Six Months in the Federal States, Volume 1Macmillan and Company, 1863 - Abolitionists |
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... leaves a strong , definite impression on your mind . There is , too , a characteristic absence of artistic pro- priety about the whole arrangements . The great centre circular hall is blocked up with a scaffolding , on which a number of ...
... leaves a strong , definite impression on your mind . There is , too , a characteristic absence of artistic pro- priety about the whole arrangements . The great centre circular hall is blocked up with a scaffolding , on which a number of ...
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... leaves this whole sub- " ject to the respective States . If any State chooses to " exile its negroes , it will do so . The nation will not " meddle with the matter in any way . When slavery " dies the national peril is averted , and the ...
... leaves this whole sub- " ject to the respective States . If any State chooses to " exile its negroes , it will do so . The nation will not " meddle with the matter in any way . When slavery " dies the national peril is averted , and the ...
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... leaves the White House , he will be no more regretted , though more respected , than Mr. Buchanan . When Wendell Phillips described him as " a first - rate second - rate man , " he uttered one of those epigrammatic sarcasms which stick ...
... leaves the White House , he will be no more regretted , though more respected , than Mr. Buchanan . When Wendell Phillips described him as " a first - rate second - rate man , " he uttered one of those epigrammatic sarcasms which stick ...
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... leaves , 4s . BROKEN TROTH , The .-- A Tale of Tuscan Life . From the Italian . By Philip Ireton . 2 vols . Fcap . 8vo . cloth , 12s . BROOK SMITH . - Arithmetic in Theory and Practice . For Advanced Pupils . Part First . By J. BROOK ...
... leaves , 4s . BROKEN TROTH , The .-- A Tale of Tuscan Life . From the Italian . By Philip Ireton . 2 vols . Fcap . 8vo . cloth , 12s . BROOK SMITH . - Arithmetic in Theory and Practice . For Advanced Pupils . Part First . By J. BROOK ...
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... leaves , 2s . 6d . CLAY . - Our Convict Systems . By the REV . W. L. CLAY , Author of the " Prison Chaplain , " Svo . sewed , 1s . CLAY . - The Prison Chaplain . A Memoir of the Rev. John CLAY , B.D. late Chaplain of the Preston Gaol ...
... leaves , 2s . 6d . CLAY . - Our Convict Systems . By the REV . W. L. CLAY , Author of the " Prison Chaplain , " Svo . sewed , 1s . CLAY . - The Prison Chaplain . A Memoir of the Rev. John CLAY , B.D. late Chaplain of the Preston Gaol ...
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Page 122 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Page 213 - 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 govem1nent. Nature, habit, opinion have drawn indelible lines of distinction between them.
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Page 213 - ... passu, filled up by free white laborers. If, on the contrary, it is left to force itself on, human nature must shudder at the prospect held up.
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Page 122 - Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as well on situation and circumstance as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered and those which may be reserved ; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several States as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.