The Works of Charles Sumner, Zväzok 5Lee and Shepard, 1872 |
Vyhľadávanie v obsahu knihy
Výsledky 1 - 5 z 42.
Strana 10
... side would not allow me . The whole character of Sla- very , as a pretended form of Civilization , is put direct- ly in issue , with a pertinacity and a hardihood which banish all reserve on this side . In these assumptions Senators ...
... side would not allow me . The whole character of Sla- very , as a pretended form of Civilization , is put direct- ly in issue , with a pertinacity and a hardihood which banish all reserve on this side . In these assumptions Senators ...
Strana 23
... side.2 Not admiring these instances , I cannot cease to deplore a system which has much of both , while , under affectation of charity , it sordidly takes from the slave all the fruits of his bitter sweat , and thus takes from him the ...
... side.2 Not admiring these instances , I cannot cease to deplore a system which has much of both , while , under affectation of charity , it sordidly takes from the slave all the fruits of his bitter sweat , and thus takes from him the ...
Strana 53
... side of the grave , is a crime of which I know not that the world has yet had an example , except in the practice of the planters of America , a race of mortals whom , I suppose , no other man wishes to resemble . ” 3 1 Of Government ...
... side of the grave , is a crime of which I know not that the world has yet had an example , except in the practice of the planters of America , a race of mortals whom , I suppose , no other man wishes to resemble . ” 3 1 Of Government ...
Strana 57
... side of his forehead ; has been shot in the hind parts of his legs ; is marked on his back with the whip . Apply to Robert Beasley , Macon , Ga . " Holes in the ears ; scar on the forehead ; shot in the legs ; and marks of the lash on ...
... side of his forehead ; has been shot in the hind parts of his legs ; is marked on his back with the whip . Apply to Robert Beasley , Macon , Ga . " Holes in the ears ; scar on the forehead ; shot in the legs ; and marks of the lash on ...
Strana 103
... side . But before passing to that other assumption of Constitu- tional Law , which forms the second branch of this dis- cussion , I add testimony to the influence of Slavery on Slave - Masters in other countries , which is too important ...
... side . But before passing to that other assumption of Constitu- tional Law , which forms the second branch of this dis- cussion , I add testimony to the influence of Slavery on Slave - Masters in other countries , which is too important ...
Iné vydania - Zobraziť všetky
Časté výrazy a frázy
Abolitionist Abraham Lincoln adopted African American Andrew argument Barbarism of Slavery Brington called candidate cause character CHARLES SUMNER citizens Civilization colored Committee Compromise Congress Congressional Globe Constitution Crittenden Crittenden Compromise DEAR debate Declaration of Independence degradation disunion Douglas duty election eloquence fellow-citizens Fort Sumter Free Freedom friends heart honor Human Rights influence John John Quincy Adams Kansas King labor Lafayette letter Liberty Lincoln Massachusetts master Mémoires menace ment Missouri Missouri Compromise moral natural negro never noble North Oligarchy persons petition political Popular Sovereignty present President pretension principles Prohibition of Slavery proposition question Representatives Republic Republican party resolution Senate sentiments Sess shows Slav Slave Power Slave-Masters slaveholders soul South Carolina speak speech spirit Territories testimony thank things tion Treaty true truth Union United utterance violence Virginia vote Washington whole words wrong wrote from Boston York
Populárne pasáže
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 277 - After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government, one of the next things we longed for and looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall lie in the dust.
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 266 - And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
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 491 - Majesty shall be submitted to the arbitration and award of his Majesty the Emperor of Germany, who, having regard to the above-mentioned article of the said treaty, shall decide thereupon, finally and without appeal, which of those claims is most in accordance with the true interpretation of the treaty of June 15, 1846.
Strana 218 - Washington — first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen...