The Life of Charles Sumner: With Choice Specimens of His Eloquence, a Delineation of His Oratorical Character and His Great Speech on KansasDayton and Burdick, 1856 - 329 páginas |
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... Constitution , those fugitives , who , under the inspiration of freedom , seek our altars for safety ; nay , more ... Constitution for its purposes , but abuses it also . It violates the Constitution at pleasure , to build up new ...
... Constitution , those fugitives , who , under the inspiration of freedom , seek our altars for safety ; nay , more ... Constitution for its purposes , but abuses it also . It violates the Constitution at pleasure , to build up new ...
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... constitution sanctioning slavery . Nor can it be questioned that the people of the United States may , in the manner ... Constitution , that slavery may be reached . " And here the question arises , are there any compromises in the ...
... constitution sanctioning slavery . Nor can it be questioned that the people of the United States may , in the manner ... Constitution , that slavery may be reached . " And here the question arises , are there any compromises in the ...
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... Constitution of the United States was the result of a compromise between the free and the slave States , which it would be contrary to good faith to break . To this it might be replied , that the slave States , by their many violations ...
... Constitution of the United States was the result of a compromise between the free and the slave States , which it would be contrary to good faith to break . To this it might be replied , that the slave States , by their many violations ...
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... Constitution . They expressly designate what shall be sacred from amendment , what compromises shall be perpetual ; and in doing so , according to a familiar rule of law and of natural logic , virtually declare that the remainder of the ...
... Constitution . They expressly designate what shall be sacred from amendment , what compromises shall be perpetual ; and in doing so , according to a familiar rule of law and of natural logic , virtually declare that the remainder of the ...
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... Constitution , by supposing that they set their hands to it , believing that slavery was to be perpetual - that the republic , which , reared by them to its giant stature , had snatched from heaven the sacred fire of freedom , was to be ...
... Constitution , by supposing that they set their hands to it , believing that slavery was to be perpetual - that the republic , which , reared by them to its giant stature , had snatched from heaven the sacred fire of freedom , was to be ...
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Página 186 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise Measures — is hereby declared inoperative and void; 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...
Página 157 - Tis liberty alone that gives the flower Of fleeting life its lustre and perfume ; And we are weeds without it. All constraint, Except what wisdom lays on evil men, Is evil ; hurts the faculties, impedes Their progress in the road of science ; blinds The eyesight of discovery ; and begets, In those that suffer it a sordid mind, Bestial, a meagre intellect, unfit To be the tenant of man's noble form.
Página 266 - The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, by this treaty, shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States as soon as may be consistent with the principles of the Federal Constitution, and admitted to the enjoyment of all the privileges, rights, and immunities of the citizens of the United States.
Página 291 - For Humanity sweeps onward : where to-day the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands ; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe ' return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn. 'Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers...
Página 113 - New occasions teach new duties; Time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth...
Página 37 - It is a beautiful picture in Grecian story, that there was at least one spot, the small island of Delos, dedicated to the gods, and kept at all times sacred from war, where the citizens of hostile countries met and united in a common worship.
Página 170 - The Senator from South Carolina has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself a chivalrous knight, with sentiments of honor and courage. Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight—I mean the harlot. Slavery.
Página 291 - For humanity sweeps onward: where today the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into history's golden urn. 'Tis as easy to be heroes as to sit the idle slaves Of a legendary virtue carved upon our fathers
Página 8 - ... at this day. It is the law written by the finger of God on the heart of man...
Página 220 - Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung A hideous peal ; yet, when they list, would creep, If aught disturbed their noise, into her womb, And kennel there, yet there still barked and howled Within unseen.