The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 8Lee and Shepard, 1873 - Antislavery movements |
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... further is said of the " Anti- Lucretius " ; for in that day it was familiar to every let- tered person . But I shall speak of it before I close . Only a few days later the verse appears in the corre- spondence of Madame D'Épinay ...
... further is said of the " Anti- Lucretius " ; for in that day it was familiar to every let- tered person . But I shall speak of it before I close . Only a few days later the verse appears in the corre- spondence of Madame D'Épinay ...
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... further , what is the commutation which the statute positively requires but a tax ? If , then , there be anything in the argument of the Senator , both the draft itself and the commutation of three hundred dol- lars are a tax , and both ...
... further , what is the commutation which the statute positively requires but a tax ? If , then , there be anything in the argument of the Senator , both the draft itself and the commutation of three hundred dol- lars are a tax , and both ...
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... further . Not satisfied with ob- jecting to the amendment on the ground that it was a tax , he complained that it was an exorbitant tax , and asked me whether in all history I could point to any instance of a tax of thirty per cent on ...
... further . Not satisfied with ob- jecting to the amendment on the ground that it was a tax , he complained that it was an exorbitant tax , and asked me whether in all history I could point to any instance of a tax of thirty per cent on ...
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... further proviso : " That the contributions thus made shall be employed by the Secretary of War as a fund for bounties to be paid to the men actually drafted and mustered into the service under any call subsequent to the date of this Act ...
... further proviso : " That the contributions thus made shall be employed by the Secretary of War as a fund for bounties to be paid to the men actually drafted and mustered into the service under any call subsequent to the date of this Act ...
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... further on salaries . Now , Sir , admitting all the honorable Senator has so ably said as perfectly true , that it is according to just principles of political economy and the experience of the world ( for I am not disposed to go at ...
... further on salaries . Now , Sir , admitting all the honorable Senator has so ably said as perfectly true , that it is according to just principles of political economy and the experience of the world ( for I am not disposed to go at ...
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Page 53 - I have neither sought, nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States; that I have not yielded a voluntary support to any pretended government, authority, power, or constitution within the United States, hostile or inimical thereto.
Page 53 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 177 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 471 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on every thing on earth and the waters under the earth...
Page 415 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 293 - There shall be a firm, inviolable and universal peace, and a true and sincere friendship between His Britannic Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the United States of America; and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns and people of every degree, without exception of persons or places.
Page 363 - Another thing will contribute to bring this event about — slavery is detested — we feel its fatal effects — we deplore it with all the pity of humanity. Let all these considerations, at some future period, press with full force on the minds of Congress. Let that urbanity, which I trust will distinguish America, and the necessity of national defence, let all these things operate on their minds.
Page 189 - No free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person.) shall vote for members of the senate or house of commons.
Page 143 - I must do it justice : it was a complete system, full of coherence and consistency ; well digested and well composed in all its parts. It was a machine of wise and elaborate contrivance ; and as well fitted for the oppression, impoverishment, and degradation of a people, and the debasement, in them, of human nature itself, as ever proceeded from the perverted ingenuity of man.
Page 53 - That hereafter every person elected or appointed to any office of honor or profit under the Government of the United States...