SPEECH OF MR. NORVELL, OF MICHIGAN, OF THE BILL OF MR. CRITTENDEN TO PREVENT THE INTERFERENCE OF CERTIAN FEDERAL OFFICERS IN ELECTIONS |
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In his own political sentiments, matured as they were by time and experience, he
was immovably confirmed; but in regard to individuals or parties, other than as
they came recommended by character and conduct, he was impartial, unfettered,
...
In his own political sentiments, matured as they were by time and experience, he
was immovably confirmed; but in regard to individuals or parties, other than as
they came recommended by character and conduct, he was impartial, unfettered,
...
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They can be restrained only by that sense of propriety and decorum which every
gentleman ought to feel, especially when both his own respectability and the
character of his Government may be affected by his conduct. A law of Congress, ...
They can be restrained only by that sense of propriety and decorum which every
gentleman ought to feel, especially when both his own respectability and the
character of his Government may be affected by his conduct. A law of Congress, ...
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Now, Sir, if this were the fact, these restraints would have altogether a pecuniary
character; and they would be ae fair and impartial executi it i & C}}}. of the official
duties of the officer. They would no affect his opinions, his free soul, his right to ...
Now, Sir, if this were the fact, these restraints would have altogether a pecuniary
character; and they would be ae fair and impartial executi it i & C}}}. of the official
duties of the officer. They would no affect his opinions, his free soul, his right to ...
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Sir, the report properly incites them to assert and vindicate their equal rights,
attempted to be violated by this bill; and they would be unworthy of the character
of American citizens, if they did not maintain those rights with manly firmness.
Sir, the report properly incites them to assert and vindicate their equal rights,
attempted to be violated by this bill; and they would be unworthy of the character
of American citizens, if they did not maintain those rights with manly firmness.
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Sir, I think I have a right to pronounce the allegation a libel upon her character.
Democratic principles, the binding authority of the people, the doctrine of the
equal and inalienable rights of the people, subsist no where in greater force than
in ...
Sir, I think I have a right to pronounce the allegation a libel upon her character.
Democratic principles, the binding authority of the people, the doctrine of the
equal and inalienable rights of the people, subsist no where in greater force than
in ...
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ADDRESS OF CHARLES H. ALLEN TO THE TWO BRANCHES OF THE LEGISLATURE OF PORTO ... Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1900 |
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Էջ 16 - Ohio, under the laws thereof, shall escape into any other of the said states, or territory, the person to whom such labor, or service, may be due, his agent, or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the circuit or district courts of the United States, residing, or being within the state, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Էջ 16 - That any person who shall knowingly and willingly obstruct or hinder such claimant, his agent or attorney, in so seizing or arresting such fugitive from labor, or shall rescue such fugitive from such claimant, his agent or attorney, when so arrested pursuant to the authority herein given or declared; or shall harbor or conceal such person after notice that he or she was a fugitive from labor as aforesaid, shall, for either of the said offences, forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars.
Էջ 16 - Historically, it is well known, that the object of this clause was to secure to the citizens of the slaveholding states the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every state in the Union into which they might escape from the state where they were held in servitude. The full recognition of this right and title was indispensable to the security of this species of property in all the slaveholding states; and, indeed, was so vital to the preservation of their domestic...