Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 16P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 |
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Page 6561
... party , took an energetic part in the slavery agitation , and joined the Re- publican party when it was organized in 1856. In 1858 he contested in public debate with Stephen A. Douglas the nomination to a seat in the Federal Senate ...
... party , took an energetic part in the slavery agitation , and joined the Re- publican party when it was organized in 1856. In 1858 he contested in public debate with Stephen A. Douglas the nomination to a seat in the Federal Senate ...
Page 6574
... party to whom such service or labor may be due . " It is scarcely questioned that this provision was in- tended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves ; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law . All ...
... party to whom such service or labor may be due . " It is scarcely questioned that this provision was in- tended by those who made it for the reclaiming of what we call fugitive slaves ; and the intention of the lawgiver is the law . All ...
Page 6576
... parties who made it ? One party to a contract may vio- late it - break it , so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? Descending from these general principles , we find the proposition that , in legal ...
... parties who made it ? One party to a contract may vio- late it - break it , so to speak ; but does it not require all to lawfully rescind it ? Descending from these general principles , we find the proposition that , in legal ...
Page 6578
... party can reach to the audacity of doing this . Think , if you can , of a single instance in which a plainly written provision of the Constitution has ever been denied . If , by the mere force of numbers , a majority should deprive a ...
... party can reach to the audacity of doing this . Think , if you can , of a single instance in which a plainly written provision of the Constitution has ever been denied . If , by the mere force of numbers , a majority should deprive a ...
Page 6581
... party without faith of being in the right ? If the Almighty Ruler of nations , with his eternal truth and justice , be on your side of the North , or yours of the South , that truth and that justice will surely prevail , by the judgment ...
... party without faith of being in the right ? If the Almighty Ruler of nations , with his eternal truth and justice , be on your side of the North , or yours of the South , that truth and that justice will surely prevail , by the judgment ...
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