Six Months in the Federal States, Volúmenes 1-2Macmillan, 1863 |
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... admitted . " The matrimonial column , on the other hand , was fuller than usual , and contained half - a - dozen offers of marriage , of which , for the sake of gallantry , I will only quote two from ladies . " A young widow lady , with ...
... admitted . " The matrimonial column , on the other hand , was fuller than usual , and contained half - a - dozen offers of marriage , of which , for the sake of gallantry , I will only quote two from ladies . " A young widow lady , with ...
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... admitted to the free white schools ; and , for his own part , he shrewdly suspected that the schoolhouse of his town , Lebanon , which had just been mysteriously burnt down , had been set on fire by free negroes out of spite . But the ...
... admitted to the free white schools ; and , for his own part , he shrewdly suspected that the schoolhouse of his town , Lebanon , which had just been mysteriously burnt down , had been set on fire by free negroes out of spite . But the ...
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... admitted the idea of their becoming citizens of the United States . There is no distinct statement in the Constitution as to what constitutes American citizenship ; but you see clearly that the Indians , though born under the Ame- rican ...
... admitted the idea of their becoming citizens of the United States . There is no distinct statement in the Constitution as to what constitutes American citizenship ; but you see clearly that the Indians , though born under the Ame- rican ...
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... admitted as fatal , but the trial was postponed in order that the error might be rectified . Meanwhile , Buchanan was succeeded by Lincoln the Democratic officials were replaced by Republican ones . The Secession Movement broke out ...
... admitted as fatal , but the trial was postponed in order that the error might be rectified . Meanwhile , Buchanan was succeeded by Lincoln the Democratic officials were replaced by Republican ones . The Secession Movement broke out ...
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... admitted - and that therefore the appeal must be dis- missed . After this , as a last attempt , an endeavour was made to summon a mass - meeting in New York , to protest against the sentence being carried out . The following placard was ...
... admitted - and that therefore the appeal must be dis- missed . After this , as a last attempt , an endeavour was made to summon a mass - meeting in New York , to protest against the sentence being carried out . The following placard was ...
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Página 122 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Página 213 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same govem1nent. Nature, habit, opinion have drawn indelible lines of distinction between them.
Página 213 - ... passu, filled up by free white laborers. If, on the contrary, it is left to force itself on, human nature must shudder at the prospect held up.
Página 122 - Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as -well on situation and circumstances as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved...
Página 213 - But it was found that the public mind would not yet bear the proposition, nor will it bear it even at this day. Yet the day is not distant when it must bear and adopt it, or worse will follow. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
Página 190 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 148 - State thus disadvantageously circumstanced of its most useful inhabitants ; its wealth, and its consequence in the scale of the confederated States would sink of course.