Speeches on Political Questions [1850-1868]Hurd and Houghton, 1872 - 472 страница |
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... force that they defeated his election . He was not a man to suppress truth , or to consent merely to whisper it , for the sake of the honors and emoluments of office . He still continued to hurl his sharp and well- aimed spears at the ...
... force that they defeated his election . He was not a man to suppress truth , or to consent merely to whisper it , for the sake of the honors and emoluments of office . He still continued to hurl his sharp and well- aimed spears at the ...
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... forces against him were marshaled with so much skill , that he again lost his election ; a result to be deeply regretted at this period , when political corruption spreads so widely , and honesty is comparatively rare . In private life ...
... forces against him were marshaled with so much skill , that he again lost his election ; a result to be deeply regretted at this period , when political corruption spreads so widely , and honesty is comparatively rare . In private life ...
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... forces by which reforms of every kind are carried forward . We understand the power of opinion . We believe , in the language of Dr. Channing , that " opinion is stronger than kings , mobs , lynch - laws , or any other laws for the ...
... forces by which reforms of every kind are carried forward . We understand the power of opinion . We believe , in the language of Dr. Channing , that " opinion is stronger than kings , mobs , lynch - laws , or any other laws for the ...
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... force alone for the triumph of their cause . I deny that they are guilty of inciting , or of wishing to incite servile insurrections , or of scattering firebrands among the slaves , or licentious pictures . These Abolitionists are ...
... force alone for the triumph of their cause . I deny that they are guilty of inciting , or of wishing to incite servile insurrections , or of scattering firebrands among the slaves , or licentious pictures . These Abolitionists are ...
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... force till 1845. Thus , while the govern- ment was spreading its flag over the peculiar institution in our in- tercourse with foreign powers , and whilst slavery in this District and in the Territory of Florida was upheld by the laws of ...
... force till 1845. Thus , while the govern- ment was spreading its flag over the peculiar institution in our in- tercourse with foreign powers , and whilst slavery in this District and in the Territory of Florida was upheld by the laws of ...
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Страница 45 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, — a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God...
Страница 226 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Страница 177 - God give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready hands. Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking; Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Страница 143 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Страница 334 - That liberty, or freedom, consists in having an actual share in the appointment of those who frame the laws, and who are to be the guardians of every man's life, property, and peace ; for the all of one man is as dear to him as the all of another; and the poor man has an equal right, but more need, to have representatives in the legislature than the rich one.
Страница 3 - ... for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that considering numbers, nature, and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation, is among possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference. The Almighty has no attribute which can take sides with us in such a contest.
Страница 22 - the citizens of each State shall be entitled to all the privileges and immunities of citizens of the several States.
Страница 226 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Страница 12 - THE ABOLITION OF DOMESTIC SLAVERY is the greatest object of desire in these Colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state.
Страница 162 - I lay this down as the law of nations. I say that the military authority takes for the time the place of all municipal institutions, and slavery among the rest ; and that, under that state of things, so far from its being true that the States where slavery exists have the exclusive management of the subject, not only the President of the United States but the commander of the army has power to order the universal emancipation of the slaves.