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... father was one of the pioneer settlers of Indiana , and became a member of the Legislature of that State . He established himself near Centreville , the shire town of Wayne County , where George was born May 5 , 1817. When he was six ...
... father was one of the pioneer settlers of Indiana , and became a member of the Legislature of that State . He established himself near Centreville , the shire town of Wayne County , where George was born May 5 , 1817. When he was six ...
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... fathers against British tyranny . Southern gentlemen point us to the battle - fields of our Revolution , and bid us beware . A Northern man , especially if disposed to be " fanat- ical , " would suppose that our Southern brethren would ...
... fathers against British tyranny . Southern gentlemen point us to the battle - fields of our Revolution , and bid us beware . A Northern man , especially if disposed to be " fanat- ical , " would suppose that our Southern brethren would ...
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... fathers regarded it as a self - evident truth . They , I suppose , lived in the twilight of political wisdom ; for , since I have had the honor to occupy a seat on this floor , I have on more occasions than one heard Southern gentlemen ...
... fathers regarded it as a self - evident truth . They , I suppose , lived in the twilight of political wisdom ; for , since I have had the honor to occupy a seat on this floor , I have on more occasions than one heard Southern gentlemen ...
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... fathers poured out their blood , do you imagine we shall drop our work and join in the chase with his Christless pursuers ? Sir , there is no power on earth that can induce us thus to take sides with the oppressor . Such , I rejoice to ...
... fathers poured out their blood , do you imagine we shall drop our work and join in the chase with his Christless pursuers ? Sir , there is no power on earth that can induce us thus to take sides with the oppressor . Such , I rejoice to ...
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... fathers compromised the freedom of the black race , and involved the free States in the political obligation to uphold slavery . Beyond these express compromises , they did not go nor design to go . They yielded thus much to the South ...
... fathers compromised the freedom of the black race , and involved the free States in the political obligation to uphold slavery . Beyond these express compromises , they did not go nor design to go . They yielded thus much to the South ...
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Page 45 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God...
Page 226 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 177 - God give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands. Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking; Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Page 143 - ... 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 334 - That liberty, or freedom, consists in having an actual share in the appointment of those who frame the laws, and who are to be the guardians of every man's life, property, and peace ; for the all of one man is as dear to him as the all of another; and the poor man has an equal right, but more need, to have representatives in the legislature than the rich one.
Page 3 - ... for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference. The Almighty has no attribute which can take sides with us in such a contest.
Page 22 - the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States.
Page 226 - 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 12 - THE ABOLITION OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY is the greatest object of desire in these Colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state.
Page 162 - I lay this down as the law of nations. I say that the military authority takes for the time the place of all municipal institutions, and slavery among the rest ; and that, under that state of things, so far from its being true that the States where slavery exists have the exclusive management of the subject, not only the President of the United States but the commander of the army has power to order the universal emancipation of the slaves.