The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 1"A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union "--T.p. |
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... position in language that he will admit to be accurate and fair . And there are thousands who cannot to - day realize that they ever held opinions and accepted dogmas to which they unhesitatingly subscribed less than ten years ago ...
... position in language that he will admit to be accurate and fair . And there are thousands who cannot to - day realize that they ever held opinions and accepted dogmas to which they unhesitatingly subscribed less than ten years ago ...
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... positions from time to time held by contending parties - this , namely : to cite fully and fairly from the ' platforms ... position and necessary influence of the Newspaper Press of our day in the discussion and decision of the great and ...
... positions from time to time held by contending parties - this , namely : to cite fully and fairly from the ' platforms ... position and necessary influence of the Newspaper Press of our day in the discussion and decision of the great and ...
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... position . The express inhibition of any alliance , compact , or treaty between two or more of the States , was even more conclusive on this head . They point history . In a letter to Thomas Jefferson , De- cember 18 , 1819 , he said ...
... position . The express inhibition of any alliance , compact , or treaty between two or more of the States , was even more conclusive on this head . They point history . In a letter to Thomas Jefferson , De- cember 18 , 1819 , he said ...
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... positions and the principles are wholly Jackson's ; and their condemnation of the Calhoun or South Carolina theory of ... position that any one State may not only declare an act of Congress void , but prohibit its execu- tion ; that they ...
... positions and the principles are wholly Jackson's ; and their condemnation of the Calhoun or South Carolina theory of ... position that any one State may not only declare an act of Congress void , but prohibit its execu- tion ; that they ...
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... position they adopted and passed at once by a had so recklessly assumed . A few vote of 119 to 85 ; agreed to by the days before the 1st of February , the Senate ; and became a law in the Nullifying chiefs met at Charleston , last hours ...
... position they adopted and passed at once by a had so recklessly assumed . A few vote of 119 to 85 ; agreed to by the days before the 1st of February , the Senate ; and became a law in the Nullifying chiefs met at Charleston , last hours ...
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Page 268 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
Page 42 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 455 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 35 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 41 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE i.
Page 422 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...
Page 84 - Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force : that to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming, as to itself, the other party : that the Government created by this compact, was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself ; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact...
Page 268 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 269 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries...
Page 303 - 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.