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Page 203
... person . They talked to the now , alas ! how ter- We find to our sorrow , Just take what is now passing under our own eye . Our Abolitionists , not unlike the old Jewish prophets , have been , for nearly an entire generation , warning ...
... person . They talked to the now , alas ! how ter- We find to our sorrow , Just take what is now passing under our own eye . Our Abolitionists , not unlike the old Jewish prophets , have been , for nearly an entire generation , warning ...
Page 214
... persons to the equare mile . Why may not our country at some time average as many ? Is it less fertile ? Has it more waste surface by mountains , rivers , lakes , deserts , or other causes ? Is it inferior to Europe in any natural ...
... persons to the equare mile . Why may not our country at some time average as many ? Is it less fertile ? Has it more waste surface by mountains , rivers , lakes , deserts , or other causes ? Is it inferior to Europe in any natural ...
Page 215
... persons to the square mile being of the capacity to contain 217,189,000 . We shall reach this , too , if we do not relinquish the chances by the folly and evils of disunion , or long and ex- hausting wars springing from the only great ...
... persons to the square mile being of the capacity to contain 217,189,000 . We shall reach this , too , if we do not relinquish the chances by the folly and evils of disunion , or long and ex- hausting wars springing from the only great ...
Page 216
... persons form the subject of complaint in some States , the discharge of such persons is complained of in other States . It has been the aim of the Department to avoid any encroach- ment upon individual rights , as far as might be ...
... persons form the subject of complaint in some States , the discharge of such persons is complained of in other States . It has been the aim of the Department to avoid any encroach- ment upon individual rights , as far as might be ...
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... person . Such a view , we believe , has never been publicly taken , or adopted as a necessary rule , by any writer on the laws of war among civil- ized nations . An enemy's surgeons , like other officers captured on the field of battle ...
... person . Such a view , we believe , has never been publicly taken , or adopted as a necessary rule , by any writer on the laws of war among civil- ized nations . An enemy's surgeons , like other officers captured on the field of battle ...
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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.