Occasional Addresses: And the Letters of Mr. Ambrose on the Rebellion |
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... Secession Letter IV . - Secession Letter V. - Revolution Letter VI . - Revolution Letter VII . - Rebellion Letter VIII . - Conspiracy . Letter IX . - State Rights . Letter X. - State Sovereignty Letter XI . - Peace . TAGE . 331 335 337 ...
... Secession Letter IV . - Secession Letter V. - Revolution Letter VI . - Revolution Letter VII . - Rebellion Letter VIII . - Conspiracy . Letter IX . - State Rights . Letter X. - State Sovereignty Letter XI . - Peace . TAGE . 331 335 337 ...
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... secession was a shal- low invention of a few Quixotes in politics . In the days of General Jackson it was denounced and derided as the black- est of treasons by the whole of that imperious party 15 ON THE REBELLION . 337 -Sudden ...
... secession was a shal- low invention of a few Quixotes in politics . In the days of General Jackson it was denounced and derided as the black- est of treasons by the whole of that imperious party 15 ON THE REBELLION . 337 -Sudden ...
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... secession was treason , these same thousands re - echoed the sentiment with such ear- nest repetition as to plant it in the very heart of the country as an article of faith . The intuition of the masses in this con- viction was ...
... secession was treason , these same thousands re - echoed the sentiment with such ear- nest repetition as to plant it in the very heart of the country as an article of faith . The intuition of the masses in this con- viction was ...
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... secession . It was at that time the word " secession " itself first became familiar as a term of our political vocabulary . Before that date Mr. Jefferson called it " scission ; " and , by the by , pronounced it to be incompatible with ...
... secession . It was at that time the word " secession " itself first became familiar as a term of our political vocabulary . Before that date Mr. Jefferson called it " scission ; " and , by the by , pronounced it to be incompatible with ...
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... secession . It is unpleasant to come to this conclusion , but there is no other left to us . We must look for this sudden abjuration of our ancient faith to causes which spring from less noble mo- tives than conviction , and belong to a ...
... secession . It is unpleasant to come to this conclusion , but there is no other left to us . We must look for this sudden abjuration of our ancient faith to causes which spring from less noble mo- tives than conviction , and belong to a ...
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Page 446 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 113 - There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things : our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.
Page 120 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 349 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Page 122 - So live, that, when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave...
Page 144 - I, AB, do utterly testify and declare in my conscience, that the Queen's Highness is the only supreme governor of this realm, and of all other Her Highness's dominions and countries, as well in all spiritual and ecclesiastical things or causes as temporal ; and that no foreign Prince.
Page 294 - The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts, then springs, as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane...
Page 141 - Knight, late Baron of Baltimore, in our said Kingdom of Ireland, treading in the steps of his Father, being animated with a laudable, and pious Zeal for extending the Christian Religion, and also the Territories of our Empire...
Page 460 - Mr. MASON observed, not only that the present Confederation was deficient in not providing for coercion and punishment against delinquent States ; but argued very cogently, that punishment could not in the nature of things be executed on the States collectively, and therefore that such a government was necessary as could directly operate on individuals, and would punish those only whose guilt required it.
Page 459 - States to the contrary notwithstanding; and that if any State, or any body of men in any State shall oppose or prevent the carrying into execution such acts or treaties...