Sketches in North America: With Some Account of Congress and of the Slavery QuestionLongman, Green, Longman, & Roberts, 1861 - 320 Seiten |
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... teacher of that place , who , backed by other philosophers and the House of Represen- tatives , at Boston , had the honour and glory of bidding defiance to the Senate of the United States . A committee of that body had been . appointed ...
... teacher of that place , who , backed by other philosophers and the House of Represen- tatives , at Boston , had the honour and glory of bidding defiance to the Senate of the United States . A committee of that body had been . appointed ...
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... men when raised even in This is not the experi- remonstrance . · ence of New York alone - every city in America is showing the same results and teaching the same lesson . ” CHAPTER II . CONGRESS . " Most potent , grave NORTH AMERICA . 75.
... men when raised even in This is not the experi- remonstrance . · ence of New York alone - every city in America is showing the same results and teaching the same lesson . ” CHAPTER II . CONGRESS . " Most potent , grave NORTH AMERICA . 75.
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... the peace of the Union , and teaching rebellion to its constitution . " - After referring to the recent insurrection in Virginia , and showing the ten- dency of the speeches and writings of the Re- publicans 106 SKETCHES IN.
... the peace of the Union , and teaching rebellion to its constitution . " - After referring to the recent insurrection in Virginia , and showing the ten- dency of the speeches and writings of the Re- publicans 106 SKETCHES IN.
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... teachers and scholars , 3581 copies of Webster's large English Dictionary , and 116 of Worcester's , at a cost to ... teachers are different in different districts . The average pay of the male teachers in the State of Massachusetts ...
... teachers and scholars , 3581 copies of Webster's large English Dictionary , and 116 of Worcester's , at a cost to ... teachers are different in different districts . The average pay of the male teachers in the State of Massachusetts ...
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... teachers , 235 dollars yearly , or £ 47 sterling . In Ohio , male teachers are paid at the rate of 335 dollars per annum ; females , 156 dollars . In some of the country districts they are not employed during the whole of the year . In ...
... teachers , 235 dollars yearly , or £ 47 sterling . In Ohio , male teachers are paid at the rate of 335 dollars per annum ; females , 156 dollars . In some of the country districts they are not employed during the whole of the year . In ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abolitionism Abolitionists admitted American amongst Anti-slavery party appointed Assembly Bay of Fundy Boston Britain Catholics character citizens committee Compromise Congress Constitution debate desire dollars election England excitement favour feeling female freedom Fugitive Slave Law galleries gentlemen give going Halifax Harper's Ferry heard honour House of Representatives Indian institutions insurrection intelligent interest John Bull judges Kansas-Nebraska Act labour latter legislative Legislature liberty look majority Massachusetts ment Missouri Missouri Compromise nation negro never North America Northern Nova Scotia papers patent peculiar persons Philadelphia political population present President principle Pro-slavery party province public schools race racter railway religious Republican party respect rowdyism seats secession seems seen Senate settlers Seward side slave slavery slavery question South Southern Speaker speech streets taste taxes teachers territory tion towns Union United universal suffrage votes Washington York
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 106 - I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Seite 211 - That the normal condition of all the territory of the United States is that of freedom ; that as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished slavery in all our national territory, ordained that no person should be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law...
Seite 145 - No member shall speak more than once to the same question without leave of the House, unless he be the mover, proposer, or introducer of the matter pending, in which case he shall be permitted to speak in reply, but not until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.
Seite 145 - No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the House, or in committee: but a member reporting the measure under consideration from a committee may open and close the debate...
Seite 175 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States; it remaining with the several States alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Seite 146 - Whilst the Speaker is putting any question, or addressing the House, none shall walk out of, or across the House ; nor in such case, or when a member is speaking, shall entertain private discourse ; nor, whilst a member is speaking, shall pass between him and the Chair.
Seite 103 - Shall I tell you what this collision means? They who think that it is accidental, unnecessary, the work of interested or fanatical agitators, and therefore ephemeral, mistake the case altogether. It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slaveholding nation, or entirely a free-labor nation.
Seite 179 - They have fallen into the common error of enthusiasts, that of taking too narrow views, of feeling as if no evil existed but that which they opposed, and as if no guilt could be compared with that of countenancing or upholding it.
Seite 31 - ... such information and references as may be useful in judging of the propriety of renewing his application, or of altering his specification to embrace only that part of the invention or discovery which is new.