The Life of William H. Seward with Selections from His WorksGeorge E. Baker Redfield, 1855 - 410 |
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... existing government of this country never could have had existence but for the Bible . And further I do in my conscience believe that if at every decade of years a copy of the Bible could be found in every family of the land its ...
... existing government of this country never could have had existence but for the Bible . And further I do in my conscience believe that if at every decade of years a copy of the Bible could be found in every family of the land its ...
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... existing laws , the judges of common pleas were associated in the respective counties with the board of supervisors in the ap- pointment of commissioners of deeds , superintendents of the poor , and other county officers . The boards of ...
... existing laws , the judges of common pleas were associated in the respective counties with the board of supervisors in the ap- pointment of commissioners of deeds , superintendents of the poor , and other county officers . The boards of ...
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... existing evils . For the time being , owing to a want of equally enlarged views , his rec- ommendations have been discarded . But time vindicates their soundness . In the present case , after the subject had been litigated , discussed ...
... existing evils . For the time being , owing to a want of equally enlarged views , his rec- ommendations have been discarded . But time vindicates their soundness . In the present case , after the subject had been litigated , discussed ...
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... existing state of feeling . He accord- ingly dissuaded his friends from urging the passage of such an act . In its place , he recommended the division of towns and wards into election districts , each containing not more than five ...
... existing state of feeling . He accord- ingly dissuaded his friends from urging the passage of such an act . In its place , he recommended the division of towns and wards into election districts , each containing not more than five ...
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... the constitution . However true it may be that , when Congress finds the institution existing in any state , they have no power to dis- * See Vol . I. , p . 476 . turb it there — it is clear that they have 96 FUGITIVE - SLAVE CASE .
... the constitution . However true it may be that , when Congress finds the institution existing in any state , they have no power to dis- * See Vol . I. , p . 476 . turb it there — it is clear that they have 96 FUGITIVE - SLAVE CASE .
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Strona 124 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Strona 361 - Missouri Territory to form a constitution and State government, and for the admission of such State into the Union on an equal footing with the original States, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories...
Strona 246 - Historically, it is well known, that the object of this clause was to secure to the citizens of the slave-holding states the complete right and title of ownership in their slaves, as property, in every state in the Union into which they might escape from the state where they were held in servitude.
Strona 389 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the Religion which they profess.
Strona 364 - ... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Strona 154 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been deemed proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Strona 252 - September 15, page 550, article 4, section ,2, the third paragraph, the term 'legally' was struck out, and the words 'under the laws thereof inserted after the word 'state...
Strona 370 - New States, of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provisions of the federal constitution.
Strona 212 - I do not hesitate, therefore, to- recommend the establishment of schools in which they may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves, and professing the same faith.
Strona 212 - ... religion. It ought never to be forgotten that the public welfare is as deeply concerned in their education as in that of our own children. I do not hesitate, therefore, to recommend the establishment of schools in which they may be instructed by teachers speaking the same language with themselves...