The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, المجلد 1O.D. Case, 1864 - 37 من الصفحات "A history of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union "--T.p. |
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... Mexico and annexing her to this country , though attempting much , has accomplished very little , toward the diffusion either of Freedom or Slavery . And so , much that now seems of momentous consequence will doubtless have shrunk , a ...
... Mexico and annexing her to this country , though attempting much , has accomplished very little , toward the diffusion either of Freedom or Slavery . And so , much that now seems of momentous consequence will doubtless have shrunk , a ...
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... Mexico - Wilmot Proviso ... 185 Gen. Caas - Letter to Nicholson - Gen . Taylor chosen President - Attempts by Gen. Burt , of S. C. , and by Senator Douglas , to extend the Compromise Line of 36 30 to the Pacific . XV . The Struggle for ...
... Mexico - Wilmot Proviso ... 185 Gen. Caas - Letter to Nicholson - Gen . Taylor chosen President - Attempts by Gen. Burt , of S. C. , and by Senator Douglas , to extend the Compromise Line of 36 30 to the Pacific . XV . The Struggle for ...
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... Mexico , in the summer of 1543 , glad to have escaped with their bare lives from the inhospitable swamps and savages they had so recklessly encountered . It does not appear that any of them , nor even De Soto himself , had formed any ...
... Mexico , in the summer of 1543 , glad to have escaped with their bare lives from the inhospitable swamps and savages they had so recklessly encountered . It does not appear that any of them , nor even De Soto himself , had formed any ...
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... Mexico , and con- sumed the better part of several years , closing in 1835. He also made a visit to the settlements in Canada , of fugitives from American Slavery , to inquire into the welfare of their inhabitants . On the 17th of May ...
... Mexico , and con- sumed the better part of several years , closing in 1835. He also made a visit to the settlements in Canada , of fugitives from American Slavery , to inquire into the welfare of their inhabitants . On the 17th of May ...
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... Mexico ; and a Spain ; but the wise moderation of Spanish expedition under De Leon Mr. Jefferson was manifested through was dispatched to the Lavacca in the action of his subordinates , so that 1689 to expel La Salle ; but , on en- Gen ...
... Mexico ; and a Spain ; but the wise moderation of Spanish expedition under De Leon Mr. Jefferson was manifested through was dispatched to the Lavacca in the action of his subordinates , so that 1689 to expel La Salle ; but , on en- Gen ...
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Abolitionists adopted amendment Annexation arms army authority bill Breckinridge called Charleston citizens civil command Committee Compromise Confederacy Confederate Congress Constitution Convention Court Cuba declared delegates Democratic District Disunion Douglas Dred Scott duty election enemy existing favor Federal fire force Fort Sumter Free Free-State Georgia Government Governor gress guns Harper's Ferry held House Jackson Jefferson Jefferson Davis John Kansas Kentucky labor land laws Legislature liberty Lincoln majority March Maryland ment Messrs Mexico miles Mississippi Missouri Missouri Compromise National Nays negroes never North Northern officers Ohio opinion party passed peace persons President principles pro-Slavery proposition question Rebellion Rebels regard regiment Republican Resolved seceded Secession Senate sent sion Slave Power Slave-Trade slaveholding Slavery soon South Carolina Southern stitution Sumter Tennessee territory Texas thereof tion treaty troops Union Unionists United Virginia vote Washington Whig Wilmot Proviso Yeas York
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الصفحة 268 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements.
الصفحة 42 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
الصفحة 455 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
الصفحة 35 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
الصفحة 41 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE i.
الصفحة 422 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the motherland; but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence...
الصفحة 84 - Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force : that to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming, as to itself, the other party : that the Government created by this compact, was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself ; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers ; but that, as in all other cases of compact...
الصفحة 268 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
الصفحة 269 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries...
الصفحة 303 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. " A house divided against itself cannot stand.