The Political Text-book: Or Encyclopedia. Containing Everything Necessary for the Reference of the Politicians and Statesmen of the United StatesMichael W. Cluskey J. B. Smith & Company, 1860 - 808 páginas |
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... reason on the subject , as more enlightened * Benjamin Franklin . men would , they would do things which would incur punishment , and cause their owners to use a severity with them they were not ao- customed to . . Mr. Smith of S. C. ...
... reason on the subject , as more enlightened * Benjamin Franklin . men would , they would do things which would incur punishment , and cause their owners to use a severity with them they were not ao- customed to . . Mr. Smith of S. C. ...
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... reason and experience , and as their speculations and their practice had no taint of selfishness in them , it was almost inevitable that they should see clearly and act sagaciously . Only , they have not seen half that was to come to ...
... reason and experience , and as their speculations and their practice had no taint of selfishness in them , it was almost inevitable that they should see clearly and act sagaciously . Only , they have not seen half that was to come to ...
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... reason of our long agitation is , not that restless Abolitionists are abroad , that ministers will meddle with improper themes , that par- ties are disregardful of their country's interest . These are symptoms only , not the disease ...
... reason of our long agitation is , not that restless Abolitionists are abroad , that ministers will meddle with improper themes , that par- ties are disregardful of their country's interest . These are symptoms only , not the disease ...
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... reason as they would demand of a person pursuing a vicious course of drunkenness , gambling , or debauchery , that he should desist from it at once , at any cost of physical pain . Immediate emancipa- tion presented no financial or ...
... reason as they would demand of a person pursuing a vicious course of drunkenness , gambling , or debauchery , that he should desist from it at once , at any cost of physical pain . Immediate emancipa- tion presented no financial or ...
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... Reason and precedent concur that Con- have rarely differed in our views on the ques- gress has the right . It has , as I have stated , tions which have come before the Senate ; and been exercised in every similar case . If the I deeply ...
... Reason and precedent concur that Con- have rarely differed in our views on the ques- gress has the right . It has , as I have stated , tions which have come before the Senate ; and been exercised in every similar case . If the I deeply ...
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Página 72 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Página 186 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 341 - This difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments. And to the defence of our own, which has been achieved by the loss of so much blood and treasure, and matured by the wisdom of their most enlightened citizens, and under which we have enjoyed unexampled felicity, this whole nation is devoted.
Página 70 - ... so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States, in Congress assembled, unless such state be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the United States, in Congress assembled, shall determine otherwise.
Página 67 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Página 72 - AND WHEREAS, It hath pleased the great Governor of the world to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, Know ye, that we, the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do, by these presents, in the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said Articles...
Página 72 - ... the United States in congress assembled. The United States in congress assembled shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace, nor enter into any treaties or alliances, nor coin money, nor...
Página 72 - ... and welfare of the United States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Página 178 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Página 72 - State ; which requisition shall be binding, and thereupon the Legislature of each State shall appoint the regimental officers, raise the men and clothe, arm and equip them in a soldier-like manner, at the expense of the United States ; and the officers and men so clothed, armed and equipped shall march to the place appointed, and within the time agreed on by the United States in Congress assembled...