Speeches in the Second and Third Sessions of the Thirty-seventh Congress, and in the Vacation |
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... cause it is behind the age ; but because it has fallen upon an age not worthy of it , -an age which has failed to appreciate the spirit of wisdom , prudence , and mode- ration , in which it was founded . Such being the relation of the ...
... cause it is behind the age ; but because it has fallen upon an age not worthy of it , -an age which has failed to appreciate the spirit of wisdom , prudence , and mode- ration , in which it was founded . Such being the relation of the ...
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... cause of freedom . Slavery exists by the local , municipal law ; and would not be abolished , unless you go one step further , and hold , that , with the loss of the State organization , the institutions , laws , and civil relations of ...
... cause of freedom . Slavery exists by the local , municipal law ; and would not be abolished , unless you go one step further , and hold , that , with the loss of the State organization , the institutions , laws , and civil relations of ...
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... , in order to suppress said combinations , and to cause the laws to be duly executed . " I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor , facilitate , and aid this effort to maintain the honor , the integrity , and 12 RELATION OF THE STATES.
... , in order to suppress said combinations , and to cause the laws to be duly executed . " I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor , facilitate , and aid this effort to maintain the honor , the integrity , and 12 RELATION OF THE STATES.
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... causes of war , the rights and duties of nations in conducting it , are to be found in the law of nations . The " captures " referred to are very plainly not seizures of property under legal pro- cess , confiscation , or forfeiture ...
... causes of war , the rights and duties of nations in conducting it , are to be found in the law of nations . The " captures " referred to are very plainly not seizures of property under legal pro- cess , confiscation , or forfeiture ...
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... cause . The position , when thoroughly probed , is , not that the National Government has not the power to put down the rebellion without resort to emancipation , but that the continued existence of slavery is incompatible with the ...
... cause . The position , when thoroughly probed , is , not that the National Government has not the power to put down the rebellion without resort to emancipation , but that the continued existence of slavery is incompatible with the ...
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Page 100 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 173 - Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation...
Page 17 - The modern usage of nations, which has become law," — mark the words, Mr. Speaker, — " the modern usage of nations, which has become law,"— — " would be violated ; that sense of justice and of right, which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world, would be outraged, — if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled.
Page 173 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 169 - ... and condemnation of such offenders, and them to cause to be executed and put to death according to the law martial.
Page 173 - THE power of suspending the laws, or the execution of the laws, ought never to be exercised but by the legislature, or by authority derived from it, to be exercised in such particular cases only as the legislature shall expressly provide for.
Page 171 - No man's life shall be taken away; no man's honor or good name shall be stained ; no man's person...
Page 103 - We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it.