The African Repository, Svazek 24American Colonization Society., 1848 |
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Strana 1
... land of their nativity , and to form settlements on this barba- rous coast , and now to organize their government by the assumption of a sovereign and independent character . Therefore we respectfully ask their attention to the ...
... land of their nativity , and to form settlements on this barba- rous coast , and now to organize their government by the assumption of a sovereign and independent character . Therefore we respectfully ask their attention to the ...
Strana 2
... land , it was hoped we would be enabled to enjoy those rights and privileges , and exercise and improve those faculties which the God of na- ture has given us in common with the rest of mankind . Under the auspices of the Ameri- can ...
... land , it was hoped we would be enabled to enjoy those rights and privileges , and exercise and improve those faculties which the God of na- ture has given us in common with the rest of mankind . Under the auspices of the Ameri- can ...
Strana 3
... land - to abandon forever the scenes of our childhood , and to sever the most endeared con- nexions , was the desire for a retreat where , free from the agitations of fear and molestation , we could , in composure and security ...
... land - to abandon forever the scenes of our childhood , and to sever the most endeared con- nexions , was the desire for a retreat where , free from the agitations of fear and molestation , we could , in composure and security ...
Strana 5
... land . Sec . 9. No place shall be searched nor person seized , on a criminal charge or suspicion , unless upon warrant lawfully issued , upon pro- bable cause , supported by oath , or solemn affirmation , specially desig- nating the ...
... land . Sec . 9. No place shall be searched nor person seized , on a criminal charge or suspicion , unless upon warrant lawfully issued , upon pro- bable cause , supported by oath , or solemn affirmation , specially desig- nating the ...
Strana 11
... land by any citizen or citizens from the aborigines of this country , for his or their own use , or for the benefit of others , as estate or estates in fee simple , shall be considered null and void to all intents and purposes . Sec ...
... land by any citizen or citizens from the aborigines of this country , for his or their own use , or for the benefit of others , as estate or estates in fee simple , shall be considered null and void to all intents and purposes . Sec ...
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Strana 52 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Strana 4 - ... whenever these great objects are not obtained, the people have a right to alter the government, and to take measures necessary for their safety, prosperity, and happiness.
Strana 53 - And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them ; thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another.
Strana 5 - The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a state': it ought not, therefore, to be restrained in this commonwealth.
Strana 5 - The people have a right to keep and to bear arms for the common defence: and as, in time of peace, armies are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be maintained without the consent of the legislature ; and the military power shall always be held in an exact subordination to the civil authority, and be governed by it.
Strana 291 - where two or three are gathered together in His name, there He is in the midst of them," and a pleasure to observe how very general the attendance upon divine worship is among these people.
Strana 5 - No subsidy, charge, tax, impost, or duties ought to be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any pretext whatsoever, without the consent of the people or their representatives in the legislature.
Strana 11 - Sec. 15. The improvement of the native tribes and their advancement in the arts of agriculture and husbandry being a cherished object of this Government, it shall be the duty of the President to appoint in each county some discreet person, ! whose duty it shall be to make regular and periodical tours through the country, for the purpose of calling the attention of the natives to...
Strana 4 - All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent and indefeasible rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing and protecting property and reputation, and of pursuing their own happiness.
Strana 6 - IN order to prevent those, who are vested with authority, from becoming oppressors, the people have a right, at such periods and in such manner as they shall establish by their frame of government, to cause their public officers to return to private life; and to fill up vacant places by certain and regular elections and appointments.