North and SouthChapman & Hall, 1863 - 336 pages |
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Page 52
... humanity , which is loyalty to God . The North , like the tyrant Gessler , raises the symbol of " Union , ” and bids us bow down to its authority ; the South , like the liberty - loving Tell , will sacrifice the life- 52 NORTH AND SOUTH .
... humanity , which is loyalty to God . The North , like the tyrant Gessler , raises the symbol of " Union , ” and bids us bow down to its authority ; the South , like the liberty - loving Tell , will sacrifice the life- 52 NORTH AND SOUTH .
Page 70
... human wisdom , " second only in sanctity to " the Covenant which the Lord gave unto Moses . " It was not the product of a day , but the result of long and patient labour ; and its operations were designed not for a generation , but for ...
... human wisdom , " second only in sanctity to " the Covenant which the Lord gave unto Moses . " It was not the product of a day , but the result of long and patient labour ; and its operations were designed not for a generation , but for ...
Page 71
... human government — the fruit of a political experience extending back to the misty morning of the " Mosaic dispensation . " The constitutions of monarchies , as well as of republics , ancient and modern , were distilled , as it were ...
... human government — the fruit of a political experience extending back to the misty morning of the " Mosaic dispensation . " The constitutions of monarchies , as well as of republics , ancient and modern , were distilled , as it were ...
Page 113
... South are fighting for the profits of the slave - trade , for the extension of slavery , and for " the privilege of burning human beings alive ! " Surely , if I this were true , it would be the duty of UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.
... South are fighting for the profits of the slave - trade , for the extension of slavery , and for " the privilege of burning human beings alive ! " Surely , if I this were true , it would be the duty of UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.
Page 114
... refused what is considered a concession ( although there can be no concession in a case of abstract right ) , and a hundred thousand human lives have already been sacrificed to its inexorable de- cision . We 114 NORTH AND SOUTH .
... refused what is considered a concession ( although there can be no concession in a case of abstract right ) , and a hundred thousand human lives have already been sacrificed to its inexorable de- cision . We 114 NORTH AND SOUTH .
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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...