Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 7, 1846-Sept. 30, 1850D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... slavery - against its wrongful usurpations . Sir , I was in favor of the annexation of Texas . I supported it with the whole influence which I possessed , and I Mr. CALHOUN rose and addressed the Senate . was willing to take Texas in as ...
... slavery - against its wrongful usurpations . Sir , I was in favor of the annexation of Texas . I supported it with the whole influence which I possessed , and I Mr. CALHOUN rose and addressed the Senate . was willing to take Texas in as ...
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... slavery in the States where it now exists . With that sub- ject we have nothing to do . We take this up as a great national question - a question un- trammelled by any vested right - one which addresses itself to us not as mere ...
... slavery in the States where it now exists . With that sub- ject we have nothing to do . We take this up as a great national question - a question un- trammelled by any vested right - one which addresses itself to us not as mere ...
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... slavery ; and the other was , that slavery shall not hereafter exist in any of the Terri- tories of the United States ; the effect of which would be to give to the non - slaveholding States the monopoly of the public domain , to the ...
... slavery ; and the other was , that slavery shall not hereafter exist in any of the Terri- tories of the United States ; the effect of which would be to give to the non - slaveholding States the monopoly of the public domain , to the ...
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... slavery as a great evil , and desired to prohibit it in all the territories belonging to the Confederation .. But to proceed : In 1787 , the attention of the Congress of the Confederation was again directed to the subject of slavery in ...
... slavery as a great evil , and desired to prohibit it in all the territories belonging to the Confederation .. But to proceed : In 1787 , the attention of the Congress of the Confederation was again directed to the subject of slavery in ...
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... slaves and slavery with her ? rightly , said he wanted no new territory : all Where were they , I ask ? Were they standing he desired was equality , and no exclusion ; he up like men against slaves and slavery ? Was wished the South to ...
... slaves and slavery with her ? rightly , said he wanted no new territory : all Where were they , I ask ? Were they standing he desired was equality , and no exclusion ; he up like men against slaves and slavery ? Was wished the South to ...
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Էջ 260 - ... employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
Էջ 260 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Էջ 260 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Էջ 34 - Provided, That the right of suffrage and of holding office shall be exercised only by citizens of the United States...
Էջ 108 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 137 - Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views. One of the expedients of party to acquire influence within particular districts is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heartburnings which spring from these misrepresentations...
Էջ 260 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is, to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings, which spring from these misrepresentations ; they tend to render alien to each other those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Էջ 107 - That after the year 1800 of the Christian era there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Էջ 432 - Sir, he who sees these States, now revolving in harmony around a common centre, and expects to see them quit their places and fly off without convulsion, may look the next hour to see the heavenly bodies rush from their spheres, and jostle against each other in the realms of space, without causing the wreck of the universe.
Էջ 265 - The accounts of the abundance of gold in that territory are of such an extraordinary character as would scarcely command belief were they not corroborated by the authentic reports of officers in the public service who have visited the mineral district and derived the facts which they detail from personal observation.