Address Delivered Before the Harvard Musical Association in the Chapel of the University at Cambridge, August 24, 1842 |
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... sovereignty , " by which the question as to slavery or freedom was left to the settlers in each terri- tory to decide for themselves . The difficulty in this last case is evident . If slaves can be carried into the territory and held as ...
... sovereignty , " by which the question as to slavery or freedom was left to the settlers in each terri- tory to decide for themselves . The difficulty in this last case is evident . If slaves can be carried into the territory and held as ...
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... sovereignty are about right , are wise in their generation ; for , although political vagaries and the somersaults of political harlequins may astonish and amuse for a time , and when the cost of the amusement is not too great , there ...
... sovereignty are about right , are wise in their generation ; for , although political vagaries and the somersaults of political harlequins may astonish and amuse for a time , and when the cost of the amusement is not too great , there ...
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... sovereignty , free- dom , and independence , and every power , jurisdiction , and right , which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress . " The next article propounds the rights of the States ...
... sovereignty , free- dom , and independence , and every power , jurisdiction , and right , which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress . " The next article propounds the rights of the States ...
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... sovereignty , freedom , and inde- pendence of the States , " or of their “ or of their " power , jurisdictions , and rights , " as in the Confederation . Nor is it until after the consti- tution is completed without any reservation of ...
... sovereignty , freedom , and inde- pendence of the States , " or of their “ or of their " power , jurisdictions , and rights , " as in the Confederation . Nor is it until after the consti- tution is completed without any reservation of ...
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... sovereignty are in the Federal Government , as expressly and impliedly delegated to it by the States themselves . This constitution was , it is said , submitted to the States for ratification , and not to the people , and on this fact ...
... sovereignty are in the Federal Government , as expressly and impliedly delegated to it by the States themselves . This constitution was , it is said , submitted to the States for ratification , and not to the people , and on this fact ...
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Page 18 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet; and yet it is sung but by some blind crowder, with no rougher voice than rude style...
Page 21 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 15 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb ; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 13 - ... both. This division of power, it is true, is in a great measure unknown in Europe. It is the peculiar system of America ; and, though new and singular, it is not incomprehensible. The State constitutions are established by the people of the States. This Constitution is established by the people of all the States. How, then, can a State secede ? How can a State undo what the whole people have done ? How can she absolve her citizens from their obedience to the laws of the United States ? How can...
Page 11 - However gross a heresy it may be to maintain that a party to a compact has a right to revoke that compact, the doctrine itself has had respectable advocates. The possibility of a question of this nature proves the necessity of laying the foundations of our national government deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE.
Page 4 - ... I trust it will be understood to be said with no design to excite feeling — a war to propagate wrongs in the Territories thus acquired from Mexico. It would be a war in which we should have no sympathies, no good wishes ; in which all mankind would be against us...
Page 45 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery—subordination to the superior race —is his natural and normal condition.
Page 9 - Of life, at that sweet time when winds are wooing All vital things that wake to bring News of birds and blossoming, — Sudden, thy shadow fell on me; I shrieked, and clasped my hands in ecstasy! VI I vowed that I would dedicate my powers To thee and thine — have I not kept the vow?
Page 8 - 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.
Page 14 - Secession, as a revolutionary right, is intelligible ; as a right to be proclaimed in the midst of civil commotions, and asserted at the head of armies, I can understand it. But as a practical right, existing under the constitution, and in conformity with its provisions, it seems to me...