Recent Speeches and Addresses [1851-1855]Higgins and Bradley, 1856 - 562 էջ |
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... PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE . SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES , ON THE PROPOSITION TO LIMIT THE SECRET SESSIONS OF THE SENATE , 6TH APRIL , 1853 188-190 · THE POWERS OF A STATE OVER THE MILITIA . SPEECHES ON THE MILITIA ...
... PROCEEDINGS OF THE SENATE . SPEECH IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES , ON THE PROPOSITION TO LIMIT THE SECRET SESSIONS OF THE SENATE , 6TH APRIL , 1853 188-190 · THE POWERS OF A STATE OVER THE MILITIA . SPEECHES ON THE MILITIA ...
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... proceedings were instituted by the attorney of the District of Columbia , against these parties , in seventy - four different indictments , each in- dictment being founded on the alleged " transporting " of a single slave . On ...
... proceedings were instituted by the attorney of the District of Columbia , against these parties , in seventy - four different indictments , each in- dictment being founded on the alleged " transporting " of a single slave . On ...
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... proceedings in the nature of a qui tam action . It should be distinctly understood , at the outset , that the proceedings against Drayton and Sayres were not at the suit of any informer or private individual , but at the prosecution of ...
... proceedings in the nature of a qui tam action . It should be distinctly understood , at the outset , that the proceedings against Drayton and Sayres were not at the suit of any informer or private individual , but at the prosecution of ...
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... proceedings were had , was passed subsequent to this provision respecting the remission of fines . It must be inter- preted in harmony with the earlier statute ; and since all these statutes are now the law of the District of Columbia ...
... proceedings were had , was passed subsequent to this provision respecting the remission of fines . It must be inter- preted in harmony with the earlier statute ; and since all these statutes are now the law of the District of Columbia ...
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... proceedings were instituted , in the name of the United States , secured to the slave owner his private action on the case for damages thus separating the public from the private interests . These , it seems the duty of the President to ...
... proceedings were instituted , in the name of the United States , secured to the slave owner his private action on the case for damages thus separating the public from the private interests . These , it seems the duty of the President to ...
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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.