Southern Quarterly Review, Volumen 27Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1855 |
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... opinion , the sovereignty of the States , and the phys- ical inducements which it offers to the enterprise of mankind . The germs of dissolution consist in a tendency to Federal 1 ARTICLE PAGE I THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, •
... opinion , the sovereignty of the States , and the phys- ical inducements which it offers to the enterprise of mankind . The germs of dissolution consist in a tendency to Federal 1 ARTICLE PAGE I THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH, •
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... opinion of the author of the North and the South , to be divided ! The first proposition which we have stated is the postulate upon which the whole argument of abolition rests . It is a question of ethics , upon which the belief of the ...
... opinion of the author of the North and the South , to be divided ! The first proposition which we have stated is the postulate upon which the whole argument of abolition rests . It is a question of ethics , upon which the belief of the ...
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... opinion . One of the most common arts of those who want the courage to meet an adversary consists in attributing to him opinions which he has never uttered , and proceeding to triumph over a position which has never been defended . We ...
... opinion . One of the most common arts of those who want the courage to meet an adversary consists in attributing to him opinions which he has never uttered , and proceeding to triumph over a position which has never been defended . We ...
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... opinion of the South was put in during that contest . It had the weight due to its ability and to its facts . The question was settled by acquiescence in the compromise of 1850 . There has since been an universal amnesty . The South is ...
... opinion of the South was put in during that contest . It had the weight due to its ability and to its facts . The question was settled by acquiescence in the compromise of 1850 . There has since been an universal amnesty . The South is ...
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... opinion of the wisdom and patriotism of these States as any one can have . It is in proof that they did not introduce the policy of ter- ritorial acquisition , and that the first effect of that policy was almost destructive to them . It ...
... opinion of the wisdom and patriotism of these States as any one can have . It is in proof that they did not introduce the policy of ter- ritorial acquisition , and that the first effect of that policy was almost destructive to them . It ...
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Página 100 - Congress it is expedient that on the second Monday in May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the...
Página 410 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea. Even such a shell the universe itself Is to the ear of Faith...
Página 411 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs, and Nature gave a second groan; Sky lowered, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Página 202 - I consent, Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good. I have never whispered a syllable of them abroad. Within these walls they were born, and here they shall die. If every one of us, in returning to our constituents, were to report the objections he has had to it, and endeavor to gain partisans in support of them, we might prevent its being generally received, and thereby...
Página 98 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states, in proportion...
Página 411 - Of human passion. Sympathies there are More tranquil, yet perhaps of kindred birth, That steal upon the meditative mind, And grow with thought. Beside yon spring I stood, And eyed its waters till we seemed to feel One sadness, they and I. For them a bond Of brotherhood is broken : time has been When, every day, the touch of human hand Dislodged the natural sleep that binds them up In mortal stillness; and they ministered To human comfort.
Página 202 - ... government, as well as of the wisdom and integrity of its governors. I hope, therefore, that for our own sakes as a part of the people, and for the sake of...
Página 411 - The Poets, in their elegies and songs Lamenting the departed, call the groves, They call upon the hills and streams to mourn, And senseless rocks ; nor idly ; for they speak, In these their invocations, with a voice Obedient to the strong creative power Of human passion.
Página 410 - Authentic tidings of invisible things; Of ebb and flow, and ever-during power: And central peace, subsisting at the heart Of endless agitation.
Página 99 - ... it may be affirmed with perfect confidence that the constitutional operation of the intended government would be precisely the same, if these clauses were entirely obliterated, as if they were repeated in every article. They are only declaratory of a truth which would have resulted by necessary and unavoidable implication from the very act of constituting a federal government, and vesting it with certain specified powers.