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... things that required the military authorities to put their hands upon him and hold him ! I , for one , will not do that thing ; nothing on this earth will induce me to do it . Mr. HALL of R. The military commander has not extended the ...
... things that required the military authorities to put their hands upon him and hold him ! I , for one , will not do that thing ; nothing on this earth will induce me to do it . Mr. HALL of R. The military commander has not extended the ...
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... thing of charging a man with treason because he differs somewhat with the privi- leged factions of this country , as to its gov- ernment , is becoming a little too much for me . But I ask no courtesy . I thank God that charge and ...
... thing of charging a man with treason because he differs somewhat with the privi- leged factions of this country , as to its gov- ernment , is becoming a little too much for me . But I ask no courtesy . I thank God that charge and ...
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... things ; nor do they en- tertain much hope of good to Emancipation from this body . They fear that its call at this time , though perhaps not so intended , may result in the practical defeat of Emancipation , by the adoption of some ...
... things ; nor do they en- tertain much hope of good to Emancipation from this body . They fear that its call at this time , though perhaps not so intended , may result in the practical defeat of Emancipation , by the adoption of some ...
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... thing necessary to enable him to take his seat here is to release him ; and as there is no military reason for his detention , I think the Command- ing General should permit him to take his seat , and not ask this Convention to shoulder ...
... thing necessary to enable him to take his seat here is to release him ; and as there is no military reason for his detention , I think the Command- ing General should permit him to take his seat , and not ask this Convention to shoulder ...
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... thing which would afford a proper basis for action in expelling him , nor can we possibly declare him innocent . This body confident of So much for the first resolution . Now as to that which it is proposed to strike out . That proposes ...
... thing which would afford a proper basis for action in expelling him , nor can we possibly declare him innocent . This body confident of So much for the first resolution . Now as to that which it is proposed to strike out . That proposes ...
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Page 238 - The new constitution has put at rest forever all the agitating questions relating to our peculiar institution, African slavery as it exists among us, the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization." This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson, in his fore'cast, had anticipated this as the "rock upon which the old Union would split.
Page 77 - That the people of this State have the inherent, sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof, and of altering and abolishing their Constitution and form of government whenever it may be necessary for their safety and happiness...
Page 288 - Resolved that the United States ought to co-operate with any state which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such state pecuniary aid, to be used by such state in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 165 - It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Page 243 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 160 - For the emancipation of slaves without the consent of their owners, or without paying them, before such emancipation, a full equivalent for such slaves so emancipated...
Page 207 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any persons to whom such service or labor is claimed to be due, and any officer who shall be found guilty by a court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed from the service. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That this act shall take effect...
Page 78 - Every white* male citizen of the United States, who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years...
Page 163 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, Polygamy and Slavery.
Page 238 - Pause, I entreat you, and consider for a moment what reasons you can give that will even satisfy yourselves in calmer moments — what reasons you can give to your fellow-sufferers in the calamity that it will bring upon us.