Advocate of Peace and Universal BrotherhoodAmerican Peace Society, 1863 - Arbitration (International law) |
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... thousand miles of our coast ; but we do not recollect to have heard any complaints by foreign govern- ments or presses of these barbarous acts . The rebels have never hesi- tated to obstruct their own rivers or ports , and the State of ...
... thousand miles of our coast ; but we do not recollect to have heard any complaints by foreign govern- ments or presses of these barbarous acts . The rebels have never hesi- tated to obstruct their own rivers or ports , and the State of ...
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... thousand men , to fifty millions . Here are some figures for Boston on this subject , showing what is paid for our " nine months ' men , " where the bounty is put at only $ 100 , whereas $ 200 and 300 were given in some parts of the ...
... thousand men , to fifty millions . Here are some figures for Boston on this subject , showing what is paid for our " nine months ' men , " where the bounty is put at only $ 100 , whereas $ 200 and 300 were given in some parts of the ...
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... thousand pounds , and is expected to have a range of four miles . - Pittsburg ( Pa . Chron . ) INCREASE OF THE BRITISH NAVY . - The English Government has at present in course of construction no fewer than 50 iron - plated ships of war ...
... thousand pounds , and is expected to have a range of four miles . - Pittsburg ( Pa . Chron . ) INCREASE OF THE BRITISH NAVY . - The English Government has at present in course of construction no fewer than 50 iron - plated ships of war ...
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... thousand policemen , or thrice as many of the militia , were called out to suppress a mob or insurrection in the city of New York , and could accomplish their object only by killing twenty , and wound . ing a hundred more , would you ...
... thousand policemen , or thrice as many of the militia , were called out to suppress a mob or insurrection in the city of New York , and could accomplish their object only by killing twenty , and wound . ing a hundred more , would you ...
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... thousand , or a million . The principle is precisely the same . Numbers can never sanctify crime , nor make its punishment wrong ; and if laws were made to be used , and rulers appointed to see them executed , the efforts of our ...
... thousand , or a million . The principle is precisely the same . Numbers can never sanctify crime , nor make its punishment wrong ; and if laws were made to be used , and rulers appointed to see them executed , the efforts of our ...
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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.