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Page 13
... series of unprovoked and unparalleled out- rages have been inflicted on the peace and dignity of this commonwealth , and upon the rights and liberties of its people , by wicked and unprincipled men WASHINGTON'S VIEW . 13.
... series of unprovoked and unparalleled out- rages have been inflicted on the peace and dignity of this commonwealth , and upon the rights and liberties of its people , by wicked and unprincipled men WASHINGTON'S VIEW . 13.
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... series of attacks on the property and even the lives of their fellow - citizens , forced them into an attitude of defence . The armed and fierce action was entirely on the part of the North . They appeal to arms , and on them lies the ...
... series of attacks on the property and even the lives of their fellow - citizens , forced them into an attitude of defence . The armed and fierce action was entirely on the part of the North . They appeal to arms , and on them lies the ...
Page 129
... series of constitutional amendments , and lay them before the people of the whole Union , to accept or reject as they pleased ? If , under such circumstances , they failed in obtaining redress , then the world would K wish them God ...
... series of constitutional amendments , and lay them before the people of the whole Union , to accept or reject as they pleased ? If , under such circumstances , they failed in obtaining redress , then the world would K wish them God ...
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... series of mutual agreements or compromises ; one thing yielded by the South , another by the North , the general mind having been brought together and the whole agreed to . Congress has protected the commerce of the North , first , by ...
... series of mutual agreements or compromises ; one thing yielded by the South , another by the North , the general mind having been brought together and the whole agreed to . Congress has protected the commerce of the North , first , by ...
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... series of triumphs ; but there is one battle - field - God forbid that he should ever be called to it - on which he has never won , on which he can never win , a trophy . That is the field on which , commanding American soldiers , he ...
... series of triumphs ; but there is one battle - field - God forbid that he should ever be called to it - on which he has never won , on which he can never win , a trophy . That is the field on which , commanding American soldiers , he ...
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Page 13 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
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Page 235 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the different parts of our country cannot do this. They cannot but remain face to face, and intercourse, either amicable or hostile, must continue between them.
Page 229 - Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it ? One party to a contract may violate it — break it, so to speak; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it?
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Page 232 - The Constitution does not expressly say. Must Congress protect slavery in the Territories? The Constitution does not expressly say. From questions of this class spring all our constitutional controversies, and we divide upon them into majorities and minorities. If the minority will not acquiesce the majority must, or the Government must cease.
Page 104 - And be it further enacted, that in all that territory ceded by France to the United States under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.
Page 234 - ... if the policy of the Government upon vital questions • affecting the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned their Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal.
Page 228 - It is seventy-two years since the first inauguration of a President under our National Constitution. During that period, fifteen different and...
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