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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... things in- evitably tends . Conscious of their high responsibility to God and their country , solicitous for the continuance of the Union , as well as the sovereignty of the States , unwilling to furnish obstacles to peace - resolute ...
... things in- evitably tends . Conscious of their high responsibility to God and their country , solicitous for the continuance of the Union , as well as the sovereignty of the States , unwilling to furnish obstacles to peace - resolute ...
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... in the nature of the thing and in the common acceptation of the terms ; and because the confounding of them would lead to the most extravagant results ; since the encouragement of domestic in- dustry 30 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
... in the nature of the thing and in the common acceptation of the terms ; and because the confounding of them would lead to the most extravagant results ; since the encouragement of domestic in- dustry 30 GREAT AMERICAN DEBATES.
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... things , let me assure gentlemen , must not be suffered to continue or it will inevitably lead to the most unhappy consequences . It has become necessary , therefore- indispensably necessary - that the sentiments of our constituents ...
... things , let me assure gentlemen , must not be suffered to continue or it will inevitably lead to the most unhappy consequences . It has become necessary , therefore- indispensably necessary - that the sentiments of our constituents ...
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... thing else in which we have a common interest , tend to con- solidation ; and to this species of consolidation every true American ought to be attached ; it is neither more nor less than strengthening the Union itself . This is the ...
... thing else in which we have a common interest , tend to con- solidation ; and to this species of consolidation every true American ought to be attached ; it is neither more nor less than strengthening the Union itself . This is the ...
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... things but a mere connection during pleasure ; or , to use the phraseology of the times , during feeling ? And that feeling , too , not the feeling of the people who established the Constitution , but the feeling of the State ...
... things but a mere connection during pleasure ; or , to use the phraseology of the times , during feeling ? And that feeling , too , not the feeling of the people who established the Constitution , but the feeling of the State ...
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