Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "Founders of the Republic" on SlaveryJ.W. Bradley, 1861 - Počet stran: 495 |
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Strana 6
... liberty with every energy and effort in their power . That there need be no mistake in this matter , I have commenced this compilation with the de- bates in the congress of the confederation , the first form of a national government ...
... liberty with every energy and effort in their power . That there need be no mistake in this matter , I have commenced this compilation with the de- bates in the congress of the confederation , the first form of a national government ...
Strana 13
... liberty , and of those eminent statesmen who succeeded them , and who have shed a halo of fadeless glory around the character of the American nation . If I be the subject of reproach for the compila- tion , what would be meted out to ...
... liberty , and of those eminent statesmen who succeeded them , and who have shed a halo of fadeless glory around the character of the American nation . If I be the subject of reproach for the compila- tion , what would be meted out to ...
Strana 27
... liberty , and the greater ones in all respecting property . He therefore proposed that , in votes relating to money , the voice of each colony should be proportioned to the number of its inhabitants . Dr. Franklin thought that the votes ...
... liberty , and the greater ones in all respecting property . He therefore proposed that , in votes relating to money , the voice of each colony should be proportioned to the number of its inhabitants . Dr. Franklin thought that the votes ...
Strana 54
... liberty , and general welfare . " 2. Resolved , Therefore , that the right of suffrage , in the national legislature ought to be proportioned to the quotas of contribution , or to the number of free inhabit- ants , as the one or the ...
... liberty , and general welfare . " 2. Resolved , Therefore , that the right of suffrage , in the national legislature ought to be proportioned to the quotas of contribution , or to the number of free inhabit- ants , as the one or the ...
Strana 62
... liberty to form such a national gov- ernment as we think best adapted to the whole . I have therefore no difficulty as to the extent of our powers , nor do I feel myself restrained in the exercise of my judgment under them . We can only ...
... liberty to form such a national gov- ernment as we think best adapted to the whole . I have therefore no difficulty as to the extent of our powers , nor do I feel myself restrained in the exercise of my judgment under them . We can only ...
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Strana 174 - ... be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Strana 438 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Strana 448 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is, in some degree, a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection; either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Strana 37 - ... provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any species of goods or commodities whatsoever..
Strana 173 - ... shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Strana 449 - Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Strana 110 - 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.
Strana 34 - ... no imposition, duties, or restriction, shall be laid by any state on the property of the United States or either of them.
Strana 451 - But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand, neither seeking nor granting exclusive favors or preferences; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing; establishing with powers so disposed, in order to give trade a stable course, to define the rights of our...
Strana 437 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete by .so careful a preservation and so prudent a 'use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.