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... gives too little to the now living slaves . But it really gives them much . It saves them from the vagrant destitution which must largely attend immediate emancipation in localities where their numbers are very great ; and it gives the ...
... gives too little to the now living slaves . But it really gives them much . It saves them from the vagrant destitution which must largely attend immediate emancipation in localities where their numbers are very great ; and it gives the ...
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... give them wages at least until new laborers can be procured ; and the freed men , in turn , will gladly give their labor for the wages , till new homes can be found for them , in congenial climes , and with people of their own blood and ...
... give them wages at least until new laborers can be procured ; and the freed men , in turn , will gladly give their labor for the wages , till new homes can be found for them , in congenial climes , and with people of their own blood and ...
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... give assurance of their severally adopting emancipation , at no very distant day , upon the new constitutional terms . This assurance would end the struggle now , and save the Union forever . I do not forget the gravity which should ...
... give assurance of their severally adopting emancipation , at no very distant day , upon the new constitutional terms . This assurance would end the struggle now , and save the Union forever . I do not forget the gravity which should ...
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... give , and what we preserve . We shall nobly save , or meanly lose , the last best hope of earth . ceed ; this , could not fail . The way is plain , peaceful , generous , just — a way which , if followed , the world will forever applaud ...
... give , and what we preserve . We shall nobly save , or meanly lose , the last best hope of earth . ceed ; this , could not fail . The way is plain , peaceful , generous , just — a way which , if followed , the world will forever applaud ...
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... give countenance for a single moment to the application of any other doctrine than this to the management of its own affairs . Least of all will the undersigned be permitted to admit that communi- cation by Mr. Bunch , while exercising ...
... give countenance for a single moment to the application of any other doctrine than this to the management of its own affairs . Least of all will the undersigned be permitted to admit that communi- cation by Mr. Bunch , while exercising ...
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Page 13 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate — we cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.
Page 23 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 196 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 15 - Resolved, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in congress assembled, two-thirds of both houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the constitution of the United States; all or any of which articles, when ratified by three-fourths of the said legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said constitution...
Page 300 - ... respectively; also to hire and occupy houses and warehouses for the purposes of their commerce, and, generally, the merchants and traders of each nation respectively shall enjoy the most complete protection and security for their commerce, but subject always to the laws and statutes of the two countries respectively.
Page 196 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any...
Page 13 - ... lines, over which people may walk back and forth without any consciousness of their presence. No part of this line can be made any more difficult to pass, by writing it down on paper, or parchment, as a national boundary. The fact of separation, if it comes, gives up, on the part of the seceding section, the...
Page 23 - The dogmas of the quiet past, are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.
Page 89 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 197 - ... against the laws, unless the person Claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful...