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... Abolition petitions to special or any committee ; and the fearless ad- vocate for the annexation of Texas , a tariff for revenue only , & c . THE GRAVES AND CILLey Duel . Upon no subject has there been so much misunderstanding , misre ...
... Abolition petitions to special or any committee ; and the fearless ad- vocate for the annexation of Texas , a tariff for revenue only , & c . THE GRAVES AND CILLey Duel . Upon no subject has there been so much misunderstanding , misre ...
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... Abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the Territories by the power of Congress , & c . When the Nationals or Whigs assented that Mr. Tyler should be placed on the ticket for the Vice - Presidency , with General Harrison ...
... Abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia and the Territories by the power of Congress , & c . When the Nationals or Whigs assented that Mr. Tyler should be placed on the ticket for the Vice - Presidency , with General Harrison ...
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... Abolition are concerned , he has not changed one jot or tittle . The evidence he adduced was irresistible . No candid and unprejudiced mind could have listened to him and not been con- vinced . He stated , ( what I have no doubt was the ...
... Abolition are concerned , he has not changed one jot or tittle . The evidence he adduced was irresistible . No candid and unprejudiced mind could have listened to him and not been con- vinced . He stated , ( what I have no doubt was the ...
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... abolition of slavery in the District , or in any manner give countenance to the subject . " Now , by these pro- fessions and tests , how wide were Mr. Clay and Mr. Wise , practically apart ? and had not Mr. Wise every reason to suppose ...
... abolition of slavery in the District , or in any manner give countenance to the subject . " Now , by these pro- fessions and tests , how wide were Mr. Clay and Mr. Wise , practically apart ? and had not Mr. Wise every reason to suppose ...
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... abolition feeling , or else , that it is so indifferent upon the subject , that it is willing to elect men who would drive the South to any extremity , and expose us to the most severe and dangerous trials . How , then , can we ...
... abolition feeling , or else , that it is so indifferent upon the subject , that it is willing to elect men who would drive the South to any extremity , and expose us to the most severe and dangerous trials . How , then , can we ...
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Page 14 - We must therefore acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our separation, and hold them, as .we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends.
Page 182 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in honesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind Which I respect not.
Page 69 - It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him ; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
Page 426 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 17 - ... that he will support the Constitution of the United States, and that he doth absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or subject; which proceedings shall be recorded by the clerk of the court.
Page 425 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 383 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the...
Page 15 - ... of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty ; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers.
Page 78 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Page 14 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.