Speeches in the Second and Third Sessions of the Thirty-seventh Congress, and in the Vacation |
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... of logic , no ingenuity of legal construction , no misapplication of the laws of international war to this contest , can change the nature of things ; can convert loyalty into treason , or devotion into hostility . If there be to - day in ...
... of logic , no ingenuity of legal construction , no misapplication of the laws of international war to this contest , can change the nature of things ; can convert loyalty into treason , or devotion into hostility . If there be to - day in ...
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... for this end . We are seeking domestic tranquillity by the sword the Constitution has placed in our hands . In the path of war , as of peace , the Constitution is our guide and our light , the cloud by day , the pillar of fire by night ...
... for this end . We are seeking domestic tranquillity by the sword the Constitution has placed in our hands . In the path of war , as of peace , the Constitution is our guide and our light , the cloud by day , the pillar of fire by night ...
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... of their separate national existence . In my humble judgment , Mr. Chairman , the " seceded States " ( so called ) , and the people of those States , are to - day integral parts of the Union , over whom , when the conflict of arms ...
... of their separate national existence . In my humble judgment , Mr. Chairman , the " seceded States " ( so called ) , and the people of those States , are to - day integral parts of the Union , over whom , when the conflict of arms ...
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Benjamin Franklin Thomas. volved in this discussion , —the emancipation of slaves in the " seceding States . " There is no subject on which our feelings are so likely to ... day what policy a severe and protracted struggle may render ...
Benjamin Franklin Thomas. volved in this discussion , —the emancipation of slaves in the " seceding States . " There is no subject on which our feelings are so likely to ... day what policy a severe and protracted struggle may render ...
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... for abolishing slavery here is just compensation to the master . Equally absolute , in my judgment , is the power of Congress over slavery in the Territories . Mr. Chairman , in a letter to a friend , published on the first day of the ...
... for abolishing slavery here is just compensation to the master . Equally absolute , in my judgment , is the power of Congress over slavery in the Territories . Mr. Chairman , in a letter to a friend , published on the first day of 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.