The Works of Charles Sumner, Zväzok 5Lee and Shepard, 1872 |
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... POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN TERRITORIES CAN ESTABLISH SLAVERY . Speech in the Mechanics ' Hall , Worcester , November 1 , 1860 EVENING BEFORE the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION . Speech at Faneuil Hall , Boston , November 5 , 1860 EVENING AFTER THE ...
... POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY IN TERRITORIES CAN ESTABLISH SLAVERY . Speech in the Mechanics ' Hall , Worcester , November 1 , 1860 EVENING BEFORE the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION . Speech at Faneuil Hall , Boston , November 5 , 1860 EVENING AFTER THE ...
Strana 118
... Popular Sovereignty , undertakes . to secure for the people in the Territories the wicked power sometimes , by confusion of terms , called " right " -to enslave their fellow - men : as if this pretension was not crushed at once by the ...
... Popular Sovereignty , undertakes . to secure for the people in the Territories the wicked power sometimes , by confusion of terms , called " right " -to enslave their fellow - men : as if this pretension was not crushed at once by the ...
Strana 119
... Popular Sovereignty within the sphere of the Constitution has its limitations . Claiming for all the largest liberty of a true Civilization , it compresses all within the con- straints of Justice ; nor does it allow any man to assert a ...
... Popular Sovereignty within the sphere of the Constitution has its limitations . Claiming for all the largest liberty of a true Civilization , it compresses all within the con- straints of Justice ; nor does it allow any man to assert a ...
Strana 122
... Popular Sovereignty , both of which are properly put aside . Sir , the true principle , which , reversing all assump- tions of Slave - Masters , makes Freedom national and Slavery sectional , while every just claim of the Slave States ...
... Popular Sovereignty , both of which are properly put aside . Sir , the true principle , which , reversing all assump- tions of Slave - Masters , makes Freedom national and Slavery sectional , while every just claim of the Slave States ...
Strana 123
... Popular Sovereignty , may plant Slavery there . This response is complete at all points , whether the Consti- tution acts upon the Territories before their organiza- tion , or only afterward ; for , in the absence of a Terri- torial ...
... Popular Sovereignty , may plant Slavery there . This response is complete at all points , whether the Consti- tution acts upon the Territories before their organiza- tion , or only afterward ; for , in the absence of a Terri- torial ...
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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.