A Voice from the Motherland: Answering Mrs. H. Beecher Stowe's Appeal |
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... clearly fore- seen soon buffeted the noble vessel they had so fairly launched . By an unceasing flood of emigra- tion , continual additions were daily made to the population of citizens ignorant of the lessons of the past , and caring ...
... clearly fore- seen soon buffeted the noble vessel they had so fairly launched . By an unceasing flood of emigra- tion , continual additions were daily made to the population of citizens ignorant of the lessons of the past , and caring ...
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... the strength of the North and South is balanced , may be seen by following Mrs. Stowe's brief summary ( pages 11 to 13 ) of their struggles for power up to the election of President Lincoln ; in which the Southern States clearly fore- saw ...
... the strength of the North and South is balanced , may be seen by following Mrs. Stowe's brief summary ( pages 11 to 13 ) of their struggles for power up to the election of President Lincoln ; in which the Southern States clearly fore- saw ...
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... clearly fore- saw the fate to which , as she points out , slavery in their dominions would be ultimately doomed , if power long continued in the hands of the party pledged to the Republican platform of 1860. By their sudden decision to ...
... clearly fore- saw the fate to which , as she points out , slavery in their dominions would be ultimately doomed , if power long continued in the hands of the party pledged to the Republican platform of 1860. By their sudden decision to ...
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... clearly thought deeply on the question ; and every word that he has said or written , as far as we are aware , gives voice to convictions and resolutions decided and unwaver- ing . It would be easy from the very words of these ...
... clearly thought deeply on the question ; and every word that he has said or written , as far as we are aware , gives voice to convictions and resolutions decided and unwaver- ing . It would be easy from the very words of these ...
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... clearly by some details that the above and none other is the true sense and meaning of all President Lincoln's acts and utterances on the matter of slavery ; and to consider closely what these emancipation proclamations really are in ...
... clearly by some details that the above and none other is the true sense and meaning of all President Lincoln's acts and utterances on the matter of slavery ; and to consider closely what these emancipation proclamations really are in ...
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Page 4 - Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected; and thus the Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Page 36 - ... time recommend that all citizens of the United States who shall have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion shall (upon the restoration of the constitutional...
Page 9 - ... we appeal to you very seriously to reflect and to ask counsel of God how far such a state of things is in accordance with his holy word, the inalienable rights of immortal souls, and the pure and merciful spirit of the Christian religion. We do not shut our eyes to the difficulties, nay, the dangers, that might beset the immediate abolition of that long-established system. We see and admit the necessity of preparation for so great an event ; but, in speaking of indispensable preliminaries, we...
Page 10 - England as to the real issues of the conflict in America. It has been often and earnestly asserted that slavery had nothing to do with this conflict ; that it was a mere struggle for power ; that the only object was to restore the Union as it was, with all its abuses. It is to be admitted that expressions have proceeded from the national administration which naturally gave rise to misapprehension, and therefore we beg to speak to you on this subject more fully.
Page 8 - The time has come, however, when such an astonishing page has been turned in the anti-slavery history of America that the women of our country, feeling that the great antislavery work to which their English sisters exhorted them is almost done, may properly and naturally feel moved to reply to their appeal, and lay before them the history of what has occurred since the receipt of their affectionate and Christian address.
Page 35 - December he would recommend the enactment "of a practical measure" offering to all slave states not then in rebellion against the United States and having "voluntarily adopt[ed] immediate, or gradual abolishment of slavery within their limits," the same type of "pecuniary aid" as he had offered the border states in March.
Page 7 - Already, more than once had these contests for power risen to a height threatening the safety of the Union, when the great question of freedom against slavery grew to a more dreadful struggle than any that had yet convulsed the United States of America.
Page 5 - Civis" looked lower than the surface, he would have recognised Slavery as the element of that "corruption" which was "sapping the vitals of all that remained really sound in the Commonwealth.
Page 4 - States to mutual concessions for the common safety and welfare, lay the only hope of the Constitution being permanent.
Page 5 - By an unceasing flood of emigration, continual additions were daily made to the population of citizens ignorant of the lessons of the past, and caring little for the real welfare of the United States, led only by some party cry of the hour.