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... slave clause of the Constitution , and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade , are each as well enforced , perhaps , as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law ...
... slave clause of the Constitution , and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade , are each as well enforced , perhaps , as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law ...
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... slave country , and we shall find a little more than one - third of its length are rivers , easy to be crossed , and populated , or soon to be populated , thickly upon both sides ; while nearly all its remaining length , are merely ...
... slave country , and we shall find a little more than one - third of its length are rivers , easy to be crossed , and populated , or soon to be populated , thickly upon both sides ; while nearly all its remaining length , are merely ...
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... slave country , or place it south of Kentucky , or north of Ohio , and still the truth remains , that none south of it , can trade to any port or place north of it , and none north of it , can trade to any port or place south of it ...
... slave country , or place it south of Kentucky , or north of Ohio , and still the truth remains , that none south of it , can trade to any port or place north of it , and none north of it , can trade to any port or place south of it ...
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... same rates as is provided for States adopting abolishment of slavery , but in such way , that no slave shall be twice accounted for . " " ' ARTICLE " Congress may appropriate money , ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT . 15.
... same rates as is provided for States adopting abolishment of slavery , but in such way , that no slave shall be twice accounted for . " " ' ARTICLE " Congress may appropriate money , ANNUAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT . 15.
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... slavery the rebellion could never have existed ; without slavery it could not continue . Among the friends of the Union there is great diversity of sentiment , and of policy , in regard to slavery , and the African race amongst us ...
... slavery the rebellion could never have existed ; without slavery it could not continue . Among the friends of the Union there is great diversity of sentiment , and of policy , in regard to slavery , and the African race amongst us ...
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Page 554 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Page 23 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 132 - Granada, by the present stipulation, the perfect neutrality of the before-mentioned Isthmus, with the view that the free transit from the one to the other sea may not be interrupted or embarrassed in any future time while this treaty exists ; and in consequence, the United States also guarantee, in the same manner, the rights of sovereignty and property which New Granada has and possesses over the said territory.
Page 196 - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States, and the people thereof, in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
Page 197 - ... arms against the United States in the present rebellion, nor in any way given aid and comfort thereto; and no person engaged in the military or naval service of the United States shall, under any pretence whatever, assume to decide on the validity of the claim of any person to the service or labor of any other person, or surrender up any such person to the claimant, on pain of being dismissed from the service.
Page 196 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 197 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the government of the United States...
Page 15 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Page 12 - Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave-trade, are each as well enforced, perhaps, as any law can ever be in a community where the moral sense of the people imperfectly supports the law itself.
Page 196 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any...