Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
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... honorable men , and I doubt not there were some among them who did not perceive the dangerous tendency of their proceedings . I will even go further , and say that , if the authors of the Hartford Convention believed that " gross ...
... honorable men , and I doubt not there were some among them who did not perceive the dangerous tendency of their proceedings . I will even go further , and say that , if the authors of the Hartford Convention believed that " gross ...
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... honorable inter- course with the other nations of the world . Externally , in peace and in war , amid the fluctuations of commerce and the strife of arms , it has protected our interests and defended our rights . One trial , one fearful ...
... honorable inter- course with the other nations of the world . Externally , in peace and in war , amid the fluctuations of commerce and the strife of arms , it has protected our interests and defended our rights . One trial , one fearful ...
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... honorable member comes who habitually speak of the Union in terms of indifference or even of disparagement . The honorable member himself is not , I trust , and can never be , one of these . They significantly declare that it is time to ...
... honorable member comes who habitually speak of the Union in terms of indifference or even of disparagement . The honorable member himself is not , I trust , and can never be , one of these . They significantly declare that it is time to ...
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... honorable gentleman from Massachu- setts [ Mr. Webster ] , while he exonerates me personally from the charge , intimates that there is a party in the country who are looking to disunion . Now , I call upon everyone who hears me to bear ...
... honorable gentleman from Massachu- setts [ Mr. Webster ] , while he exonerates me personally from the charge , intimates that there is a party in the country who are looking to disunion . Now , I call upon everyone who hears me to bear ...
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... honorable gentleman all along professes to be acting on the defensive . He elects to consider me as having assailed South Carolina , and insists that he comes forth only as her champion and in her defence . Sir , I do not admit that I ...
... honorable gentleman all along professes to be acting on the defensive . He elects to consider me as having assailed South Carolina , and insists that he comes forth only as her champion and in her defence . Sir , I do not admit that I ...
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