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... slaves in the primitive com- munity assumed superiority to those who had none ; but questionings about the peculiar insti- tutions were in the air , the contest in favor of excluding slavery having been settled only about the time the ...
... slaves in the primitive com- munity assumed superiority to those who had none ; but questionings about the peculiar insti- tutions were in the air , the contest in favor of excluding slavery having been settled only about the time the ...
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... slavery . His political address was shown in his leading position among the delegates from his district , called the " Long Nine , " from the height of all the members , and its recogni- tion was proved by the fact that a great scheme ...
... slavery . His political address was shown in his leading position among the delegates from his district , called the " Long Nine , " from the height of all the members , and its recogni- tion was proved by the fact that a great scheme ...
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... slavery by indenture . A serious attempt to open the state to slavery had been made by the legislature no later than the session of 1822-23 , and public opinion was very hostile to abolitionists , who were looked upon as pre- tentious ...
... slavery by indenture . A serious attempt to open the state to slavery had been made by the legislature no later than the session of 1822-23 , and public opinion was very hostile to abolitionists , who were looked upon as pre- tentious ...
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... slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the same . They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy , but that ...
... slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the same . They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy , but that ...
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Norman Hapgood. has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different states . " They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power under the Constitution to abolish slavery in ...
Norman Hapgood. has no power under the Constitution to interfere with the institution of slavery in the different states . " They believe that the Congress of the United States has the power under the Constitution to abolish slavery in ...
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Page 273 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be — "the Union as it was.
Page 189 - I therefore consider that, in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 409 - O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Page 404 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offences which, in the Providence of God, must needs come, but which having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge...
Page 316 - ... and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 273 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 372 - I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party or any man desired or expected.
Page 135 - 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 it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 327 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...
Page 131 - I do not understand that because I do not want a negro woman for a slave I must necessarily want her for a wife.