The African Repository, Band 24American Colonization Society., 1848 |
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... hand of that institution , we owe all the good which has been accomplished in us individually , and all that is cheering in the prospect which now opens before us as a people . Resolved , That in the past un- wearied labors of its ...
... hand of that institution , we owe all the good which has been accomplished in us individually , and all that is cheering in the prospect which now opens before us as a people . Resolved , That in the past un- wearied labors of its ...
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... hand of the Lord of bringing about the fulfilment of the prophecy- " Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God ? " We have seen that a removal of the Here it was thought , very proper- ly , they could find a home , an asy- lum ...
... hand of the Lord of bringing about the fulfilment of the prophecy- " Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands unto God ? " We have seen that a removal of the Here it was thought , very proper- ly , they could find a home , an asy- lum ...
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... hand of the God of nations , to this our ancient and patrimonial posses- sion . affairs of the children of men , we designed that this heathen and bar- must conclude that it was not adopt - barous country should be enlighten- ed by ...
... hand of the God of nations , to this our ancient and patrimonial posses- sion . affairs of the children of men , we designed that this heathen and bar- must conclude that it was not adopt - barous country should be enlighten- ed by ...
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... hands torn from you . God permitted it thus to be for your good ; and lo ! we come laden with good for your wretched ... hand down their names and deeds to unborn generations . Fellow citizens - we have arrived at an important crisis ...
... hands torn from you . God permitted it thus to be for your good ; and lo ! we come laden with good for your wretched ... hand down their names and deeds to unborn generations . Fellow citizens - we have arrived at an important crisis ...
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... hand ; and if , when we look back , we are led to exclaim " what hath God wrought , " we see every reason that induced us to trust in Him , oc- cupying the same place , and teach- ing us it is our duty to do so in fu- ture . 66 I can do ...
... hand ; and if , when we look back , we are led to exclaim " what hath God wrought , " we see every reason that induced us to trust in Him , oc- cupying the same place , and teach- ing us it is our duty to do so in fu- ture . 66 I can do ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.