The Works of Charles Sumner, Zväzok 5Lee and Shepard, 1872 |
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... North- ern States have originated in Slavery . — IBID . , pp . 467 , 468 . I visited our State Penitentiary a short time since , and from my own per- sonal observation I am led to the inevitable conclusion that the plan of send- ing our ...
... North- ern States have originated in Slavery . — IBID . , pp . 467 , 468 . I visited our State Penitentiary a short time since , and from my own per- sonal observation I am led to the inevitable conclusion that the plan of send- ing our ...
Strana 22
... North Star , and also the helping truth , that God , who made iron , never made a slave ; for he would then become familiar with the Scriptures , with the Dec- alogue still speaking in the thunders of Sinai , — with that ancient text ...
... North Star , and also the helping truth , that God , who made iron , never made a slave ; for he would then become familiar with the Scriptures , with the Dec- alogue still speaking in the thunders of Sinai , — with that ancient text ...
Strana 43
... North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , Alabama , Mississippi , Florida , Louisiana , Arkansas , and Texas , combined . This enor- mous disproportion in the aggregate is also preserved in the details . In the Slave States political ...
... North Carolina , South Carolina , Georgia , Alabama , Mississippi , Florida , Louisiana , Arkansas , and Texas , combined . This enor- mous disproportion in the aggregate is also preserved in the details . In the Slave States political ...
Strana 45
... 8 . The number in Free Connecticut was 1 in 256 , in Slave Virginia 1 in 5 ; in Free New Hampshire 1 in 192 , and in Slave North Carolina 1 in 3 . Before leaving this picture , where the dismal colors all THE BARBARISM OF SLAVERY . 45.
... 8 . The number in Free Connecticut was 1 in 256 , in Slave Virginia 1 in 5 ; in Free New Hampshire 1 in 192 , and in Slave North Carolina 1 in 3 . Before leaving this picture , where the dismal colors all THE BARBARISM OF SLAVERY . 45.
Strana 48
... North and the burning heat of the tropics , and also have similar boundaries of land and water , affording kindred advantages of ocean and sea , with this difference , that the boundaries of the two regions . are precisely reversed , so ...
... North and the burning heat of the tropics , and also have similar boundaries of land and water , affording kindred advantages of ocean and sea , with this difference , that the boundaries of the two regions . are precisely reversed , so ...
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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.