Charles Sumner; His Complete Works: With Introduction by Hon. George Frisbie Hoar, Հատոր 7Lee & Shepard, 1900 |
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... Congress , Mr. Buffinton , who never misses a vote , and whose presence alone is often as good as a speech . He will pardon me , if I say that I am glad to see him here among his constituents , so many of whom I now meet for the first time.
... Congress , Mr. Buffinton , who never misses a vote , and whose presence alone is often as good as a speech . He will pardon me , if I say that I am glad to see him here among his constituents , so many of whom I now meet for the first time.
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... vote , proper for adoption at this day : " The Representatives are de- sired to promote the encouraging the bringing of white servants , and to put a period to negroes being slaves . " 2 By this official corporate act , first of the ...
... vote , proper for adoption at this day : " The Representatives are de- sired to promote the encouraging the bringing of white servants , and to put a period to negroes being slaves . " 2 By this official corporate act , first of the ...
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... votes in order to save it . That is , they ask you to abandon cherished convictions , and to allow Slavery , with all its Barbarism , to enter the outlying Territories of the Re- public , simply because certain Slave - Masters threaten ...
... votes in order to save it . That is , they ask you to abandon cherished convictions , and to allow Slavery , with all its Barbarism , to enter the outlying Territories of the Re- public , simply because certain Slave - Masters threaten ...
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... vote against him for the safety of the Union ; and they surrendered to the call . With- out this , John C. Fremont would have been chosen President . Thus again did the old menace prevail ; and the chronic cry still continued , showing ...
... vote against him for the safety of the Union ; and they surrendered to the call . With- out this , John C. Fremont would have been chosen President . Thus again did the old menace prevail ; and the chronic cry still continued , showing ...
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... voted down on matters within the national jurisdiction and outside of the States ; but they may nevertheless exert an influence , which on their withdrawal must be en- tirely renounced . Such are the two grievances which are to justify ...
... voted down on matters within the national jurisdiction and outside of the States ; but they may nevertheless exert an influence , which on their withdrawal must be en- tirely renounced . Such are the two grievances which are to justify ...
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Էջ 10 - ... that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers in the Church and Commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors, — "It is therefore ordered, That every township in. this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them •to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Էջ 273 - The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men.
Էջ 129 - The benevolence of your heart, my dear Marquis, is so conspicuous upon all occasions that I never wonder at any fresh proofs of it ; but your late purchase of an estate in the Colony of Cayenne, with a view of emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble proof of your humanity. Would to God a like spirit might diffuse itself generally into the minds of the people of this country ! But I despair of seeing it.
Էջ 317 - Religion and humanity had nothing to do with this question. Interest alone is the governing principle with nations. The true question at present is, whether the Southern States shall or shall not be parties to the Union.
Էջ 232 - ... that this war is not prosecuted upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Էջ 321 - Evil, be thou my good : by thee at least Divided empire with heaven's King I hold, By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign ; As man ere long and this new world shall know.
Էջ 369 - When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung : By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.
Էջ 10 - And it is further ordered, that where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the masters thereof being able to instruct youths so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Էջ 232 - That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the Southern States now in revolt against the constitutional Government and in arms around the capital...
Էջ 219 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...