The Life of William H. Seward with Selections from His WorksGeorge E. Baker Redfield, 1855 - 410 pages |
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... appear now like sober history . Whoever will compare his Speeches on the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise with those of 1850 , and also with his earliest productions , can hardly fail to award him the praise of consistency with ...
... appear now like sober history . Whoever will compare his Speeches on the abrogation of the Missouri Compromise with those of 1850 , and also with his earliest productions , can hardly fail to award him the praise of consistency with ...
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... appearing in its defence— the sympathy with the weak and oppressed - and the in- tellectual vigilance and assiduity in the pursuit of truth- which have formed such conspicuous and admirable features in his public career . His favorite ...
... appearing in its defence— the sympathy with the weak and oppressed - and the in- tellectual vigilance and assiduity in the pursuit of truth- which have formed such conspicuous and admirable features in his public career . His favorite ...
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... appears in the Works of Mr. Seward under the title of " Notes on New York . " * The abolition of imprisonment for debt , effected in 1832 , did not reach the class of non - resident debtors , or those held by process issuing from the ...
... appears in the Works of Mr. Seward under the title of " Notes on New York . " * The abolition of imprisonment for debt , effected in 1832 , did not reach the class of non - resident debtors , or those held by process issuing from the ...
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... appear to have been committed by the offender in effecting his own escape , or that of another from slavery . In connection with this subject , it may be added that Governor Seward always maintained the uncon- stitutionality of ...
... appear to have been committed by the offender in effecting his own escape , or that of another from slavery . In connection with this subject , it may be added that Governor Seward always maintained the uncon- stitutionality of ...
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... appears to have undergone by judicial construction in this state , and the rights of the press and the people : the right of free thought and free * See Vol . I. , p . 391 . speech , on the one hand , and the right FREEDOM OF THE PRESS .
... appears to have undergone by judicial construction in this state , and the rights of the press and the people : the right of free thought and free * See Vol . I. , p . 391 . speech , on the one hand , and the right FREEDOM OF THE PRESS .
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Page 364 - ... 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 333 - THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER.
Page 389 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the Religion which they profess.
Page 154 - ... there are laws of political as well as of physical gravitation ; and if an apple, severed by the tempest from its native tree, cannot choose but fall to the ground, Cuba, forcibly disjoined from its own unnatural connection with Spain, and incapable of self-support, can gravitate only towards the North American Union, which, by the same law of nature, cannot cast her off from its bosom.
Page 154 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been deemed 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 maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 134 - But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. The territory is a part, no inconsiderable part, of the common heritage of mankind, bestowed upon them by the Creator of the universe. We are his stewards, and must so discharge our trust as to secure in the highest attainable degree their happiness.
Page 370 - New States, of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the federal constitution.
Page 212 - I do not hesitate, therefore, to- recommend the establishment of schools in which they may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves, and professing the same faith.
Page 128 - can nothing be done for freedom because the public conscience is inert?' Yes, much can be done — everything can be done. Slavery can be limited to its present bounds, it can be ameliorated, it can be and must be abolished, and you and I can and must do it.
Page 333 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive, all their force, and all their validity, and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...