The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Redfield, 1853 - United States |
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... humanity . Nor , we may add , has Mr. Seward failed to preserve the attachment of his early friends . The companions of his school and college days , as well as those of his professional life , have ever been among his foremost ...
... humanity . Nor , we may add , has Mr. Seward failed to preserve the attachment of his early friends . The companions of his school and college days , as well as those of his professional life , have ever been among his foremost ...
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... humanity and the public good , he left them at once and forever . He has attached but slight importance to mere party names . The diffusion of genuine republican sentiments among the people , and their practical realization in the ...
... humanity and the public good , he left them at once and forever . He has attached but slight importance to mere party names . The diffusion of genuine republican sentiments among the people , and their practical realization in the ...
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... humanity ; that emancipation is inevitable , and is near ; that it may be hastened or hindered ; and that whether it be peaceful or violent depends upon the question whether it be hastened or hindered ; that all measures which fortify ...
... humanity ; that emancipation is inevitable , and is near ; that it may be hastened or hindered ; and that whether it be peaceful or violent depends upon the question whether it be hastened or hindered ; that all measures which fortify ...
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... human freedom , he limited his aims by a regard to prevailing opinions , and a sense of what was practicable in the attainment of right . His reply did not compromise his popularity , as had been hoped by his oppo- nents . The election ...
... human freedom , he limited his aims by a regard to prevailing opinions , and a sense of what was practicable in the attainment of right . His reply did not compromise his popularity , as had been hoped by his oppo- nents . The election ...
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... humanity . It appears in this work under the title of " Notes on New York . " * The abolition of imprisonment for debt , effected in 1832 , did not reach the class of non - resident debtors , or those held by pro- cess issuing from the ...
... humanity . It appears in this work under the title of " Notes on New York . " * The abolition of imprisonment for debt , effected in 1832 , did not reach the class of non - resident debtors , or those held by pro- cess issuing from the ...
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Page 374 - Britain take advantage of any intimacy, or use any alliance, connection or influence that either may possess with any State or Government through whose territory the said canal may pass, for the purpose of acquiring or holding, directly or indirectly, for the citizens or subjects of the one, any rights or advantages in regard to commerce or navigation through the said canal which shall not be offered on the same terms to the citizens or subjects of the other.
Page 131 - SECTION 1. A general diffusion of knowledge being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislature of this State to make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of public schools.
Page 494 - ... and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 393 - But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Page 374 - ... with any State or People, for the purpose of erecting or maintaining any such fortifications, or of occupying, fortifying, or colonizing Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America, or of assuming or exercising dominion over the same...
Page 113 - The indispensable necessity of complete authority at the seat of government carries its own evidence with it. It is a power exercised by every legislature of the Union, I might say of the world, by virtue of its general supremacy. Without it, not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings...
Page 63 - The North has only to will it to accomplish it; to do justice by conceding to the South an equal right in the acquired territory, and to do her duty by causing the stipulations relative to fugitive slaves to be faithfully fulfilled; to cease the agitation of the slave question, and to provide for the insertion of a provision in the Constitution by an amendment which will restore to the South in substance the power she possessed of protecting herself, before the equilibrium between the sections was...
Page 375 - VI. The contracting parties in this convention engage to invite every State with which both or either have friendly intercourse to enter into stipulations with them similar to those which they have entered into with each other...
Page 257 - In every regularly documented American merchant- vessel, the crew who navigate it will find their protection in the flag which is over them.
Page 375 - The governments of the United States and Great Britain having not only desired, in entering into this convention, to accomplish a particular object, but also to establish a general principle, they hereby agree to extend their protection, by treaty stipulations, to any other practicable communications, whether by canal or railway, across the isthmus which connects North and South America, and especially to the interoceanic communications, should the same prove to be practicable, whether by canal or...