Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "Founders of the Republic" on SlaveryJ.W. Bradley, 1861 - 495 páginas |
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... and whose intentions and principles should be heeded and carried out , if we would preserve it from disruption and decay . This information , or most of it , has hitherto beer locked up in scores of huge Congressional vol- umes , ( 5 )
... and whose intentions and principles should be heeded and carried out , if we would preserve it from disruption and decay . This information , or most of it , has hitherto beer locked up in scores of huge Congressional vol- umes , ( 5 )
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... preserved in that body were taken by Mr. Madison and Mr. Yates ; the latter , however , left the Conven- tion before its adjournment , and hence did not take them fully . I have carefully compiled , from both these sources , everything ...
... preserved in that body were taken by Mr. Madison and Mr. Yates ; the latter , however , left the Conven- tion before its adjournment , and hence did not take them fully . I have carefully compiled , from both these sources , everything ...
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... preservation and government of the Union . Among the ripening incidents , was the insurrection of Shays , in Massachusetts , against her government , which was with difficulty suppressed , notwithstanding the influ- ence on the ...
... preservation and government of the Union . Among the ripening incidents , was the insurrection of Shays , in Massachusetts , against her government , which was with difficulty suppressed , notwithstanding the influ- ence on the ...
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... preserving the State governments . The motion of Mr. Pinckney to elect the first branch by the State legislatures was then nega- tived . * From June 7th till the 14th , the Convention was engaged in the discussion of the remainder of Mr ...
... preserving the State governments . The motion of Mr. Pinckney to elect the first branch by the State legislatures was then nega- tived . * From June 7th till the 14th , the Convention was engaged in the discussion of the remainder of Mr ...
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... preserve the peace and happiness of the community on the whole . The State governments , by either plan , will exert the means to counteract it . They have their State judges and militia , all combined to support their State interests ...
... preserve the peace and happiness of the community on the whole . The State governments , by either plan , will exert the means to counteract it . They have their State judges and militia , all combined to support their State interests ...
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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.