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Page viii
... believe that these classes , respectable and patriotic however they might be , should , as a matter of abstract right , have the controlling influ- ence in our government . Instead , he believed in the all - pervading power of public ...
... believe that these classes , respectable and patriotic however they might be , should , as a matter of abstract right , have the controlling influ- ence in our government . Instead , he believed in the all - pervading power of public ...
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... believe I have no lawful right to interfere with slavery where it now exists , and have no intention of doing so ; " and that the public had little reason to think he was meditating general eman- cipation until he issued his preliminary ...
... believe I have no lawful right to interfere with slavery where it now exists , and have no intention of doing so ; " and that the public had little reason to think he was meditating general eman- cipation until he issued his preliminary ...
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... believe that it is not only possible , but in fact easier , to do this without deciding or even considering whether these States have ever been out of the Union , than with it . Finding themselves safely at home , it would be utterly ...
... believe that it is not only possible , but in fact easier , to do this without deciding or even considering whether these States have ever been out of the Union , than with it . Finding themselves safely at home , it would be utterly ...
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... believe that it was the act and deed of the people , but , on the con- trary , the act of a small , pitiful minority , acting in the name of the majority . When at last it was determined to send that constitution back to the people ...
... believe that it was the act and deed of the people , but , on the con- trary , the act of a small , pitiful minority , acting in the name of the majority . When at last it was determined to send that constitution back to the people ...
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... believe I will occupy the time that way . You have heard him frequently allude to my controversy with him in regard to the Declara- tion of Independence . I confess that I have had a struggle with Judge Douglas on that mat- ter , and I ...
... believe I will occupy the time that way . You have heard him frequently allude to my controversy with him in regard to the Declara- tion of Independence . I confess that I have had a struggle with Judge Douglas on that mat- ter , and I ...
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Page 45 - 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 174 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 142 - 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 180 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 144 - ... only because they want to vote, and eat, and sleep, and marry with negroes! He will have it that they cannot be consistent else. Now I protest against the counterfeit logic which concludes that because I do not want a black woman for a slave, I must necessarily want her for a wife.
Page 294 - ... understood the question just as well, and even better than we do now." But enough. Let all who believe that " our fathers, who framed the Government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better than we do now," speak as they spoke, and act as they acted upon it.
Page 35 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.
Page 364 - Is it not adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? We stick to, contend for, the identical old policy on the point in controversy which was adopted by our fathers who framed the government under which we live...
Page 144 - I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 287 - ... to the rule of three. If a straggler supposed to understand Latin happened to sojourn, in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the rule of three, but that was all.