Speeches and debates, 1856-1858Current Literature Publishing Company, 1907 - Presidents |
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Page 11
... telling us the people " have asserted the constitutional equality of each and all of the States of the Union as States . " The President flatters himself that the new central idea is completely inaugurated ; and so indeed it is , so far ...
... telling us the people " have asserted the constitutional equality of each and all of the States of the Union as States . " The President flatters himself that the new central idea is completely inaugurated ; and so indeed it is , so far ...
Page 49
... tell me of an argument that he made for his opposition to Judge Douglas . He said that a friend of our Senator Douglas had been talking to him , and had among other things said to him : " Why , you don't want to beat Douglas ? " " Yes ...
... tell me of an argument that he made for his opposition to Judge Douglas . He said that a friend of our Senator Douglas had been talking to him , and had among other things said to him : " Why , you don't want to beat Douglas ? " " Yes ...
Page 50
... tell you now that the people of a Territory have any authority to gov- ern themselves , in regard to this mooted question of slavery , before they form a State constitution ? No such thing at all , although there is a general running ...
... tell you now that the people of a Territory have any authority to gov- ern themselves , in regard to this mooted question of slavery , before they form a State constitution ? No such thing at all , although there is a general running ...
Page 65
... tell him you do not care whether slavery be voted up or down , and he will close , or try to close , your mouths with his declaration , repeated by the day , the week , the month , and the year . I think , in the position in which Judge ...
... tell him you do not care whether slavery be voted up or down , and he will close , or try to close , your mouths with his declaration , repeated by the day , the week , the month , and the year . I think , in the position in which Judge ...
Page 94
... tell me what you did about the bank decision ? Will you not graciously allow us to do with the Dred Scott decision precisely as you did with the bank decision ? You suc- ceeded in breaking down the moral effect of that decision ; did ...
... tell me what you did about the bank decision ? Will you not graciously allow us to do with the Dred Scott decision precisely as you did with the bank decision ? You suc- ceeded in breaking down the moral effect of that decision ; did ...
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Popular passages
Page 155 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 35 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. . In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. "A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 105 - Can the people of a United States Territory, in any lawful way, against the wish of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery from its limits prior to the formation of a State constitution?
Page 211 - In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
Page 224 - You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time...
Page 287 - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people ; and I will say in addition to this that there is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality.
Page 240 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Page 160 - The right of property is before and higher than any constitutional sanction; and the right of the owner of a slave to such slave and its increase is the same and as inviolable as the right of the owner of any property whatever.
Page 145 - I have no purpose directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so ; and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 24 - This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, nor yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit.