Recent Speeches and Addresses [1851-1855]Higgins and Bradley, 1856 - 562 էջ |
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... LAND STATES AND POLICY OF ROADS . 6-14 SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE IOWA RAIL- ROAD BILL , 27TH JAN . , 17TH FEB . , AND 16TH MARCH , 1852 · 15-43 CHEAP OCEAN POSTAGE . SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ON ...
... LAND STATES AND POLICY OF ROADS . 6-14 SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ON THE IOWA RAIL- ROAD BILL , 27TH JAN . , 17TH FEB . , AND 16TH MARCH , 1852 · 15-43 CHEAP OCEAN POSTAGE . SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES ON ...
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... LAND AGAINST SLAVERY IN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS . SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES , ON THE NIGHT OF THE FINAL PASSAGE OF THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BILL , 25TH MAY , 1854 . DEFENCE OF MASSACHUSETTS . 315-326 SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF ...
... LAND AGAINST SLAVERY IN NEBRASKA AND KANSAS . SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES , ON THE NIGHT OF THE FINAL PASSAGE OF THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS BILL , 25TH MAY , 1854 . DEFENCE OF MASSACHUSETTS . 315-326 SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF ...
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... land to land , from city to city , and , with words of matchless power , seems at times the fiery sword of freedom , and then the trumpet of resurrection to the nations Tuba mirum spargens sonum . I know not how others have been ...
... land to land , from city to city , and , with words of matchless power , seems at times the fiery sword of freedom , and then the trumpet of resurrection to the nations Tuba mirum spargens sonum . I know not how others have been ...
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Charles Sumner. serves this cause , wheresoever he may be , in whatever land , is entitled , according to his works , to the grati- tude of every true American bosom - of every true lover of mankind . The resolution before us commends ...
Charles Sumner. serves this cause , wheresoever he may be , in whatever land , is entitled , according to his works , to the grati- tude of every true American bosom - of every true lover of mankind . The resolution before us commends ...
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... land , who struggle for Human Rights ; but , sternly as Wash- ington on another occasion , against every pressure , against all popular appeals , against all solicitations , against all blandishments , I would uphold with steady hand ...
... land , who struggle for Human Rights ; but , sternly as Wash- ington on another occasion , against every pressure , against all popular appeals , against all solicitations , against all blandishments , I would uphold with steady hand ...
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Էջ 152 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Էջ 533 - Washington — first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen...
Էջ 511 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Էջ 251 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any Territory or State, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their...
Էջ 341 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Էջ 311 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty, That they pass by me, as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Էջ 27 - January, 1819, shall remain exempt from any tax laid by order, or under any authority of the State, whether for State, county, or township, or any other purpose whatever, for the term of five years from and after the day of sale...
Էջ 293 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Էջ 575 - Our Constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is [consequently to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an Act of the Legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Էջ 248 - 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.