The Life of William H. Seward with Selections from His WorksGeorge E. Baker Redfield, 1855 - 410 pages |
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... fear of consequences to silence his voice in defence of freedom , when any practical benefit was at stake ; but he has strictly avoided every act that was adapted to inflict a needless wound upon an opponent , or to foment an ...
... fear of consequences to silence his voice in defence of freedom , when any practical benefit was at stake ; but he has strictly avoided every act that was adapted to inflict a needless wound upon an opponent , or to foment an ...
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... fear of a collision with Great Brit- ain . Governor Seward was reproached , in many political and commercial circles ... fears dictated to their judgment , and followed the cowardly policy of President Tyler , he would have disgraced ...
... fear of a collision with Great Brit- ain . Governor Seward was reproached , in many political and commercial circles ... fears dictated to their judgment , and followed the cowardly policy of President Tyler , he would have disgraced ...
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... fear of popular opinion shall have operated to cause you to deny to the prisoner that dispassionate consideration of his case which the laws of God and man exact of you , and if , owing to such an error , this wretched man shall fall ...
... fear of popular opinion shall have operated to cause you to deny to the prisoner that dispassionate consideration of his case which the laws of God and man exact of you , and if , owing to such an error , this wretched man shall fall ...
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... fears , and tell me where , among my neighbors or my fellow - men - where , even in his heart - I can expect to find the sentiment , the thought , not to say of reward or of acknowl edgment , but even of recognition . " I speak with all ...
... fears , and tell me where , among my neighbors or my fellow - men - where , even in his heart - I can expect to find the sentiment , the thought , not to say of reward or of acknowl edgment , but even of recognition . " I speak with all ...
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... fear , and sorrow , have en- tered into all their dwellings . Their own rugged forms have drooped ; their sunburnt brows have blanched ; and their hands have become as soft to the pressure of friendship as yours or mine . One of them ...
... fear , and sorrow , have en- tered into all their dwellings . Their own rugged forms have drooped ; their sunburnt brows have blanched ; and their hands have become as soft to the pressure of friendship as yours or mine . One of them ...
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Page 124 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 361 - Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...
Page 246 - Historically, it is well known, that the object of this clause was to secure to the citizens of the slave-holding states the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every state in the Union into which they might escape from the state where they were held in servitude.
Page 389 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the Religion which they profess.
Page 364 - ... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 154 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been deemed proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 252 - September 15, page 550, article 4, section ,2, the third paragraph, the term 'legally' was struck out, and the words 'under the laws thereof inserted after the word 'state...
Page 370 - New States, of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the federal constitution.
Page 212 - I do not hesitate, therefore, to- recommend the establishment of schools in which they may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves, and professing the same faith.
Page 212 - ... religion. It ought never to be forgotten that the public welfare is as deeply concerned in their education as in that of our own children. I do not hesitate, therefore, to recommend the establishment of schools in which they may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves...