The Works of Charles Sumner, Zväzok 5Lee and Shepard, 1872 |
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Strana 7
... thanks which I seize the moment to express for indul- gence extended to me throughout the protracted seclu- sion enjoined by medical skill ; and I trust that it will not be thought unbecoming in me to put on record here , as an apology ...
... thanks which I seize the moment to express for indul- gence extended to me throughout the protracted seclu- sion enjoined by medical skill ; and I trust that it will not be thought unbecoming in me to put on record here , as an apology ...
Strana 114
... thank God ! it makes Slavery impossible under the Constitution , he vainly tugs to drag down a luminary from the sky . The enormity of the pretension that Slavery is sanc- tioned by the Constitution becomes still more flagrant , when we ...
... thank God ! it makes Slavery impossible under the Constitution , he vainly tugs to drag down a luminary from the sky . The enormity of the pretension that Slavery is sanc- tioned by the Constitution becomes still more flagrant , when we ...
Strana 132
... in their minds . They thank him for it , and assure him , that , of their own knowledge , the fate of the bill was decided before he took the floor . " The New York Evening Post , after observing that the 132 THE BARBARISM OF SLAVERY .
... in their minds . They thank him for it , and assure him , that , of their own knowledge , the fate of the bill was decided before he took the floor . " The New York Evening Post , after observing that the 132 THE BARBARISM OF SLAVERY .
Strana 138
... thank Heaven that we have men bold enough to take up the gauntlet . Charles Sumner deserves well of the country and well of the age , for his calm and masterly exposition of the true character of that system we are urged to accept and ...
... thank Heaven that we have men bold enough to take up the gauntlet . Charles Sumner deserves well of the country and well of the age , for his calm and masterly exposition of the true character of that system we are urged to accept and ...
Strana 141
... thanks of the people of this Commonwealth are due and are hereby tendered to the Honorable Charles Sumner for his recent manly and earnest assertion of the right of free discussion on the floor of the United States Senate , and we ...
... thanks of the people of this Commonwealth are due and are hereby tendered to the Honorable Charles Sumner for his recent manly and earnest assertion of the right of free discussion on the floor of the United States Senate , and we ...
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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.