Duplicate Copy of the Souvenir from the Afro-American League of Tennessee to Hon. James M. Ashley, of OhioPublishing House of the A. M. E. Church, 1894 - 849 pages |
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... size , the prophetic and now historic speeches made by you in the Congress of the United States against the crime of slavery , and to include with said speeches such of your orations and public addresses and articles from your ( 9 )
... size , the prophetic and now historic speeches made by you in the Congress of the United States against the crime of slavery , and to include with said speeches such of your orations and public addresses and articles from your ( 9 )
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... crimes of the so - called Democratic party were necessary , in order to arouse the American people from their supineness and lethargy . But for those crimes there would have been no Republican party in the United States to - day ...
... crimes of the so - called Democratic party were necessary , in order to arouse the American people from their supineness and lethargy . But for those crimes there would have been no Republican party in the United States to - day ...
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... crime of upholding a Constitution which recognized property in man . But , Mr. Chairman , it is claimed that the question as to whether the Constitution recognizes property in man or not , is no longer an open question ; that it is a ...
... crime of upholding a Constitution which recognized property in man . But , Mr. Chairman , it is claimed that the question as to whether the Constitution recognizes property in man or not , is no longer an open question ; that it is a ...
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... the Constitution , which declares not only that judges may err in opinion , but also may com- mit crimes , and hence has provided a tribunal for the trial of offenders . " In times of violent party excitement , agitating the 86-
... the Constitution , which declares not only that judges may err in opinion , but also may com- mit crimes , and hence has provided a tribunal for the trial of offenders . " In times of violent party excitement , agitating the 86-
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... crime , to hopeless slavery . The laws of Congress , made in conformity with our treaty stipulations and the enlightened sentiment of the civilized world , punishing the African slave trade as piracy , are openly disregarded , and the ...
... crime , to hopeless slavery . The laws of Congress , made in conformity with our treaty stipulations and the enlightened sentiment of the civilized world , punishing the African slave trade as piracy , are openly disregarded , and the ...
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DUPLICATE COPY OF THE SOUVENIR James Mitchell 1824-1896 Ashley,Benjamin William Bp Arnett, 1838-1906 No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 259 - ... we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us.
Page 242 - ... commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Page 261 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword : His truth is marching on.
Page 739 - I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery, will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Page 128 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 217 - THE SACRED RIGHTS OF MANKIND ARE NOT TO BE RUMMAGED FOR AMONG OLD PARCHMENTS OR MUSTY RECORDS. THEY ARE WRITTEN, AS WITH A SUNBEAM, IN THE WHOLE VOLUME OF HUMAN NATURE, BY THE HAND OF THE DIVINITY ITSELF ; AND CAN NEVER BE ERASED OR OBSCURED BY MORTAL POWER.
Page 242 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this...
Page 283 - And I do further proclaim, declare, and make known, that whenever, in any of the States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, a number of persons not less than one-tenth in number of the votes cast in such State at the Presidential election...
Page 758 - Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...