The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Redfield, 1853 - United States |
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... Nature and Laws would be in an ill case , if Slavery should find what to say for itself , and Liberty be mute ; and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can waste and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find ...
... Nature and Laws would be in an ill case , if Slavery should find what to say for itself , and Liberty be mute ; and if tyrants should find men to plead for them , and they that can waste and vanquish tyrants , should not be able to find ...
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... early attachment . The subject of our narrative entered upon life amidst external circumstances adapted to cherish and develope the higher elements of his nature . The local scenery of Florida is WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD . XV.
... early attachment . The subject of our narrative entered upon life amidst external circumstances adapted to cherish and develope the higher elements of his nature . The local scenery of Florida is WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD . XV.
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... nature- inheriting from a worthy ancestry the purest sentiments of honor and patriotism - imbibing , with his mother's milk , the love of truth , freedom , and equality , -the mind of young Seward early received a powerful impulse ...
... nature- inheriting from a worthy ancestry the purest sentiments of honor and patriotism - imbibing , with his mother's milk , the love of truth , freedom , and equality , -the mind of young Seward early received a powerful impulse ...
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... natural equity . As a professional rule , he gives his aid to a weaker party against a stronger , even without compensation , whether his client be right or wrong ; but if a stronger party claims his services against a weaker , he does ...
... natural equity . As a professional rule , he gives his aid to a weaker party against a stronger , even without compensation , whether his client be right or wrong ; but if a stronger party claims his services against a weaker , he does ...
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... natural or conventional impediments , which so long keep back , and so often depress the young aspirant with us , are felt ... nature . Their intellectual predominance only aroused his emula- lation ; nor did he suffer by the comparison ...
... natural or conventional impediments , which so long keep back , and so often depress the young aspirant with us , are felt ... nature . Their intellectual predominance only aroused his emula- lation ; nor did he suffer by the comparison ...
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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...