North and SouthChapman & Hall, 1863 - 336 pages |
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Page 31
... America , as Mr. Lincoln pro- poses , it does not follow that we should be able to prevent the Border States from joining the Southern Confederacy , to which already they more than half belong ; while the balance is only kept in the ...
... America , as Mr. Lincoln pro- poses , it does not follow that we should be able to prevent the Border States from joining the Southern Confederacy , to which already they more than half belong ; while the balance is only kept in the ...
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... America . " Under this new Govern- ment , a little more conservative , but not less essentially republican than the old Union , the Confederate people of the South have lived and fought , and bled and died , for eighteen months , in ...
... America . " Under this new Govern- ment , a little more conservative , but not less essentially republican than the old Union , the Confederate people of the South have lived and fought , and bled and died , for eighteen months , in ...
Page 49
... America ; or , what Mr. Webster called , some " pea - patch province " in Europe . All the Great Powers have recognised from time to time the Governments of Brazil , Greece , Belgium , Lom- bardy , and Italy ; and all these countries ...
... America ; or , what Mr. Webster called , some " pea - patch province " in Europe . All the Great Powers have recognised from time to time the Governments of Brazil , Greece , Belgium , Lom- bardy , and Italy ; and all these countries ...
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... America accompanied their acknowledgment with a declaration of their determi- nation to adhere to neutrality in the contest between Spain and her colonies . A stronger instance cannot be adduced of the compatibility of recognition and ...
... America accompanied their acknowledgment with a declaration of their determi- nation to adhere to neutrality in the contest between Spain and her colonies . A stronger instance cannot be adduced of the compatibility of recognition and ...
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... America , we must begin with the history of the Federation of the United States ; examine the operations and amendments of the original Constitution ; and notice the changes and im- provements adopted by the new Confederacy . Without ...
... America , we must begin with the history of the Federation of the United States ; examine the operations and amendments of the original Constitution ; and notice the changes and im- provements adopted by the new Confederacy . Without ...
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Page 85 - That all political power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority...
Page 306 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards, — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
Page 84 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 84 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety...
Page 79 - That the said report, with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same, be transmitted to the several legislatures, in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Page 97 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 308 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with th.ee.
Page 77 - 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. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected...
Page 306 - nor those other words of delusion and folly, " Liberty first and Union afterwards," but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds as they float over the sea and over the land and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every...
Page 97 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in convention on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...