Six Months in the Federal States, Volúmenes 1-2Macmillan, 1863 |
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... talking over this subject , told me that when he was a child in his father's house , there were as many black as white people in the household . Circumstances had enabled him to keep a record of all the inmates of the house- hold whom ...
... talking over this subject , told me that when he was a child in his father's house , there were as many black as white people in the household . Circumstances had enabled him to keep a record of all the inmates of the house- hold whom ...
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... talking in low voices to their neighbours . The representatives have their hats off , and are dressed , for the most part , in the seedy black suits Americans affect so much . The majority are men advanced in life ; young boyish ...
... talking in low voices to their neighbours . The representatives have their hats off , and are dressed , for the most part , in the seedy black suits Americans affect so much . The majority are men advanced in life ; young boyish ...
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... more comfortable one than that of an English M.P. , not to mention the 6007. a year of salary , with the mileage , stationery , and franking perquisites . CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . I RECOLLECT talking about 116 CONGRESS .
... more comfortable one than that of an English M.P. , not to mention the 6007. a year of salary , with the mileage , stationery , and franking perquisites . CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . I RECOLLECT talking about 116 CONGRESS .
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Edward Dicey. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . I RECOLLECT talking about the Constitution of the Union , not long after my arrival , with an old diplo- matist from one of the Scandinavian kingdoms . He had lived for some fourteen ...
Edward Dicey. CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES . I RECOLLECT talking about the Constitution of the Union , not long after my arrival , with an old diplo- matist from one of the Scandinavian kingdoms . He had lived for some fourteen ...
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... talking politics , as was our custom , I felt less and less inclined to go out into the bleak , rainy night to hear what I expected was the harangue of a mere " sensation " orator . Amongst the company was Caleb Cushing , the most anti ...
... talking politics , as was our custom , I felt less and less inclined to go out into the bleak , rainy night to hear what I expected was the harangue of a mere " sensation " orator . Amongst the company was Caleb Cushing , the most anti ...
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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.