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Pagina 19
... slave the country . Mr. Speaker , when I contemplate the character and consequences of this invasion of Canada , when I reflect upon its criminality , and its danger to the peace and liberty of this once happy country , I thank the ...
... slave the country . Mr. Speaker , when I contemplate the character and consequences of this invasion of Canada , when I reflect upon its criminality , and its danger to the peace and liberty of this once happy country , I thank the ...
Pagina 48
... slaves , and to yoke in with negroes , chained to the car of a southern mas- ter , they , at least , shall have this sweet consciousness as the consolation of their condition ; they shall be able to say , " our father was guiltless of ...
... slaves , and to yoke in with negroes , chained to the car of a southern mas- ter , they , at least , shall have this sweet consciousness as the consolation of their condition ; they shall be able to say , " our father was guiltless of ...
Pagina 61
... slaves , to the car of southern nabobs . If Virginia really cherishes a reprehensible ambition , an aim to monopolize the chief magistracy of the country , how is such a purpose to be accomplished ? Virginia , alone , cannot elect a ...
... slaves , to the car of southern nabobs . If Virginia really cherishes a reprehensible ambition , an aim to monopolize the chief magistracy of the country , how is such a purpose to be accomplished ? Virginia , alone , cannot elect a ...
Pagina 67
... slave - let the bearer , Mungo , pass and repass without molestation . " What do they imply ? That Great Britain has a right to seize all who are not provided with them . From their very na- ture they must be liable to abuse on both ...
... slave - let the bearer , Mungo , pass and repass without molestation . " What do they imply ? That Great Britain has a right to seize all who are not provided with them . From their very na- ture they must be liable to abuse on both ...
Pagina 118
... slaves . And whilst carrying on this inglorious war - inglorious as it regards the laurels or renown won in it - we violate neutral rights , which the govern- ment had solemnly pledged itself to respect , upon the principle of ...
... slaves . And whilst carrying on this inglorious war - inglorious as it regards the laurels or renown won in it - we violate neutral rights , which the govern- ment had solemnly pledged itself to respect , upon the principle of ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 225 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Pagina 277 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Pagina 136 - An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on free principles but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.
Pagina 225 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Pagina 312 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Pagina 386 - ... to take for their sole guide the precepts of that holy religion, namely, the precepts of justice, Christian charity, and peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the councils of princes, and guide all their steps, as being the only means of consolidating human institutions, and remedying their imperfections.
Pagina 280 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press...
Pagina 125 - We are fighting a great moral battle, for the benefit not only of our country, but of all mankind. The eyes of the whole world are in fixed attention upon us. One, and the largest portion of it, is gazing with contempt, with jealousy, and with envy ; the other portion, with hope, with confidence, and with affection.
Pagina 312 - ... by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...