The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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William Henry Seward George E. Baker. of the existence of slavery , in the United States . Mr. Clay's views were sustained by the leading advocates of slavery in congress . For the most part these belonged to the democratic party . They ...
William Henry Seward George E. Baker. of the existence of slavery , in the United States . Mr. Clay's views were sustained by the leading advocates of slavery in congress . For the most part these belonged to the democratic party . They ...
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... slavery , at th very moment when the latter was known to have adopted a fr constitution and to have chosen representatives to ask an admissio into the Union . On this question , Mr.Seward maintained that Ne Mexico should be admitted ...
... slavery , at th very moment when the latter was known to have adopted a fr constitution and to have chosen representatives to ask an admissio into the Union . On this question , Mr.Seward maintained that Ne Mexico should be admitted ...
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... slavery was too great a price to pay even for the attainment of peace ; that a peace purchased on such terms would be only a hollow truce ; that it would be disturbed by new and deeper agitations ; that freedom and slavery were ...
... slavery was too great a price to pay even for the attainment of peace ; that a peace purchased on such terms would be only a hollow truce ; that it would be disturbed by new and deeper agitations ; that freedom and slavery were ...
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... slavery controversy . No favors were to be ex- pected from the administration by those who failed to comply with the terms . A refusal was deemed sufficient evidence of disloyalty to the government and of hostility to the Union . But Mr ...
... slavery controversy . No favors were to be ex- pected from the administration by those who failed to comply with the terms . A refusal was deemed sufficient evidence of disloyalty to the government and of hostility to the Union . But Mr ...
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... slaves are property under the constitution . Their ideas were foreshadowed by the counsel for Virginia , ' who reiterated in the court room the same plea for the justice and beneficence of African slavery which he had a month before ...
... slaves are property under the constitution . Their ideas were foreshadowed by the counsel for Virginia , ' who reiterated in the court room the same plea for the justice and beneficence of African slavery which he had a month before ...
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