The Works of Charles Sumner, Zväzok 5Lee and Shepard, 1872 |
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Strana 16
... house of its friends . About me , while I speak , are its most jealous guardians , who have shown in the past how much they are ready to do or not to do , where Slavery is in question . Menaces to deter me have ✓ not been spared . But ...
... house of its friends . About me , while I speak , are its most jealous guardians , who have shown in the past how much they are ready to do or not to do , where Slavery is in question . Menaces to deter me have ✓ not been spared . But ...
Strana 22
... house of bondage , and with that sublimer story , where the Saviour died a cruel death , that all men , with- out distinction of race , might be saved , leaving to man- kind a commandment which , even without his example , makes Slavery ...
... house of bondage , and with that sublimer story , where the Saviour died a cruel death , that all men , with- out distinction of race , might be saved , leaving to man- kind a commandment which , even without his example , makes Slavery ...
Strana 25
... house by unrighteous- ness , and his chambers by wrong ; that useth his neighbor's service without wages , and giveth him not for his work . " Chap . xxii . 13 . VOL . V. 2 worthy of it a burden ; and he justly concludes THE BARBARISM ...
... house by unrighteous- ness , and his chambers by wrong ; that useth his neighbor's service without wages , and giveth him not for his work . " Chap . xxii . 13 . VOL . V. 2 worthy of it a burden ; and he justly concludes THE BARBARISM ...
Strana 61
... house is left ajar . But , alas unless examples of history and lessons of po- litical wisdom are alike delusive , its unrecorded hor- rors must assume a form of more fearful dimensions . Baffling all attempts at description , they sink ...
... house is left ajar . But , alas unless examples of history and lessons of po- litical wisdom are alike delusive , its unrecorded hor- rors must assume a form of more fearful dimensions . Baffling all attempts at description , they sink ...
Strana 70
... house , or a tavern , shoot at each other with revolvers , then gash each other with knives , close , and roll upon the ground , covered with dirt and blood , struggling and stabbing , till death , pros- tration , or surrender puts an ...
... house , or a tavern , shoot at each other with revolvers , then gash each other with knives , close , and roll upon the ground , covered with dirt and blood , struggling and stabbing , till death , pros- tration , or surrender puts an ...
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Strana 52 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Strana 278 - ... that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers in the Church and Commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors, — "It is therefore ordered, That every township in. this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them •to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Strana 251 - We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; and that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
Strana 226 - God that made the world and all things therein * * * hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Strana 80 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Strana 123 - ... it becomes our duty, by legislation, whenever such legislation is necessary, to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it; and we deny the authority of Congress, of a territorial legislature, or of any individuals, to give legal existence to slavery in any territory of the United States.
Strana 218 - first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen...
Strana 278 - That where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Strana 206 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.
Strana 218 - I shall correct the procedure ; but that done, return with joy to that state of things, when the only questions concerning a candidate shall be, is he honest ? Is he capable ? Is he faithful to the Constitution ? I tender you the homage of my high respect.