Six Months in the Federal States, Volúmenes 1-2Macmillan, 1863 |
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... less connected with both hemispheres . Politics were dangerous subjects of conversation ; and we avoided them as much as possible . We had strong pro - Union New Englanders amongst us , Govern- ment agents , Southern secessionists , and ...
... less connected with both hemispheres . Politics were dangerous subjects of conversation ; and we avoided them as much as possible . We had strong pro - Union New Englanders amongst us , Govern- ment agents , Southern secessionists , and ...
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... less for its intrinsic value , than as a word of recollection to my fellow - passengers , in case any of them should come across this book of mine . It was during the height of our one great storm . The waves were rolling , foaming ...
... less for its intrinsic value , than as a word of recollection to my fellow - passengers , in case any of them should come across this book of mine . It was during the height of our one great storm . The waves were rolling , foaming ...
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... less -than I had of visiting them . It is the general aspect alone of the city , the impres- sion it left upon my mind , that I wish to convey in these pages . New York is not a show - place , and , architec- turally , possesses but ...
... less -than I had of visiting them . It is the general aspect alone of the city , the impres- sion it left upon my mind , that I wish to convey in these pages . New York is not a show - place , and , architec- turally , possesses but ...
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... . But here , in this crisp clear air , there is a sort of French sparkle about the place which enlivens it strangely . With the exception of the climate , there is far less of a foreign look about New York than I had 12 NEW YORK .
... . But here , in this crisp clear air , there is a sort of French sparkle about the place which enlivens it strangely . With the exception of the climate , there is far less of a foreign look about New York than I had 12 NEW YORK .
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... less of the recent foreign emigrants ; and in the course of a few years they , or at any rate their children , move to other quarters , and become prosperous and respect- able . From these causes , and from the almost universal ...
... less of the recent foreign emigrants ; and in the course of a few years they , or at any rate their children , move to other quarters , and become prosperous and respect- able . From these causes , and from the almost universal ...
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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.