American Slavery and ColourW. & R. Chambers, 1857 - 216 էջ |
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... election of Mr Polk as president , November 1844 , the people shewed their desire for annexation . When the subject was debated in congress , a resolution to annex was carried , and Texas was accordingly incorporated as a state in 1845 ...
... election of Mr Polk as president , November 1844 , the people shewed their desire for annexation . When the subject was debated in congress , a resolution to annex was carried , and Texas was accordingly incorporated as a state in 1845 ...
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... election of a delegate to congress took place , as has been said , on the 29th of November . At this election , Whitfield , the pro - slavery candidate , was returned ; but the majority in his favour was increased by 1729 illegal votes ...
... election of a delegate to congress took place , as has been said , on the 29th of November . At this election , Whitfield , the pro - slavery candidate , was returned ; but the majority in his favour was increased by 1729 illegal votes ...
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... election is to be carried ; and if there is not a sufficient number of rowdies to engage in it , from a natural love of mischief , and an acquired love of liquor , why , more respectable men must go . And if they do not go , they must ...
... election is to be carried ; and if there is not a sufficient number of rowdies to engage in it , from a natural love of mischief , and an acquired love of liquor , why , more respectable men must go . And if they do not go , they must ...
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William Chambers. THE STRUGGLE IN KANSAS . THE election of a delegate to congress , from the terri- tory of Kansas ... elections are often a kind of scramble - the very sheriffs , on such occasions , lending themselves to party purposes ...
William Chambers. THE STRUGGLE IN KANSAS . THE election of a delegate to congress , from the terri- tory of Kansas ... elections are often a kind of scramble - the very sheriffs , on such occasions , lending themselves to party purposes ...
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... election takes place . Notwithstanding threats of personal violence , the settlers came pretty freely forward ; but of what avail against the host of intruders ? On examination , it was found that the number of legal voters was 1310 ...
... election takes place . Notwithstanding threats of personal violence , the settlers came pretty freely forward ; but of what avail against the host of intruders ? On examination , it was found that the number of legal voters was 1310 ...
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Էջ 18 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain.
Էջ 44 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix 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 23 - The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year 1808, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
Էջ 24 - When a nation led to greatness by the hand of liberty, and possessed of all the glory that heroism, munificence, and humanity can bestow, descends to the ungrateful task of forging chains for her friends and children, and instead of giving support to freedom, turns advocate for slavery and oppression, there is reason to suspect she has either ceased to be virtuous or been extremely negligent in the appointment of her rulers.
Էջ 100 - Slavery, which shock equality of all kinds, are cloaked by a fantastic claim of equality. If the slave States cannot enjoy what, in mockery of the great fathers of the Republic, he misnames equality under the Constitution in other words, the full power in the National Territories to compel...
Էջ 55 - I see, therefore, no political necessity for the annexation of Texas to the Union; no advantages to be derived from it; and objections to it of a strong, and, in my judgment, decisive character.
Էջ 41 - Sir, if a dissolution of the Union must take place, let it be so. If civil war, which gentlemen so much threaten, must come, I can only say, let it come. My hold on life is probably as frail as that of any man who now hears me ; but, while that hold lasts, it shall be devoted to the service of my country — to the freedom of man.
Էջ 66 - 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 21 - ... disapprobation and abhorrence of the unnatural practice of Slavery in America...
Էջ 43 - ... domain.? Its present threatening aspect, and the violence of its supporters, so far from inducing me to yield to its progress, prompt me to resist its march. Now is the time. It must now be met, and the extension of the evil must now be prevented, or the occasion is irrecoverably lost, and the evil can never be controlled.