The American Crisis Considered |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 52
Page 4
... tion but that the people are the source of all power , and that to them must inevitably be referred , as arbiters , every question of public policy , is the only tangible principle to be found . Until then the action of Government has ...
... tion but that the people are the source of all power , and that to them must inevitably be referred , as arbiters , every question of public policy , is the only tangible principle to be found . Until then the action of Government has ...
Page 18
... department of the State Government does not arro- gate to itself the power to disturb that relation . That power has been wisely vested in the conven- tion , which will , at the proper time , 18 MISSOURI PROCLAMATION .
... department of the State Government does not arro- gate to itself the power to disturb that relation . That power has been wisely vested in the conven- tion , which will , at the proper time , 18 MISSOURI PROCLAMATION .
Page 19
Charles Lempriere. tion , which will , at the proper time , express your sovereign will ; and that meanwhile it is your duty to obey all constitutional requirements of the Fe- deral Government . But it is equally my duty to advise you ...
Charles Lempriere. tion , which will , at the proper time , express your sovereign will ; and that meanwhile it is your duty to obey all constitutional requirements of the Fe- deral Government . But it is equally my duty to advise you ...
Page 24
... tion of their duty , even after the affirmation of it by the solemn judgment of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the United States . In almost every case the expense and hindrance cost the owner more in recovering his slave than the ...
... tion of their duty , even after the affirmation of it by the solemn judgment of the Supreme Court of Judicature of the United States . In almost every case the expense and hindrance cost the owner more in recovering his slave than the ...
Page 29
... tion stands but little chance of amelioration from the efforts of his friends . What has been the result of emancipation without safeguards has been already published to the four quarters of the globe in such graphic terms that we make ...
... tion stands but little chance of amelioration from the efforts of his friends . What has been the result of emancipation without safeguards has been already published to the four quarters of the globe in such graphic terms that we make ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln action ad valorem American assertion authority bales blockade capital cent citizens civilised cloth coloured Confederate Congress constitution cotton crop declared defend disunion duty Edinburgh Review Ellison enacted Encyclopædia England Engravings execution existence export favour federacy Federal Government force foreign fugitive slave fugitive slave law habeas corpus History Illustrations interest JAMES MARTINEAU Kansas land liberty Majesty's government manufactures Maps ment Middle Temple Missouri Missouri Compromise moral morocco Natural negro North Northern opinion organisation party peace person Plates political Portrait ports Post 8vo pound President principle produce protection question recognised revised seceding secession Second Edition sections Senate service or labour slaveholding slavery South Carolina Southern Square crown 8vo stitution tariff territory Third Edition tion tonnage trade Union United valorem Vignette vols vote West whole Woodcuts York