Rebellion and Recognition. Slavery, Sovereignty, Secession, and Recognition ConsideredUnion and Emancipation Society, 1863 - 28 Seiten |
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... civilised principle , which was the spirit of that constitution- liberty . The election of 1856 , however , gave them another lease of power , and Buchanan became president . The slave - holding party had been initiated into the party ...
... civilised principle , which was the spirit of that constitution- liberty . The election of 1856 , however , gave them another lease of power , and Buchanan became president . The slave - holding party had been initiated into the party ...
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... civilised object , what a power they would consolidate . It appears that they have been blinded to their own folly , their wicked system , and the sum of human wrong thus inflicted . For through every questionable transaction in which ...
... civilised object , what a power they would consolidate . It appears that they have been blinded to their own folly , their wicked system , and the sum of human wrong thus inflicted . For through every questionable transaction in which ...
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... civilised society . That , therefore , on no one plea can the rebels appeal to the rectitude , moral power , and governments of civilised people for recognition , with the faintest shadow of justice in the claim ; but , rather , on its ...
... civilised society . That , therefore , on no one plea can the rebels appeal to the rectitude , moral power , and governments of civilised people for recognition , with the faintest shadow of justice in the claim ; but , rather , on its ...
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... civilised nation , much more vicious in principle in our own kingdom . There is , however , a secondary use of the word recognition , which is , " the expression of an opinion by a foreign power , that the revolted people from the ...
... civilised nation , much more vicious in principle in our own kingdom . There is , however , a secondary use of the word recognition , which is , " the expression of an opinion by a foreign power , that the revolted people from the ...
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... civilised world . When we regard , then , the great length of time which this war has been prosecuted , the complete success which has attended it in favour of the pro- vinces , the present condition of the parties , and the utter ...
... civilised world . When we regard , then , the great length of time which this war has been prosecuted , the complete success which has attended it in favour of the pro- vinces , the present condition of the parties , and the utter ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
abolitionist acknowledgment actual independence African Alabama America Articles of Confederation authority Buenos Ayres cause Chili civil civilised claim colonies compact confederacy confederation Congress consent consti constitution contest Darwen declared their independence decreed-"That defence despotism election EMANCIPATION SOCIETY established evidence Federal government force freedom Georgia Glasgow Grenada inalienable rights Jefferson Jefferson Davis John judgment justice league liberty London Rev Manchester Councillor Maryland means ment Mexico mother country nation negro opinion oppression ordained party peace person of colour Peru plea president provinces pursuit of happiness read or write reason rebel REBELLION AND RECOGNITION RECOGNITION CONSIDERED republic of Columbia revolution right of secession right to secede Rochdale Salford Saxon race secession senate slave code slave labour slave power slave to read slave trade slaveholders slavery South America South Carolina Southern sovereign sovereignty Spain Spanish Stephens territories thereof treaties tyranny UNION AND EMANCIPATION United Vattel Vice-president Virginia vote Wigfall wrong
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Seite 9 - But the defects of the confederation need not be detailed. Under its operation we could scarcely be called a nation. We had neither prosperity at home nor consideration abroad. This state of things could not be endured, and our present happy Constitution was formed, but formed in vain, if this fatal doctrine prevails.
Seite 8 - ... adopted. The leading object in establishing this government, an object forced on the country by the condition of the times and the absolute necessity of the law, was to give to Congress power to lay and collect imposts without the consent of particular States. The Revolutionary debt remained unpaid ; the national treasury was bankrupt ; the country was destitute of credit ; Congress issued its requisitions on the States, and the States neglected them ; there was no power of coercion but war;...
Seite 8 - Louisiana may secede, if she choose, form a foreign alliance, and hold the mouth of the Mississippi. If one State may secede, ten may do so — twenty may do so — twenty-three may do so. Sir, as these secessions go on, one after another, what is to constitute the United States? Whose will be the army?
Seite 9 - I consider, then, the power to annul a law of the United States, assumed by one State, INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTENCE OF THE UNION, CONTRADICTED EXPRESSLY BY THE LETTER OF THE CONSTITUTION, UNAUTHORIZED BY ITS SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH EVERY PRINCIPLE ON WHICH IT WAS FOUNDED, AND DESTRUCTIVE OF THE GREAT OBJECT FOR WHICH IT WAS FORMED.
Seite 10 - But each State having expressly parted with so many powers as to constitute jointly with the other States a single nation, cannot from that period possess any right to secede, because such secession does not break a league, but destroys the unity of a nation...
Seite 22 - For these reasons, and not from mere views of selfish policy, the British government is decidedly of opinion, that the recognition of such of the new states as have established tie Jacto their separate political existence, cannot be much longer delayed.
Seite 20 - Government has declared its independence, and that there is now no opposition to it there nor a force to make any. For the last three years the Government of Spain has not sent a single corps of troops to any part of that country, nor is there any reason to believe it will send any in future.
Seite 23 - To continue to call that a Possession of Spain, in which all Spanish occupation and power had been actually extinguished and effaced, could render no practical service to the Mother Country; — but it would have risked the Peace of the World. For all Political Communities are responsible to other Political Communities for their conduct, — that is, they are bound to perform the ordinary international duties, and to.
Seite 10 - The Constitution declares that the judicial powers of the United States extend to cases arising under the laws of the United States, and that such laws, the Constitution, and treaties shall be paramount to the State constitutions .and laws.
Seite 6 - 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.