Causes of the Civil War, 1859-1861Harper & brothers, 1906 - 372 pages |
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... legislature or justice of the peace , lending a hand in the fields if occasion needed . In a district larger than the German empire , stretching in the Appalachian region from the northern part of West Virginia into Georgia and Alabama ...
... legislature or justice of the peace , lending a hand in the fields if occasion needed . In a district larger than the German empire , stretching in the Appalachian region from the northern part of West Virginia into Georgia and Alabama ...
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... to protection in the earlier part of his congressional career ; but he had thrown over such views , and the ' Binney , Binney , 313 . << Exposition " of the South Carolina legislature , which 42 [ 1828 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... to protection in the earlier part of his congressional career ; but he had thrown over such views , and the ' Binney , Binney , 313 . << Exposition " of the South Carolina legislature , which 42 [ 1828 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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French Ensor Chadwick. << Exposition " of the South Carolina legislature , which he wrote in 1828 , 1 and his letter of August 28 , 1832 , to Governor Hamilton , written for the guid- ance of the convention to meet in the following ...
French Ensor Chadwick. << Exposition " of the South Carolina legislature , which he wrote in 1828 , 1 and his letter of August 28 , 1832 , to Governor Hamilton , written for the guid- ance of the convention to meet in the following ...
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... was forced to annex the country . rather than such freedom should exist ; his leader- 1 Debates of Congress , IX . , 191 : 1 ship in the action of southern legislatures in 1847 against 46 [ 1833 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... was forced to annex the country . rather than such freedom should exist ; his leader- 1 Debates of Congress , IX . , 191 : 1 ship in the action of southern legislatures in 1847 against 46 [ 1833 CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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French Ensor Chadwick. ship in the action of southern legislatures in 1847 against the Wilmot proviso , of which his ... legislature . In this he declared it necessary to force the issue upon the North , as the South was now stronger ...
French Ensor Chadwick. ship in the action of southern legislatures in 1847 against the Wilmot proviso , of which his ... legislature . In this he declared it necessary to force the issue upon the North , as the South was now stronger ...
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Page 283 - 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 commend me, I bid you an affectionate farewell.
Page 286 - 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 286 - 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 116 - 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 179 - 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 139 - 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 143 - 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.
Page 101 - Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Page 139 - States have assumed the right of deciding upon the propriety of our domestic institutions ; and have denied the rights of property established in fifteen of the States and recognized by the Constitution ; they have denounced as sinful the institution of Slavery...
Page 340 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...