History of the Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America, Volume 3J. R. Osgood, 1877 - Antislavery movements |
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... , and their reports became the sub- jects of debate and action . Though the House moved first , and its report became the basis of the final action of Congress , some account of the report of the Senate's committee and.
... , and their reports became the sub- jects of debate and action . Though the House moved first , and its report became the basis of the final action of Congress , some account of the report of the Senate's committee and.
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... moved to refer so much of the President's message as pertained to the perilous condition of the country to a committee of one from each State . The motion was promptly adopted by a vote of one hundred and forty - five to thirty - eight ...
... moved to refer so much of the President's message as pertained to the perilous condition of the country to a committee of one from each State . The motion was promptly adopted by a vote of one hundred and forty - five to thirty - eight ...
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... moved to defer the vote till the next day . Robert F. Stockton of the same State made a frantic appeal for union and immediate action , urging the convention to " bring a speedy termination to this whole business . " " We stand , " he ...
... moved to defer the vote till the next day . Robert F. Stockton of the same State made a frantic appeal for union and immediate action , urging the convention to " bring a speedy termination to this whole business . " " We stand , " he ...
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... moved that a committee of thirteen be appointed to report a plan for a government on the basis of the Constitution of the United States . A resolution was received from the legislature of Alabama , and the proffer was accepted , placing ...
... moved that a committee of thirteen be appointed to report a plan for a government on the basis of the Constitution of the United States . A resolution was received from the legislature of Alabama , and the proffer was accepted , placing ...
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... moved that the record be so corrected as to state the fact . Mr. Seward of New York opposed any entry of the transaction , thinking “ the less there is said about it the sooner it will be mended . " He was in favor , too , of leaving ...
... moved that the record be so corrected as to state the fact . Mr. Seward of New York opposed any entry of the transaction , thinking “ the less there is said about it the sooner it will be mended . " He was in favor , too , of leaving ...
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Page 234 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 576 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph and a result less fundamental and astounding.
Page 222 - And this issue embraces more than the fate of these United States. It presents to the whole family of man the question whether a constitutional republic or democracy — a government of the people by the same people — can or cannot maintain its territorial integrity against its own domestic foes.
Page 176 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Page 180 - 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 any wise endangered by the now incoming Administration.
Page 223 - This is essentially a People's contest. On the side of the Union, it is a struggle for maintaining in the world, that form and substance of government, whose leading object is, to elevate the condition of men...
Page 99 - 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...
Page 180 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union ; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void ; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the \ United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 222 - The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status. If they break from this they can only do so against law and by revolution. The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty. By conquest or purchase the Union gave each of them whatever of independence and liberty it has. The Union is older than any of the States, and in fact it created them as States.
Page 182 - Constitution unimpaired, and, on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it; while the new Administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either. If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present...