Papers on Slavery, Rebellion, Etc1856 |
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... slaves in this Territory , such person shall be deemed guilty of felony , and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than two years . " No person who is conscientiously opposed to holding slaves , or who does not ...
... slaves in this Territory , such person shall be deemed guilty of felony , and punished by imprisonment at hard labor for a term of not less than two years . " No person who is conscientiously opposed to holding slaves , or who does not ...
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... slaves themselves ; nay , the very act of sub- mission would have made them slaves . The wrongs inflicted on the colonists by the mother country , which led to the Revolution , bear no comparison with this monstrous injus- tice . The ...
... slaves themselves ; nay , the very act of sub- mission would have made them slaves . The wrongs inflicted on the colonists by the mother country , which led to the Revolution , bear no comparison with this monstrous injus- tice . The ...
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... slaves ; which they insist are property . The slave - holding States have twenty - one members , by reason of their slave representa- tion . This is clearly not an equality of representation . If the slaves are persons , entitled to be ...
... slaves ; which they insist are property . The slave - holding States have twenty - one members , by reason of their slave representa- tion . This is clearly not an equality of representation . If the slaves are persons , entitled to be ...
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... Slaves may minister to the mere physical wants of those who do , and those who are to exer- cise this franchise , but they do not imbue their minds with free principles and high aspirations . They are in no way an element of a free ...
... Slaves may minister to the mere physical wants of those who do , and those who are to exer- cise this franchise , but they do not imbue their minds with free principles and high aspirations . They are in no way an element of a free ...
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... slaves ; that the surplus of profit which a northern farmer is able to lay by he invests in cattle , horses , & c . , whereas a southern farmer lays out the same surplus in slaves ; that there was no more reason , therefore , for taxing ...
... slaves ; that the surplus of profit which a northern farmer is able to lay by he invests in cattle , horses , & c . , whereas a southern farmer lays out the same surplus in slaves ; that there was no more reason , therefore , for taxing ...
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Страница 26 - 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.
Страница 33 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Страница 27 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union...
Страница 77 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Страница 20 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Страница 40 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants, of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
Страница 27 - ... of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said Articles of Confederation and perpetual Union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained: And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said Confederation are submitted to them. And that the Articles thereof shall be inviolably...
Страница 11 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights and ought not to be exercised.
Страница 40 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Страница 64 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.