The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, of MaineThayer & Eldridge, 1860 - 320 pages |
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... slave - trade by law . The law which forbids the bringing of slaves from Africa , and that which has so long for ... Slave Law ; to restrict slavery to those States in which it exists ; to prohibit the admission of any more slave ...
... slave - trade by law . The law which forbids the bringing of slaves from Africa , and that which has so long for ... Slave Law ; to restrict slavery to those States in which it exists ; to prohibit the admission of any more slave ...
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... slavery to one of a mere right of property ; and as such , how can he oppose the foreign slave - trade , - how can he refuse that trade , in that " property " shall be " perfectly free , " - unless he does it as a protection to the home ...
... slavery to one of a mere right of property ; and as such , how can he oppose the foreign slave - trade , - how can he refuse that trade , in that " property " shall be " perfectly free , " - unless he does it as a protection to the home ...
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... Slave Law ? Answer . I do not now , nor ever did , stand in favor of the un- conditional repeal of the Fugitive ... trade between the different States ? A. I do not stand pledged to the prohibition of the slave - trade between the ...
... Slave Law ? Answer . I do not now , nor ever did , stand in favor of the un- conditional repeal of the Fugitive ... trade between the different States ? A. I do not stand pledged to the prohibition of the slave - trade between the ...
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... slave - trade among the different States , I should still not be in favor of the exercise of that power unless upon some conservative principle , as I conceive it akin to what I have said in relation to the abolition of slavery in the ...
... slave - trade among the different States , I should still not be in favor of the exercise of that power unless upon some conservative principle , as I conceive it akin to what I have said in relation to the abolition of slavery in the ...
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... slavery in any territo- ry of the United States . Ninth : That we brand the recent reopening of the African slave - trade , under the cover of our national flag , aided by perver- sions of judicial power , as a crime against humanity ...
... slavery in any territo- ry of the United States . Ninth : That we brand the recent reopening of the African slave - trade , under the cover of our national flag , aided by perver- sions of judicial power , as a crime against humanity ...
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Page 36 - We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Page 75 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 96 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 139 - In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved. I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.
Page 36 - A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction, or its advocates will push...
Page 37 - 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 own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 203 - ... the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
Page 263 - Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much is due to the necessity arising from its actual presence in the nation; but can we, while our votes will prevent it, allow it to spread into the national Territories and to overrun us here in these free States? If our sense of duty forbids this, then let us stand by our duty fearlessly and effectively.
Page 40 - But when we see a lot of framed timbers, different portions of which we know have been gotten out at different times and places and by different workmen -Stephen, Franklin, Roger and James,* for instance...
Page 250 - Now, and here, let me guard a little against being misunderstood. I do not mean to say we are bound to follow implicitly in whatever our fathers did. To do so would be to discard all the lights of current experience —to reject all progress — all improvement.