North and SouthChapman & Hall, 1863 - 336 pages |
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Page 10
... establish our independence . North . You will find it hard to kick against the pricks . We have ten bayonets to your one . Besides , there are four millions of slaves to rise up under your feet , and glut their thirst for vengeance ...
... establish our independence . North . You will find it hard to kick against the pricks . We have ten bayonets to your one . Besides , there are four millions of slaves to rise up under your feet , and glut their thirst for vengeance ...
Page 11
... establish friendly relations with the North . People may be friends who cannot agree as partners in business . Men and women may live on good terms with one another , who could not endure to be yoked to- gether by the bonds of matrimony ...
... establish friendly relations with the North . People may be friends who cannot agree as partners in business . Men and women may live on good terms with one another , who could not endure to be yoked to- gether by the bonds of matrimony ...
Page 47
... established . France and Russia , we are assured , are ready for the move , but England holds back from fear of incurring a demonstration of Northern wrath against her Canadian colony . Then let her avoid the difficulty by cutting loose ...
... established . France and Russia , we are assured , are ready for the move , but England holds back from fear of incurring a demonstration of Northern wrath against her Canadian colony . Then let her avoid the difficulty by cutting loose ...
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... establish some different relations between this country and the Southern States . But that is not the case . Acknowledgment would not establish a nation unless it were followed by some direct active interference . Neu- trality 50 NORTH ...
... establish some different relations between this country and the Southern States . But that is not the case . Acknowledgment would not establish a nation unless it were followed by some direct active interference . Neu- trality 50 NORTH ...
Page 51
... established countries go to war ; you acknowledge the independence of both , but you are not on that ac- count bound to take part in the contest . " The question recurs , then , with an urgency that will be heard - why delay the ...
... established countries go to war ; you acknowledge the independence of both , but you are not on that ac- count bound to take part in the contest . " The question recurs , then , with an urgency that will be heard - why delay the ...
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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...