Advocate of Peace and Universal BrotherhoodAmerican Peace Society, 1863 - Arbitration (International law) |
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Page 199
... duty and interest . ' All this did England say in effect to our rebels by conceding to them belligerent rights . It was in fact , though not in form , a clear act of hostility , a violation of her plighted faith , and a grave offence ...
... duty and interest . ' All this did England say in effect to our rebels by conceding to them belligerent rights . It was in fact , though not in form , a clear act of hostility , a violation of her plighted faith , and a grave offence ...
Page 200
... duty from the first , it would never have arisen ; if she would now do her duty , it would probably die of itself in six months . 5. Another count in our indictment against England , is her resistance of our wish to join the convention ...
... duty from the first , it would never have arisen ; if she would now do her duty , it would probably die of itself in six months . 5. Another count in our indictment against England , is her resistance of our wish to join the convention ...
Page 205
... duty toward us ! She treats us as well as she does our worst enemies , as she does those who are violating all our laws , and trying to subvert our government , and ruin our country ! And statesmen , moralists and Christian ministers ...
... duty toward us ! She treats us as well as she does our worst enemies , as she does those who are violating all our laws , and trying to subvert our government , and ruin our country ! And statesmen , moralists and Christian ministers ...
Page 206
... duty by showing the same favor to both , the innocent and the guilty , to the robber or murderer as to his victim ! You feel no responsibility in preventing the crime you know to be meditated . You are bound only to observe a strict ...
... duty by showing the same favor to both , the innocent and the guilty , to the robber or murderer as to his victim ! You feel no responsibility in preventing the crime you know to be meditated . You are bound only to observe a strict ...
Page 219
... duty , all these perversions of principle , all this trampling upon everything which honorable men all over the civilized world hold sacred , are accepted by the Southern mind as evidences of patriotism ! Governors applaud , and ...
... duty , all these perversions of principle , all this trampling upon everything which honorable men all over the civilized world hold sacred , are accepted by the Southern mind as evidences of patriotism ! Governors applaud , and ...
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Page 212 - 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.
Page 212 - They cannot but remain face to face; and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them. Is it possible, then, to make that intercourse more advantageous or more satisfactory after separation than before?
Page 36 - So long as the sun shall warm the earth, let no Christian be so bold as to come to Japan ; and let all know, that the King of Spain himself, or the Christians' God, or the great God of all, if he violate this command, shall pay for it with his head.
Page 215 - Can aliens make treaties easier than friends can make laws? Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 304 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 292 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.