Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861)Marion Mills Miller Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 - Civil rights |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 37
Page 121
... platform and looked out impudently and carelessly on the immense throng which surged and struggled before him . A native of Vermont , reared on a soil where no slave stood , he came to Illinois a teacher , and from one post to another ...
... platform and looked out impudently and carelessly on the immense throng which surged and struggled before him . A native of Vermont , reared on a soil where no slave stood , he came to Illinois a teacher , and from one post to another ...
Page 123
... platform for their new Republican party , which was thus to be constructed . Here is the most important and material resolution of this Abolition platform : Resolved , That the times imperatively demand the reorganization of parties ...
... platform for their new Republican party , which was thus to be constructed . Here is the most important and material resolution of this Abolition platform : Resolved , That the times imperatively demand the reorganization of parties ...
Page 124
... platform of the Black Republican party of this day , I have no doubt ; and when you were not aware for what pur- pose I was reading them , your Black Republicans cheered them as good Black Republican doctrines . My object in reading ...
... platform of the Black Republican party of this day , I have no doubt ; and when you were not aware for what pur- pose I was reading them , your Black Republicans cheered them as good Black Republican doctrines . My object in reading ...
Page 125
... platform , in company with Giddings , Lovejoy , Chase , and Fred Douglass , for the Republican party to stand upon . Having formed this new party for the benefit of deserters from Whiggery and deserters from Democracy , and , having ...
... platform , in company with Giddings , Lovejoy , Chase , and Fred Douglass , for the Republican party to stand upon . Having formed this new party for the benefit of deserters from Whiggery and deserters from Democracy , and , having ...
Page 129
... platform of the Republican party in 1854 , I say I never had anything to do with them , and I think Trum- bull never had . Judge Douglas cannot show that either of us ever did have anything to do with them . It is true the con- vention ...
... platform of the Republican party in 1854 , I say I never had anything to do with them , and I think Trum- bull never had . Judge Douglas cannot show that either of us ever did have anything to do with them . It is true the con- vention ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln admit adopted Alfred Iverson amendment appeal attempt authority believe bill Black Republican Charleston citizens compact Confederacy Congress constitutional right convention declare delegated Democratic party deny doctrine Dred Scott decision duty election equal evil exclude slavery execution existence fathers who framed favor Federal Government force Fugitive Slave Fugitive Slave Law gentleman Harper's Ferry honorable Senator Illinois institutions Jefferson Jefferson Davis John Brown Judge Douglas Kentucky Lecompton constitution legislation legislature liberty Lincoln means ment Mississippi Missouri Missouri compromise nation negro never non-intervention North Northern opinion peace platform political popular sovereignty President principle prohibition proper proposition protection purpose question Republican party resistance resolutions secede secession Senator Douglas sentiment slaveholding slavery South Carolina Southern sovereign sovereignty speech stand stitution suppose Supreme Court tariff Territories thing tion unconstitutional Union United violation Virginia vote whole