Oration Delivered by George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, April 7, 1888: At the Celebration of the Centennial of the Founding of the Northwest, at Marietta, OhioC. Hamilton, 1895 - 41 páginas |
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... slavery after 1800 . This was stricken out by the Congress . It is manifest , from subsequent events that , under it , the territory would have been occupied by settlers from the South , with their slaves . It would have been impossible ...
... slavery after 1800 . This was stricken out by the Congress . It is manifest , from subsequent events that , under it , the territory would have been occupied by settlers from the South , with their slaves . It would have been impossible ...
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... slavery . This was the state of things when Manasseh Cutler came into the chamber on the morning of July 6 , 1787 , bearing with him the fate of the Northwest . He had left Boston on the evening of June 25 , where on that day he records ...
... slavery . This was the state of things when Manasseh Cutler came into the chamber on the morning of July 6 , 1787 , bearing with him the fate of the Northwest . He had left Boston on the evening of June 25 , where on that day he records ...
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... slavery , which had not been included because Mr. Dane " had no idea the states would agree to it , " was , on his motion , inserted as an amendment , and on the 13th the greatest and most important legislative act in American history ...
... slavery , which had not been included because Mr. Dane " had no idea the states would agree to it , " was , on his motion , inserted as an amendment , and on the 13th the greatest and most important legislative act in American history ...
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... slavery proviso , but the first mover of the Declaration of Independence needed little converting to cause him to favor anything that made for freedom . William Grayson , of Virginia , early and late , carnestly supported the ...
... slavery proviso , but the first mover of the Declaration of Independence needed little converting to cause him to favor anything that made for freedom . William Grayson , of Virginia , early and late , carnestly supported the ...
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... slavery there was defeated by a majority of sixteen hundred votes , it was to Governor Edward Coles , a son of Virginia , the old friend of Jefferson and Madison , that the result was largely due ; and when , in 1803 , the convention of ...
... slavery there was defeated by a majority of sixteen hundred votes , it was to Governor Edward Coles , a son of Virginia , the old friend of Jefferson and Madison , that the result was largely due ; and when , in 1803 , the convention of ...
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Página 35 - 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, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Página 40 - The said territory, and the states which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the Articles of Confederation, and to such alterations therein as shall be constitutionally made; and to all the acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto.
Página 14 - God sifted a whole nation, that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness.
Página 34 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the UNION by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their Brethren and connect them with Aliens?
Página 35 - It fixed forever the character of the population in the vast regions northwest of the Ohio, by excluding from them involuntary servitude. It impressed on the soil itself, while it was yet a wilderness, an incapacity to sustain any other than freemen. It laid the interdict against personal servitude, in original compact, not only deeper than all local law, but deeper, also, than all local constitutions.
Página 26 - A gift of that which is not to be given By all the blended powers of Earth and Heaven.
Página 35 - We are accustomed . . . to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; 80 FATHERS OF THE CONSTITUTION but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Página 19 - Athens alone among her contemporaries is superior to the report of her. No enemy who comes against her is indignant at the reverses which he sustains at the hands of such a city; no subject complains that his masters are unworthy of him.
Página 29 - He was probably the fittest man on the Continent, except Franklin, for a mission of delicate diplomacy. It was said just now that Putnam was a man after Washington's pattern and after Washington's own heart. Cutler was a man after Franklin's pattern and after Franklin's own heart. He was the most learned naturalist in America, as Franklin was the greatest master in physical science. He was a man of consummate prudence in speech and conduct; of courtly manners ; a favorite in the drawing-room and...
Página 19 - All sadness but despair: now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past...