Recent Speeches and Addresses [1851-1855] by Charles Sumner.Higgins and Bradley, 1856 - 572 páginas |
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... SOUTH CAROLINA , AND MASON , OF VIRGINIA , 26TH AND 28TH JUNE 327-371 STRUGGLE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL . IN THE 1854 , 372-387 31ST JULY , 1854 , SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES , 31st July , THE DUTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS AT ...
... SOUTH CAROLINA , AND MASON , OF VIRGINIA , 26TH AND 28TH JUNE 327-371 STRUGGLE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE FUGITIVE SLAVE BILL . IN THE 1854 , 372-387 31ST JULY , 1854 , SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES , 31st July , THE DUTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS AT ...
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... South Carolina , the fine was to be paid to the Commissioners of Public Buildings , for public purposes . ( The State v . Simpson , 1 Bailey , 378. ) Or the Commissioners of Public Roads . ( The State v . Williams , 1 Nott & McCord , 26 ...
... South Carolina , the fine was to be paid to the Commissioners of Public Buildings , for public purposes . ( The State v . Simpson , 1 Bailey , 378. ) Or the Commissioners of Public Roads . ( The State v . Williams , 1 Nott & McCord , 26 ...
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... South Carolina , made use of language much in point . " Mercy and justice , " he said , " could only have been administered by halves , if collectors could have hurried causes to judgment , and then clung to the one - half of the ...
... South Carolina , made use of language much in point . " Mercy and justice , " he said , " could only have been administered by halves , if collectors could have hurried causes to judgment , and then clung to the one - half of the ...
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... Carolina , Hale , of New Hampshire , Clemens , of Alabama , Dawson , of Georgia , Adams , of Mississippi , Butler , of South Carolina , and Chase , of Ohio , took part ; and , on motion of Mr. Badger , the memorial was laid on the table ...
... Carolina , Hale , of New Hampshire , Clemens , of Alabama , Dawson , of Georgia , Adams , of Mississippi , Butler , of South Carolina , and Chase , of Ohio , took part ; and , on motion of Mr. Badger , the memorial was laid on the table ...
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... South Carolina , and Borland , of Arkansas , took part . Objections to taking up the Resolution were pressed on the ground of " want of time , " the " lateness of the session , " and " danger to the Union . " The question being then ...
... South Carolina , and Borland , of Arkansas , took part . Objections to taking up the Resolution were pressed on the ground of " want of time , " the " lateness of the session , " and " danger to the Union . " The question being then ...
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Página 343 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Página 513 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Página 152 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Página 313 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty, That they pass by me, as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Página 253 - 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 27 - January, 1819, shall remain exempt from any tax laid by order, or under any authority of the State, whether for State, county, or township, or any other purpose whatever, for the term of five years from and after the day of sale...
Página 295 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Página 250 - 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 parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited.
Página 129 - No person held to service or labor in one State, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
Página 265 - 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...