 power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depends, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force of the soil of any state or territory, no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes.  The Works of William H. Seward - Page 679by William Henry Seward - 1884Full view - About this book
 | Current events - 1879 - 470 pages
...essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." Should the Democrats get possession of the Government within the next ten years, and begin to use the... | |
 | Eugene Virgil Smalley - Campaign literature - 1880 - 364 pages
...domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. 5. That the present Democratic administration has far exceeded our worst apprehensions, in its measureless... | |
 | James Breckinridge Waller - Enslaved persons - 1880 - 104 pages
...domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes." As far as this resolution goes, legitimately construed according to the obvious meaning of its words,... | |
 | Campaign literature - 1880 - 236 pages
...exclusively, is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of ourpolitical fabric depends; and we denounce the lawless invasion...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. 1864— [Plank 1. 1808—We congratulate the country on the assured success of the reconstruction policy... | |
 | Orators - 1880 - 698 pages
...essential to the balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. I now reiterate these sentiments; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 908 pages
...essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend, and we denounce the lawless invasion by armed force...no matter under what pretext, as among the gravest Nor was this declaration of the want of power or disposition to interfere with our social system confined... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - Political parties - 1882 - 592 pages
...domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. 5. That the present democratic administration has far exceeded our worst apprehensions, in its measureless... | |
 | Walter Raleigh Houghton - Political parties - 1882 - 596 pages
...domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. 5. That the present democratic administration has far exceeded our worst apprehensions, in its measureless... | |
 | George Fitch - Political parties - 1883 - 276 pages
...essential to that balance of powers on whick the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend; and we denounce the lawless invasion, by armed force,...State or territory, no matter under what pretext, as amongst the gravest of crimes." Thus were the preliminaries for this great contest arranged, with four... | |
 | Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, Thomas W. Handford - 1884 - 564 pages
...domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of powers on which the perfection and endurance of our political...under what pretext, as among the gravest of crimes. 5. That the present Democratic administration has far exceeded our worst apprehensions, in its measureless... | |
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