The Enemies of the Constitution Discovered: Or, An Inquiry Into the Origin and Tendency of Popular Violence. Containing a Complete and Circumstantial Account of the Unlawful Proceedings at the City of Utica, October 21st, 1835; the Dispersion of the State Anti-Slavery Convention by the Agitators, the Destruction of a Democratic Press and of the Causes which Led Thereto; Together with a Concise Treatise on the Practice of the Court of His Honor Judge Lynch. Accompanied with Numerous Highly Interesting and Important DocumentsLeavitt, Lord, & Company, 1835 - 183 من الصفحات |
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... abuses which are gradually corrupting and trans- forming a government established " to promote our common wel- fare , and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty , " into a powerful party engine , with which a few ...
... abuses which are gradually corrupting and trans- forming a government established " to promote our common wel- fare , and secure to ourselves and our posterity the blessings of liberty , " into a powerful party engine , with which a few ...
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... abused , and deprived of their constitutional rights , the freedom of speech , the right peaceably to assemble and deliberate upon subjects intimately concerning the welfare of their own beloved coun- try , and the liberty of the press ...
... abused , and deprived of their constitutional rights , the freedom of speech , the right peaceably to assemble and deliberate upon subjects intimately concerning the welfare of their own beloved coun- try , and the liberty of the press ...
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... abused . But I am not prepared to direct you to forward or deliver the papers of which you speak . " After recapitulating what the Post- master at Charleston had informed him respecting the papers in question , he says , " By no act or ...
... abused . But I am not prepared to direct you to forward or deliver the papers of which you speak . " After recapitulating what the Post- master at Charleston had informed him respecting the papers in question , he says , " By no act or ...
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... abused . " Pro- bably , as you say , sir , it was not . It is indeed pro- bable from an impartial survey of the history of this country that it was not intended or meant to make the Postmaster General , Censor of the Press . It is ...
... abused . " Pro- bably , as you say , sir , it was not . It is indeed pro- bable from an impartial survey of the history of this country that it was not intended or meant to make the Postmaster General , Censor of the Press . It is ...
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... abuses will spring up at every step . Whig Postmasters will stop Jackson papers , Jack- son Postmasters will suppress whig papers , slave- holders will burn abolition documents , and aboli- tionists will destroy colonization manifestoes ...
... abuses will spring up at every step . Whig Postmasters will stop Jackson papers , Jack- son Postmasters will suppress whig papers , slave- holders will burn abolition documents , and aboli- tionists will destroy colonization manifestoes ...
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A. G. Dauby abolition Abolitionism abolitionists abuse adjourn adopted agitators American Anti-Slavery Society Amos Kendall Anti-Slavery Society assembled attempt authority called chairman character church citizens of Utica committee Common Council condemned conduct constitution Convention declare delegates designs detain disgrace duty emancipation enemies Ephraim Hart excitement expressed fanatics favour fellow-citizens free discussion freedom freedom of speech friends Gerrit Smith Gouverneur Hartford Convention honour hussle incendiary indignation individuals inflammatory influence insult insurrection intended John judge Kellogg Kendall laws letter LEWIS TAPPAN liberty of speech mail carriers master meeting ment nation New-York NICHOLAS SMITH occasion officers papers patriotism peaceable citizens political Post-office present principles proceedings rabble racter republican resolution Resolved respect Samuel Beardsley sentiments slave slave-holders Smith southern subject of slavery Sumner county tendency Thomas tion union United violation violence vote Whig William witnessed
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الصفحة 117 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
الصفحة 115 - To the efficacy and permanency of your union, a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances, in all times, have experienced.
الصفحة 104 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
الصفحة 153 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
الصفحة 116 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
الصفحة 108 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
الصفحة 90 - ... the diffusion of information, and arraignment of all abuses at the bar of the public reason : freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus : and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
الصفحة 106 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever...
الصفحة 152 - When the measure of their tears shall be full, when their groans shall have involved heaven itself in darkness, doubtless a god of justice will awaken to their distress, and by diffusing light and liberality among their oppressors, or at length by his exterminat-ing thunder, manifest his attention to the things of this world, and that they are not left to the guidance of a blind fatality.
الصفحة 116 - ... adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.