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... hundreds of thousands of unjust men . The masked wretches who , in the darkness of night , drag the poor negro from his cabin , and lacerate with whip and thong his quivering flesh , will , with bloody hands , applaud the Supreme Court ...
... hundreds of thousands of unjust men . The masked wretches who , in the darkness of night , drag the poor negro from his cabin , and lacerate with whip and thong his quivering flesh , will , with bloody hands , applaud the Supreme Court ...
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... hundreds of its own decisions ) , or by legislative action , or by an amendment to the Constitution . We do not appeal to armed revolution . Our Government is so framed that it provides for what may be called perpetual peaceful revolu ...
... hundreds of its own decisions ) , or by legislative action , or by an amendment to the Constitution . We do not appeal to armed revolution . Our Government is so framed that it provides for what may be called perpetual peaceful revolu ...
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... hundreds and thousands were indicted , and hundreds languished in prisons because they were noble enough to hold in infinite contempt such infamous laws and such infamous decisions . The best men in the United States — the noblest ...
... hundreds and thousands were indicted , and hundreds languished in prisons because they were noble enough to hold in infinite contempt such infamous laws and such infamous decisions . The best men in the United States — the noblest ...
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... hundred dollars . " In the case known as Ex - parte vs. Virginia — found in 100 U. S. 339 — it was held that an indictment against a State officer , under this section , for excluding persons of color from the jury , could be sustained ...
... hundred dollars . " In the case known as Ex - parte vs. Virginia — found in 100 U. S. 339 — it was held that an indictment against a State officer , under this section , for excluding persons of color from the jury , could be sustained ...
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... hundred to one . That party gave you the 13th , 14th and 15th Amendments . They were given in good faith . These amendments put you on a constitutional and political equality with white That they have been narrowed in their application ...
... hundred to one . That party gave you the 13th , 14th and 15th Amendments . They were given in good faith . These amendments put you on a constitutional and political equality with white That they have been narrowed in their application ...
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Page 283 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 36 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the...
Page 174 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
Page 594 - Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Page 598 - Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue : and it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the Lord, and do them...
Page 1 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?
Page 594 - For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
Page 247 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 600 - ... know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you.