Proceedings and Speeches at a Public Meeting of the Friends of the Union, in the City of Baltimore, Held at the Maryland Institute, on Thursday Evening, January 10, 1861J.D. Toy, 1861 - 56 pages |
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... secure the blessings of liberty " to themselves and their posterity . Fearless as they were , boldly as they faced death in every battle field , nobly as they defied the mighty power of England , then almost the mistress of the world ...
... secure the blessings of liberty " to themselves and their posterity . Fearless as they were , boldly as they faced death in every battle field , nobly as they defied the mighty power of England , then almost the mistress of the world ...
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... secure , by vesting in the General Government the powers then deemed necessary to that end , and for its continuance for- ever . A few years ' experience , however , demonstrated their defects . These , too , were found to be fatal to ...
... secure , by vesting in the General Government the powers then deemed necessary to that end , and for its continuance for- ever . A few years ' experience , however , demonstrated their defects . These , too , were found to be fatal to ...
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... secure the blessings of liberty to them- selves and to their posterity . ' The assent of the States , in their sovereign capacity , is implied in calling a Convention , and thus submitting that instrument to the people . But the people ...
... secure the blessings of liberty to them- selves and to their posterity . ' The assent of the States , in their sovereign capacity , is implied in calling a Convention , and thus submitting that instrument to the people . But the people ...
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... secure union and harmony at home , for if this object could be attained , there would be but little danger from abroad ; and to accomplish this purpose , it was felt by the statesmen who framed the Constitution , and by the people who ...
... secure union and harmony at home , for if this object could be attained , there would be but little danger from abroad ; and to accomplish this purpose , it was felt by the statesmen who framed the Constitution , and by the people who ...
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... secure to them . These principally relate to slave property , and an equal participation in the Territories . Is it possible that the North ( by the North , I mean the Free States , ) can be so wedded to theories , to philanthropical ...
... secure to them . These principally relate to slave property , and an equal participation in the Territories . Is it possible that the North ( by the North , I mean the Free States , ) can be so wedded to theories , to philanthropical ...
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Page 7 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.
Page 20 - Thou, too, sail on, O ship of State ! Sail on, O Union, strong and great ! Humanity, with all its fears, With all its hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 7 - Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.
Page 40 - Union which is every day felt among us with so much joy and gratitude. What is to become of the army? What is to become of the navy? What is to become of the public lands? How is each of the thirty States to defend itself...
Page 42 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 20 - UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge, and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope!
Page 43 - It has been said that the people had already surrendered all their powers to the state sovereignties, and had nothing more to give. But surely, the question whether they may resume and modify the powers granted to government does not remain to be settled in this country.
Page 7 - ... palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 41 - Sir, I am ashamed to pursue this line of remark. I dislike it, I have an utter disgust for it. I would rather hear of natural blasts and mildews, war, pestilence, and famine, than to hear gentlemen talk of secession.
Page 41 - In discussing this question, the counsel for the state of Maryland have deemed it of some importance, in the construction of the constitution, to consider that instrument not as emanating from the people, but as the act of sovereign and independent states.