The Cradle of the Confederacy: Or, The Times of Troup, Quitman, and Yancey. A Sketch of Southwestern Political History from the Formation of the Federal Government to A.D. 1861 |
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... DOUGLAS . The AMERICAN party deplored the removal of the Missouri line as unnecessary and provocative of renewed sectional agitation ; but being removed , noth- ing was left except to plant themselves upon the clear abstract right of ...
... DOUGLAS . The AMERICAN party deplored the removal of the Missouri line as unnecessary and provocative of renewed sectional agitation ; but being removed , noth- ing was left except to plant themselves upon the clear abstract right of ...
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... Douglas , held that the Court could pass simply upon each case as it came before them , and could not lay down a general principle which would bind the political department of the Government . The Douglas Democracy in thus rejecting the ...
... Douglas , held that the Court could pass simply upon each case as it came before them , and could not lay down a general principle which would bind the political department of the Government . The Douglas Democracy in thus rejecting the ...
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... DOUGLAS , they believed the election of their own candidate to be certain , if in the end it should have to be determined by that body . If the House should fail to elect by the 4th day of March , then the Senate , in which the ...
... DOUGLAS , they believed the election of their own candidate to be certain , if in the end it should have to be determined by that body . If the House should fail to elect by the 4th day of March , then the Senate , in which the ...
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... Douglas De- mocracy , the entire Whig party at the beginning of this eventful year , was in opposition to the spirit of the resolu- tions of the General Assembly . It was as late as Septem- ber 21 before Mr. WATTS , the generally ...
... Douglas De- mocracy , the entire Whig party at the beginning of this eventful year , was in opposition to the spirit of the resolu- tions of the General Assembly . It was as late as Septem- ber 21 before Mr. WATTS , the generally ...
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... Douglas and all others who make " that assertion and undertake to get rid of the moral , " the constitutional , the intellectual power of argument , 66 66 put themselves directly in conflict with the venerable " Chief Justice of the ...
... Douglas and all others who make " that assertion and undertake to get rid of the moral , " the constitutional , the intellectual power of argument , 66 66 put themselves directly in conflict with the venerable " Chief Justice of the ...
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Page 70 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 5 - There is, however, a circumstance attending these colonies which, in my opinion, fully counterbalances this difference and makes the spirit of liberty still more high and haughty than in those to the northward.
Page 77 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective States : Fixing the standard of weights and measures throughout the United States : Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians...
Page 409 - Inasmuch as differences of opinion exist in the Democratic party as to the nature and extent of the Powers of a Territorial Legislature, and as to the powers and duties of Congress, under the Constitution of the United States, over the institution of Slavery within the territories : 2. Resolved, That the Democratic party will abide by the decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on the questions of Constitutional law.
Page 340 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Page 471 - Nay : we hold, with Jefferson, to the inalienable right of communities to alter or abolish forms of government that have become oppressive or injurious ; and, if the Cotton States shall decide that they can do better out of the Union than in it, we insist on letting them go in peace.
Page 95 - The contract between Georgia and the purchasers was executed by the grant. A contract executed, as well as one which is executory, contains obligations binding on the parties. A grant, in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right. A party is, therefore, always estopped by his own grant.
Page 393 - But if we could do as our fathers did — organize "committees of safety" all over the cotton States (and it is only in them that we can hope for any effective movement) — we shall fire the Southern heart, instruct the Southern mind, give courage to each other, and, at the proper moment, by one organized, concerted action, we can precipitate the cotton States into a revolution.
Page 5 - Freedom is to them not only an enjoyment, but a kind of rank and privilege. Not seeing there that freedom, as in countries where it is a common blessing, and as broad and general as the air, may be united with much abject toil, with great misery, with all the exterior of servitude, liberty looks, among them, like something that is more noble and liberal.
Page 5 - ... them, like something that is more noble and liberal. I do not mean, sir, to commend the superior morality of this sentiment, which has at least as much pride as virtue in it, but I cannot alter the nature of man.