Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "Founders of the Republic" on SlaveryJ.W. Bradley, 1861 - 495 páginas |
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... danger seems to have impressed them with the necessity of a union for the common defense . On the 11th of June , 1776 , some three weeks prior to the adoption of the Decla- ration , a committee of one from each colony was raised for the ...
... danger seems to have impressed them with the necessity of a union for the common defense . On the 11th of June , 1776 , some three weeks prior to the adoption of the Decla- ration , a committee of one from each colony was raised for the ...
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... danger from the greater . Speak in honest language , and say , the minority will be in danger from the majority . And is there an assembly on earth where this danger may not be equally pretended ? The truth is , that our proceed- ings ...
... danger from the greater . Speak in honest language , and say , the minority will be in danger from the majority . And is there an assembly on earth where this danger may not be equally pretended ? The truth is , that our proceed- ings ...
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... danger is so immi- nent as not to admit of a delay , till the United States in Congress assembled can be consulted : nor shall any State grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war , nor letters of marque or reprisal , except it be ...
... danger is so immi- nent as not to admit of a delay , till the United States in Congress assembled can be consulted : nor shall any State grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war , nor letters of marque or reprisal , except it be ...
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... dangers which threaten our ex- istence as a free people . " MASSACHUSETTS . - Francis Dana , Elbridge Gerry , Na- thaniel Gorham , Rufus King , and Caleb Strong were chosen by the General Court , April 9 , 1787 , 50 THE FEDERAL CONVENTION .
... dangers which threaten our ex- istence as a free people . " MASSACHUSETTS . - Francis Dana , Elbridge Gerry , Na- thaniel Gorham , Rufus King , and Caleb Strong were chosen by the General Court , April 9 , 1787 , 50 THE FEDERAL CONVENTION .
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... danger of foreign influence . This is unavoidable , unless it is so constructed as to bring forward its first ... dangerous to the liberties of the people , when in office THE FEDERAL CONVENTION . 67.
... danger of foreign influence . This is unavoidable , unless it is so constructed as to bring forward its first ... dangerous to the liberties of the people , when in office THE FEDERAL CONVENTION . 67.
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Página 174 - ... be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Página 438 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Página 448 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is, in some degree, a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection; either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 37 - ... provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever..
Página 173 - ... shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Página 449 - Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Página 110 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Página 34 - ... no imposition, duties, or restriction, shall be laid by any state on the property of the United States or either of them.
Página 451 - But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand, neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our...
Página 437 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by .so careful a preservation and so prudent a 'use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.