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... formation of the Federal Constitution . In other Northern States similar judicial decisions were made , and slavery ... formed will find that slavery was regarded everywhere as a political , if the en- lightened sense of the people had ...
... formation of the Federal Constitution . In other Northern States similar judicial decisions were made , and slavery ... formed will find that slavery was regarded everywhere as a political , if the en- lightened sense of the people had ...
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... formation of the Constitution , I will add , that abolition societies were then formed in most of the original ... formed as early as 1774 , and Dr. Franklin was its president . John Jay , Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ...
... formation of the Constitution , I will add , that abolition societies were then formed in most of the original ... formed as early as 1774 , and Dr. Franklin was its president . John Jay , Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the ...
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... formed from many parts , and commenced a new career of national life . It had the blessings and prayers of all those in every quarter of the globe who love liberty , and who feel that civilization can only develop and advance under its ...
... formed from many parts , and commenced a new career of national life . It had the blessings and prayers of all those in every quarter of the globe who love liberty , and who feel that civilization can only develop and advance under its ...
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... formed and crystallized . When we consider how fixed the two sections were in their convictions touching their constitutional rights , and remember the intensity of the popular feeling therein ; the fierce invective of the press ; the ...
... formed and crystallized . When we consider how fixed the two sections were in their convictions touching their constitutional rights , and remember the intensity of the popular feeling therein ; the fierce invective of the press ; the ...
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... formed , as to afford no national boundaries , and compel the Union as a necessity . We cannot di- vide into separate sovereignties . This natural adhe- sion is strengthened by the bond to be found in the influence of the Puritan spirit ...
... formed , as to afford no national boundaries , and compel the Union as a necessity . We cannot di- vide into separate sovereignties . This natural adhe- sion is strengthened by the bond to be found in the influence of the Puritan spirit ...
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Bronze Group Commemorating Emancipation: A Gift to the City of Boston from ... Frederick Octavius Prince No preview available - 2017 |
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abolition of slavery Abraham Lincoln adopted Alderman Breck Board of Aldermen Boston Latin School bronze group cause character Charles H. B. Breck City Council City of Boston civil Columbus avenue commemorates Committee on Common Common Council COUNTRY AT PEACE Daniel D Declaration dedicate destroyed duty Emanci enemies evil Executive Government exist Faneuil Hall flowering plants freedom fugitive slave law gift group emblematical Honorable Moses Kimball institution Joint Special Committee Josiah Quincy judgment junction of Columbus justice liberty Lord one thousand lot of land maintain Mayor military mind moral national government negro North opinions Park square patriotism Phillips Brooks Pleasant street political PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION RACE SET FREE rebellion Republican party respect revolution right of secession save the Union sentiments slave-trade South South Carolina southern statesmen statue suitable fence system of labor territory thank Thee Thou thousand eight hundred tion to-day triangular lot ultimate extinction United Washington
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Page 17 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 53 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 15 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 15 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Page 49 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend...
Page 48 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States, that, by the accession of a Republican administration, their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed, and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you.
Page 48 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 16 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 16 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 49 - I now reiterate these sentiments; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in anywise endangered by the now incoming administration.