Slavery Doomed: Or, The Contest Between Free and Slave Labour in the United StatesSmith, Elder & Company, 1860 - 224 pages |
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Page 40
... York are compelled to publish weekly returns of their transactions ; and by a subsequent Act ( Oct. 1853 ) , a clearing - house was established in that city . Similar laws have been passed in New Jersey , Illinois 40 SLAVERY DOOMED . Banks.
... York are compelled to publish weekly returns of their transactions ; and by a subsequent Act ( Oct. 1853 ) , a clearing - house was established in that city . Similar laws have been passed in New Jersey , Illinois 40 SLAVERY DOOMED . Banks.
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... House of Representatives ranged itself on the side of freedom , whilst the upper House , or Senate , maintained that Slavery was legal in all the Louisianian territory . For three long years the struggle lasted , the House of ...
... House of Representatives ranged itself on the side of freedom , whilst the upper House , or Senate , maintained that Slavery was legal in all the Louisianian territory . For three long years the struggle lasted , the House of ...
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... House . It is during the administrations of the last three chief magistrates of the Republic that Slavery has dominated the councils of the nation , tyrannizing the free white men of the North , and initiating the present reign of ...
... House . It is during the administrations of the last three chief magistrates of the Republic that Slavery has dominated the councils of the nation , tyrannizing the free white men of the North , and initiating the present reign of ...
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... House . But the North saw through their object , and if Cuba , Costa Rica , or Mexico do not now . belong to the Union , it is only because the Free States would not consent to the annexation . At any time during these ten years , one ...
... House . But the North saw through their object , and if Cuba , Costa Rica , or Mexico do not now . belong to the Union , it is only because the Free States would not consent to the annexation . At any time during these ten years , one ...
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... Houses ; and then , after they were orga- nized , as everybody will admit , they were the only compe- tent persons to say who were , and who were not , members of the same . " The New York Herald substantiates the above statement by a ...
... Houses ; and then , after they were orga- nized , as everybody will admit , they were the only compe- tent persons to say who were , and who were not , members of the same . " The New York Herald substantiates the above statement by a ...
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Page 217 - Our fathers, when they framed the government under which we live, understood this question just as well, and even better, than we do now.
Page 181 - That Congress has no power, under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution...
Page 82 - After we shall have offered Spain a price for Cuba far beyond its present value, and this shall have been refused, it will then be time to consider the question, does Cuba, in the possession of Spain, seriously endanger our internal peace and the existence of our cherished Union? Should this question be answered in the affirmative, then, by every law, human and divine, we shall be justified in wresting it from Spain if we possess the power...
Page 62 - The inhabitants and settlers in the said territory shall be subject to pay a part of the federal debts contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the expenses of government, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other states...
Page 187 - That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign power over the territories of the United States for their government, and that in the exercise of this power it is both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relics of barbarism, polygamy, and slavery.
Page 86 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 62 - 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.
Page 187 - WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Page 80 - It must be clear to every reflecting mind that, from the peculiarity of its geographical position, and the considerations attendant on it, Cuba is as necessary to the North American republic as any of its present members, and that it belongs naturally to that great family of states of which the Union is the providential nursery.
Page 189 - That we invite the affiliation and cooperation of the men of all parties, however differing from us in other respects, in support of the principles herein declared; and believing that the spirit of our institutions as well as the Constitution of our country, guarantees liberty of conscience and equality of rights among citizens, we oppose all legislation impairing their security.