The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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Page 48
... reason the courts of the United States had no jurisdiction in the case ; and expressed the opinion that free colored persons whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves , " had no rights which the white man . was ...
... reason the courts of the United States had no jurisdiction in the case ; and expressed the opinion that free colored persons whose ancestors were imported into this country and sold as slaves , " had no rights which the white man . was ...
Page 79
... reason , if it were respectful and con- sistent with your own public purposes , I would have delayed my reply to you until I could have had an opportunity of making it verbally next week on my way to Washington , after completing the ...
... reason , if it were respectful and con- sistent with your own public purposes , I would have delayed my reply to you until I could have had an opportunity of making it verbally next week on my way to Washington , after completing the ...
Page 85
... reason is that the people have become at last attentive , willing to be convinced , and satisfied of the soundness of the republican faith . It has been a task . We had first to reach the young through the prejudices of the old . I have ...
... reason is that the people have become at last attentive , willing to be convinced , and satisfied of the soundness of the republican faith . It has been a task . We had first to reach the young through the prejudices of the old . I have ...
Page 90
... reason why you republicans are going to vote for Abraham Lincoln , is simply and exclusively because he is , as you understand it , the representative of human liberty . If you go to the south , the great question is brought by the ...
... reason why you republicans are going to vote for Abraham Lincoln , is simply and exclusively because he is , as you understand it , the representative of human liberty . If you go to the south , the great question is brought by the ...
Page 95
... reason of its central position and the intelligence and enterprise of its people , a dominating power in the American Union . " For the present , my duty requires me to rise above all considerations of my- self and even of yourselves ...
... reason of its central position and the intelligence and enterprise of its people , a dominating power in the American Union . " For the present , my duty requires me to rise above all considerations of my- self and even of yourselves ...
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