... having to that extent practically resigned their government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they may not shrink to decide cases properly brought before... Selections from Abraham Lincoln - Page 87by Abraham Lincoln - 1911 - 162 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1861 - 580 pages
...government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they...extended. This is the only substantial dispute. The fugitive slave clause of the Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade,... | |
| Charles Lempriere - United States - 1861 - 336 pages
...Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. "It is a duty from which they...be extended. This is the only substantial dispute ; and the fugitive slave clause of the Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 586 pages
...eminent tribunal. Nor is there, in this view, any assault upon the Court or the Jndges. It is a ilnn from which they may not shrink, to decide cases properly...ought to be extended, while the other believes it wrong and ought not to be extended. This is the only substantial dispute ; and the Fugitive Slave clause... | |
| History, Modern - 1861 - 456 pages
...Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. ^f Nor is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they...seek to turn their decisions to political purposes. ^f One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other... | |
| United States - 1862 - 984 pages
...two sections. I did so in language which I cannot improve, and which, therefore, I beg to repeat : "One section of our country believes slavery is right,...extended. This is the only substantial dispute. The fugitive slave clause of the Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade,... | |
| Ludwig Karl Aegidi - 1861 - 462 pages
...Government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. ^[ Nor is there in thin view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they...shrink, to decide cases properly brought before them, aud it is no fault of theirs if others seek to turn their decisions to political purposes. TJ One section... | |
| Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 764 pages
...government into the hands of that eminent tribunal. " NOT is there in this view any assault upon the court or the judges. It is a duty from which they...believes it is wrong and ought not to be extended ; and this is the only substantial dispute ; and the fugitive slave clause of the Constitution, and... | |
| United States - 1862 - 200 pages
...a single instance in which a plainly-written provision of the Constitution has ever been denied. " One section of our country believes slavery is right,...extended; this is the only substantial dispute. The fugitive slave clause of the Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slavetrade,... | |
| United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln) - Presidents - 1862 - 986 pages
...two sections. I did so in language which I cannot improve, and which, therefore, I beg to repeat : "One section of our country believes slavery is right,...extended. This is the only substantial dispute. The fugitive slave clause of the Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade,... | |
| United States. Department of State - United States - 1862 - 984 pages
...two sections. I did so in language which I cannot improve, and which, therefore, I beg to repeat : "One section of our country believes slavery is right,...extended. This is the only substantial dispute. The fugitive slave clause of the Constitution, and the law for the suppression of the foreign slave trade,... | |
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