The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, Հատոր 2D. Appleton, 1850 |
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... Slaves .145 CHAPTER XVII . Log - book and Letters 152 CHAPTER XVIII . The Apportionment Bill 161 CHAPTER XIX . Pinckney , Marshall , Tazewell - Departure for Europe The Voyage CHAPTER XX . CHAPTER XXI . Incidents in England CHAPTER XXII ...
... Slaves .145 CHAPTER XVII . Log - book and Letters 152 CHAPTER XVIII . The Apportionment Bill 161 CHAPTER XIX . Pinckney , Marshall , Tazewell - Departure for Europe The Voyage CHAPTER XX . CHAPTER XXI . Incidents in England CHAPTER XXII ...
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... Slavery 261 CHAPTER XXXIII . Letters from Abroad 269 CHAPTER XXXIV . Ejection from the Senate 275 CHAPTER XXXV . Election to the House of Representatives 289 CHAPTER XXXVI . Leader of the Opposition - A wise CONTENTS . 7.
... Slavery 261 CHAPTER XXXIII . Letters from Abroad 269 CHAPTER XXXIV . Ejection from the Senate 275 CHAPTER XXXV . Election to the House of Representatives 289 CHAPTER XXXVI . Leader of the Opposition - A wise CONTENTS . 7.
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... slaves depended on the construction and effect of the statute of Virginia of 1758 , making parole gifts of slaves void . He stated the facts and the law on which he rested his claim to the slaves with as much precision as coun- sel ...
... slaves depended on the construction and effect of the statute of Virginia of 1758 , making parole gifts of slaves void . He stated the facts and the law on which he rested his claim to the slaves with as much precision as coun- sel ...
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... slaves I fear will suffer dreadfully . Randolph to Brockenbrough . ROANOKE , Aug. 1 , 1814 . You find in me , I fear , not merely an unprofitable but a trouble- some correspondent ; all my conversation is on paper . I have no one to ...
... slaves I fear will suffer dreadfully . Randolph to Brockenbrough . ROANOKE , Aug. 1 , 1814 . You find in me , I fear , not merely an unprofitable but a trouble- some correspondent ; all my conversation is on paper . I have no one to ...
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... slaves I have found my best and most faithful friends ; and I feel that it would be more difficult to abandon them to the cruel fate to which our laws would consign them , than to suffer with them . Among other of his tracts , I have ...
... slaves I have found my best and most faithful friends ; and I feel that it would be more difficult to abandon them to the cruel fate to which our laws would consign them , than to suffer with them . Among other of his tracts , I have ...
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Էջ 126 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited...
Էջ 181 - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embow-ed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Էջ 70 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Էջ 303 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Էջ 211 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Էջ 245 - While foreign nations, less blessed with that freedom which is power than ourselves, are advancing with gigantic strides in the career of public improvement, were we to slumber in indolence, or fold up our arms and proclaim to the world that we are palsied by the will of our constituents, would it not be to cast away the bounties of Providence, and doom ourselves to perpetual inferiority?
Էջ 234 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Էջ 211 - The power of Congress, then, comprehends navigation, within the limits of every State in the Union ; so far as that navigation may be, in any manner, connected with "commerce with foreign nations, or among the several States, or with the Indian tribes.
Էջ 133 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o...
Էջ 119 - ... and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States...