Address of the Hon. C. G. Memminger, Special Commissioner from the State of South Carolina: Before the Assembled Authorities of the State of Virginia, January 19, 1860, Band 5251860 - 43 Seiten |
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... respect- fully communicate to you , as nearly as I can recall the same , the address delivered by me before the assembly on the 19th inst . I would ask leave to tender to the assembly my respectful acknowledgment of the honor done me in ...
... respect- fully communicate to you , as nearly as I can recall the same , the address delivered by me before the assembly on the 19th inst . I would ask leave to tender to the assembly my respectful acknowledgment of the honor done me in ...
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... respect and affection of every state of this confederacy . Cer- tainly there is no state to whom more kindly feelings are due . Her statesmen and soldiers had devoted their lives to the service of the country , and their honored remains ...
... respect and affection of every state of this confederacy . Cer- tainly there is no state to whom more kindly feelings are due . Her statesmen and soldiers had devoted their lives to the service of the country , and their honored remains ...
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... respect the institutions of the other ; and that any attempt to use the alliance for the purpose of assailing the institutions of any one of the parties , was a breach of faith , and must ensue in a dissolution of the alliance . Stern ...
... respect the institutions of the other ; and that any attempt to use the alliance for the purpose of assailing the institutions of any one of the parties , was a breach of faith , and must ensue in a dissolution of the alliance . Stern ...
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... respect it as they would marriage , parental authority , or any other legitimate institution of a sister state ; and until our de- fenders take this position , they build upon the sands . But why waste our time in surmise , when ...
... respect it as they would marriage , parental authority , or any other legitimate institution of a sister state ; and until our de- fenders take this position , they build upon the sands . But why waste our time in surmise , when ...
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... respect and abide by the united judgment of the whole . If our pace be too fast for some , we are content to walk slower ; our earnest wish is that all may keep together . We cannot con- sent to stand still , but would gladly make ...
... respect and abide by the united judgment of the whole . If our pace be too fast for some , we are content to walk slower ; our earnest wish is that all may keep together . We cannot con- sent to stand still , but would gladly make ...
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abolition of slavery action admission of Texas adopted arms assassin assembly of Virginia authorities blood C. G. MEMMINGER cession commissioner common defence compromise measures compromise of 1850 concession confederates conference constitution convention crime declared delegates district of Columbia duty earnest effect election electoral college enactment enemy exhibited Extract fanaticism favor federal government formed fugitive slaves ginia governor governor of Virginia Harpers Ferry honor independence institution of slavery invasion JANUARY 21 Jefferson judgment justice kindly feeling legislature Lord Brougham master Missouri compromise noble friend non-slaveholding northern object ordinance ordinance of nullification party patriotic perfect union political present president proposed request resistance resolutions of 1847 Resolved unanimously respect restore result secure seized senate sister slave trade slaveholding slavery in Texas soil South Carolina southern conference southern congress stand sympathy territory Texan tion treaty United voice vote whilst whole south Wilmot proviso
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Seite 17 - 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.
Seite 30 - July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven ; and shall be subject to all the conditions and restrictions and prohibitions in said articles of compact imposed upon the people of the said Territory.
Seite 21 - I regret that I am now to die in the belief that the useless sacrifice of themselves by the generation of 1776 to acquire selfgovernment and happiness to their country is to be thrown away by the unwise and unworthy passions of their sons, and that my only consolation is to be that I live not to weep over it.
Seite 20 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.
Seite 43 - FREEDOM! thou art not, as poets dream, A fair young girl, with light and delicate limbs, And wavy tresses gushing from the cap With which the Roman master crowned his slave When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the sword; thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched His bolts, and with his lightnings smitten...
Seite 9 - An Ordinance to Nullify certain acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws laying duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities.
Seite 31 - ... it shall not be lawful to bring into the District of Columbia any slave whatever, for the purpose of being sold, or for the purpose of being placed in depot, to be subsequently transferred to any other State or place to be sold as merchandize.
Seite 20 - I had for a long time ceased to read newspapers, or pay any attention to public affairs, confident they were in good hands, and content to be a passenger in our bark to the shore from which I am not distant. But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror.
Seite 9 - State of the Union, as a sufficient pledge that their Representatives in Congress will so modify the acts laying duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities...
Seite 30 - ... their rights of property, to take firm, 'united and concerted action in this emergency.