The Congressional GlobeBlair & Rives, 1855 - United States |
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... liberty ; among these , as most important , they placed the liberty of conscience and of the press . Profoundly versed in the history of human affairs , whose every page made known that all Governments had seized on the altar and the ...
... liberty ; among these , as most important , they placed the liberty of conscience and of the press . Profoundly versed in the history of human affairs , whose every page made known that all Governments had seized on the altar and the ...
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... liberty , and the pursuit of happi- ness . ' " " If this was a declaration of independence for the blacks as well as the whites , why did you not all emancipate your slaves at once , and let them join you in the war . But we know this ...
... liberty , and the pursuit of happi- ness . ' " " If this was a declaration of independence for the blacks as well as the whites , why did you not all emancipate your slaves at once , and let them join you in the war . But we know this ...
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... liberty to give evidence against a white person ; forbidding them to bear arms ; and several of these States have compelled them to depart , and forbidden them to return . For this we have been often reproached . To proceed with the ...
... liberty to give evidence against a white person ; forbidding them to bear arms ; and several of these States have compelled them to depart , and forbidden them to return . For this we have been often reproached . To proceed with the ...
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... Liberty and Justice , and the equal rights of man , from which we ought never to depart . " In it is clearly seen a deep and humiliating sense of slavery , " and a cheering hope that it would , at some future period , be abolished — and ...
... Liberty and Justice , and the equal rights of man , from which we ought never to depart . " In it is clearly seen a deep and humiliating sense of slavery , " and a cheering hope that it would , at some future period , be abolished — and ...
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... liberty to send in their adhesion ; and , when they did so , nothing was wanting but laws extending to them the jurisdiction of the Union . In respect to every other State , it was manifest that their several constitutions had been ...
... liberty to send in their adhesion ; and , when they did so , nothing was wanting but laws extending to them the jurisdiction of the Union . In respect to every other State , it was manifest that their several constitutions had been ...
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Page 547 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress , assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 353 - An act for enrolling or licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 131 - received and admitted into this Union as a new and entire member of the United States." CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
Page 425 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Page 543 - Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
Page 723 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected — these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Page 723 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace, and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...
Page 651 - ... applied to the support of said university, with such branches as the public convenience may demand, for the promotion of literature, the arts and sciences, as may be authorized by the terms of such grant. And it shall be the duty of the legislature as soon as may be. to provide effectual means for the improvement and permanent security of the funds of said university.
Page 117 - That after the said limitation shall take effect as aforesaid, no person born out of the kingdoms of England, Scotland or Ireland or the dominions thereunto belonging (although he be naturalized or made a denizen, except such as are born of English parents) shall be capable to be of the privy council, or a member of either house of parliament, or to enjoy any office or place of trust, either civil or military, or to have any grant of lands, tenements or hereditaments from the crown to himself or...
Page 639 - Therefore, no male person, born in this country, or brought from over sea, ought to be holden by law, to serve any person, as a servant, slave or apprentice, after he arrives to the age of twenty-one years, nor female, in like manner, after she arrives to the age of eighteen years, unless they are bound by their own consent, after they arrive to such age, or bound by law, for the payment of debts, damages, fines, costs, or the like.