... Causes of the Civil War, 1859-1861Harper & brothers, 1906 - 372 pages |
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... never had any real popular support and which had its last spasm of life in the Hartford Convention at the close of the War of 1812 , came to naught . Freed by the fall of Napoleon and the peace with England from the ' Davis ...
... never had any real popular support and which had its last spasm of life in the Hartford Convention at the close of the War of 1812 , came to naught . Freed by the fall of Napoleon and the peace with England from the ' Davis ...
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... never raised the question for one moment as to whether slavery was right . We had inherited the institu- tion from devout Christian parents . Slaves were held by pious relatives and friends and clergymen to whom we were accustomed to ...
... never raised the question for one moment as to whether slavery was right . We had inherited the institu- tion from devout Christian parents . Slaves were held by pious relatives and friends and clergymen to whom we were accustomed to ...
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... never be regarded as an offence against the Divine laws . " 2 While the slaves enjoyed , on the face of it , none of the essentials of manhood named in the Declara- tion of Independence , they probably thought very little on the subject ...
... never be regarded as an offence against the Divine laws . " 2 While the slaves enjoyed , on the face of it , none of the essentials of manhood named in the Declara- tion of Independence , they probably thought very little on the subject ...
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... the lowliest black ; and it was these men , never owning a slave , or hoping to own one , who , led by the slave - owner , made the military power of the South and fought the fierce and manly fight of the 24 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR [ 1850.
... the lowliest black ; and it was these men , never owning a slave , or hoping to own one , who , led by the slave - owner , made the military power of the South and fought the fierce and manly fight of the 24 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR [ 1850.
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... never grew out of childish ways and simplicity . The master had an overseer , and his province was mainly the fields , but the master's wife was a woman of many and varied burdens , whose life was as far as possible from frivolity and ...
... never grew out of childish ways and simplicity . The master had an overseer , and his province was mainly the fields , but the master's wife was a woman of many and varied burdens , whose life was as far as possible from frivolity and ...
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Page 280 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 280 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 277 - Here my children have been born, and one is buried. I now leave, not knowing when or whether ever I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Without the assistance of that Divine Being who ever attended him, I cannot succeed. With that assistance, I cannot fail. Trusting in Him who can go with me, and remain with you, and be everywhere for good, let us confidently hope that all will yet be well. To His care commending you, as I hope in your prayers you will...
Page 113 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in all our national territory, ordained that " no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...
Page 335 - You and I both anticipated that the cause of the country would be advanced by making the attempt to provision Fort Sumter, even if it should fail ; and it is no small consolation now to feel that our anticipation is justified by the result.
Page 175 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 47 - Sir, coming from a slave State, as I do, I owe it to myself, I owe it to truth, I owe it to the subject to say that no earthly power could induce me to vote for a specific measure for the introduction of slavery where it had not before existed, either South or North of that line.
Page 106 - That the Government of a Territory organized by an act of Congress, is provisional and temporary ; and during its existence, all citizens of the United States . have an equal right to settle with their property in the Territory, without their rights, either of person or property, being destroyed or impaired by Congressional or Territorial legislation.
Page 135 - The States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa have enacted laws which either nullify the acts of Congress or render useless any attempt to execute them.
Page 139 - Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly or indirectly, interfere with the slaves, or with them about the slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears. The South would be in no more danger in this respect than it was in the days of Washington.