Six Months in the Federal States, Volúmenes 1-2Macmillan, 1863 |
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... ment of the Trent affair , that I sailed for the New World . What with the storms at sea and the storms in the political ocean , our complement of passengers was of the scantiest ; and yet , scanty as it was , it formed a strange ...
... ment of the Trent affair , that I sailed for the New World . What with the storms at sea and the storms in the political ocean , our complement of passengers was of the scantiest ; and yet , scanty as it was , it formed a strange ...
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... ment agents , Southern secessionists , and an unhappy bagman , who ( I believe entirely on the strength of a somewhat forbidding cast of features ) was regarded as a spy . The promotion , therefore , of mutual good fellow- ship put a ...
... ment agents , Southern secessionists , and an unhappy bagman , who ( I believe entirely on the strength of a somewhat forbidding cast of features ) was regarded as a spy . The promotion , therefore , of mutual good fellow- ship put a ...
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... ment which every well - organized human being must feel after a long sea - voyage in sitting at a table which does not rock , when the folding - doors leading from the kitchen to the dining - hall were flung open , and a troop of negro ...
... ment which every well - organized human being must feel after a long sea - voyage in sitting at a table which does not rock , when the folding - doors leading from the kitchen to the dining - hall were flung open , and a troop of negro ...
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... ment of the mulatto , are questions concerning which I could never satisfy myself . It is certain that if the mixed race were a productive one in the North , the pro- portion of quadroons ought to be much larger by this time than that ...
... ment of the mulatto , are questions concerning which I could never satisfy myself . It is certain that if the mixed race were a productive one in the North , the pro- portion of quadroons ought to be much larger by this time than that ...
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... ment was always unintelligible to me . If the negro was as much below the white man in intellectual de- velopment as he is above the Australian savage , this is absolutely no reason why he should be bought and sold like a chattel ...
... ment was always unintelligible to me . If the negro was as much below the white man in intellectual de- velopment as he is above the Australian savage , this is absolutely no reason why he should be bought and sold like a chattel ...
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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.