000 to 4,000,000 . What a black heritage of guilt has this tremendous feat of jugglery entailed on our land ...
... independence until now ; whilst through the perversion and misapplication of it the victims of slavery have increased from 617,000 to 4,000,000 . What a black heritage of guilt has this tremendous feat of jugglery entailed on our land ...
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... taking this old declaration of independence , which declares that all men are equal on principle , and making ex- ceptions to it ; where will it stop ? If one man says D it does not mean a negro , why may not ON THE AMERICAN UNION . 49.
... taking this old declaration of independence , which declares that all men are equal on principle , and making ex- ceptions to it ; where will it stop ? If one man says D it does not mean a negro , why may not ON THE AMERICAN UNION . 49.
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... Independence have never been called into requisition and acted upon from the day of their adoption as articles of the National Creed to the period when civil war broke out amongst us . The lofty principles inculcated in them , and the ...
... Independence have never been called into requisition and acted upon from the day of their adoption as articles of the National Creed to the period when civil war broke out amongst us . The lofty principles inculcated in them , and the ...
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... the churches then established were in- dependent ; their independence , like that of all other churches under the American Board being carefully guarded . Mr. Beecher read from the report of 1854 of the 118 THE REV . HENRY WARD BEECHER .
... the churches then established were in- dependent ; their independence , like that of all other churches under the American Board being carefully guarded . Mr. Beecher read from the report of 1854 of the 118 THE REV . HENRY WARD BEECHER .
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Page 66 - 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 66 - 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 it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 50 - I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be " the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save Slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy Slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not...
Page 51 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it...
Page 6 - FROM distant climes, o'er wide-spread seas we come, Though not with much eclat, or beat of drum; True patriots all, for, be it understood, We left our country for our country's good...
Page 222 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight. "Halt!
Page 78 - It is scarcely questioned that this provision was intended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law. All members of Congress swear their support to the whole Constitution - to this provision as much as to any other. To the proposition, then, that slaves whose cases come within the terms of this clause 'shall be delivered up
Page 59 - The prevalence of that pacific and friendly disposition among the people of the United States which will induce them to forget their local prejudices and policies, to make those mutual concessions which are requisite to the general prosperity, and, in some instances, to sacrifice their individual advantages to the interest of the community.
Page 84 - I should be exceedingly glad to know that there would never be another slave State admitted into the Union ; but I must add, that if slavery shall be kept out of the territories during the territorial existence of any one given territory, and then the people...
Page 83 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people, and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races...