Tyler's Quarterly Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Volume 9Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1927 |
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... unprejudiced observer that the principles of the Revolution and of the Civil War are in diametrical opposition . " questions of slavery and secession without contributing anything original or LINCOLN AND DEMOCRACY 5 Lincoln and Democracy.
... unprejudiced observer that the principles of the Revolution and of the Civil War are in diametrical opposition . " questions of slavery and secession without contributing anything original or LINCOLN AND DEMOCRACY 5 Lincoln and Democracy.
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... revolutionary struggle and at the finish scornfully spurned a crown , that he was lacking in all the great qualities of a democrat . " When Lincoln said that the question of union or disunion could only be settled by war , and ridiculed ...
... revolutionary struggle and at the finish scornfully spurned a crown , that he was lacking in all the great qualities of a democrat . " When Lincoln said that the question of union or disunion could only be settled by war , and ridiculed ...
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... Revolutionary War by a century and a half and involved and in- volves the same questions . It is thus that our past ... Revolution " . It existed previous to the Constitution and the Union was formed in spite of it . Both from the ...
... Revolutionary War by a century and a half and involved and in- volves the same questions . It is thus that our past ... Revolution " . It existed previous to the Constitution and the Union was formed in spite of it . Both from the ...
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... Revolution . The idea of liberty as used by Washington , Webster and Lin- coln was of political liberty - the right of self - government . It is the fundamental purpose of all just government - the maintenance of the just liberty of the ...
... Revolution . The idea of liberty as used by Washington , Webster and Lin- coln was of political liberty - the right of self - government . It is the fundamental purpose of all just government - the maintenance of the just liberty of the ...
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... revolutionary methods of the I. W. W. a proper remedy for the wrongs inflicted upon free labor by northern capitalists . Sherman's assertion that " The United States , as a belligerent party claiming right in the soil as the ultimate ...
... revolutionary methods of the I. W. W. a proper remedy for the wrongs inflicted upon free labor by northern capitalists . Sherman's assertion that " The United States , as a belligerent party claiming right in the soil as the ultimate ...
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Page 97 - further Security of His Majesty's Person and Govern"ment and the Succession of the Crown in the Heirs of "the late Princess Sophia being Protestants and for ex"tinguishing the Hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales "and his open and secret Abettors...
Page 21 - A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people.
Page 19 - I hold that in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Page 179 - Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the Manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.
Page 17 - When the white man governs himself that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government — that is despotism.
Page 185 - ... cooked up a resolution, somewhat modernizing their phrases, for appointing the 1st day of June, on which the port bill was to commence, for a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of the King and Parliament to moderation and justice.
Page 208 - Neville, one of the executors therein named, who made oath according to law, certificate is granted him for obtaining a probate thereof in due form...
Page 28 - The States have their status in the Union, and they have no other legal status. If they break from this they can only do so against law and by revolution. The Union, and not themselves separately, procured their independence and their liberty. By conquest or purchase the Union gave each of them whatever of independence and liberty it has.
Page 28 - I understand that the ship is made for the carrying and preservation of the cargo; and so long as the ship is safe with the cargo, it shall not be abandoned. This Union shall never be abandoned, unless the possibility of its existence shall cease to exist, without the necessity of throwing passengers and cargo overboard.
Page 185 - Correspondence, that they communicate with their several corresponding committees, on the expediency of appointing deputies from the several colonies of British America, to meet in general congress, at such place, annually, as shall be thought most convenient ; there to deliberate on those general measures which the united interests of America may from time to time require.