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... secede , which might seem a con- tradiction ; but perhaps , in 1836 , he meant that , even in that case , the Union would have been dissolved without just cause ; or , in 1861 , that those States have not waited till the passing of such ...
... secede , which might seem a con- tradiction ; but perhaps , in 1836 , he meant that , even in that case , the Union would have been dissolved without just cause ; or , in 1861 , that those States have not waited till the passing of such ...
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... secede from the Union , the slaveholding States in- voked the Constitution . To prevent them from seceding , or compel them to re - enter the Union , the Free States in- voke the Constitution . Is it possible this Instrument contains ...
... secede from the Union , the slaveholding States in- voked the Constitution . To prevent them from seceding , or compel them to re - enter the Union , the Free States in- voke the Constitution . Is it possible this Instrument contains ...
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... seceded . Let , then , the contending parties willingly take , each on herself , that share of those evils which is commensurate to her own mistakes or faults ; and , replacing themselves in the position they held towards one another in ...
... seceded . Let , then , the contending parties willingly take , each on herself , that share of those evils which is commensurate to her own mistakes or faults ; and , replacing themselves in the position they held towards one another in ...
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... secede from the Union , and so remain by herself , or does the Constitution give power and means to the other States for calling her back into the Union , even by force ? If I could speak anything of mine , I would say , as it appears ...
... secede from the Union , and so remain by herself , or does the Constitution give power and means to the other States for calling her back into the Union , even by force ? If I could speak anything of mine , I would say , as it appears ...
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... secede , as they contend ; or whether the other States have the right to make them , though unwilling , re - enter the Union , even by force , as the North affirms ? The South , represented by the seceding States , does here personate ...
... secede , as they contend ; or whether the other States have the right to make them , though unwilling , re - enter the Union , even by force , as the North affirms ? The South , represented by the seceding States , does here personate ...
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abolish Slavery Abolitionism Act of Confederation admitted afterward alteration amendment appears Aristotle Articles of Confederation believe BOST.-But cause Christianity citizens clause common territories compromise condition confederacy confess consent consequence Consti Constitution contrary controversy declare dispose doubt enact entering the Union equally evils exclude Slavery exist express expressly Federal Government forbid freesoiler give gress Henry Clay Humanity and Civilization instrument intend involuntary servitude judge justice leave legislate less majority manner matter means measure ment mention necessity never North ordained parties perhaps perpetual political portion possible power of Congress prescribed present principles private master profess proposed public lands purpose question reason regulations remain republican Republican party respect rule secede secession secured seems settle settlement settlers Slave code slaveholder slaves South speak square miles stitution submitted supposed temporary government Territory belonging therein thing tion tory truth tution United WASH.-This whence whole wish words
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Page 89 - Every State shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this confederation are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual...
Page 89 - And the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the united states, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state.
Page 59 - Resolved, That the unappropriated lands that may be ceded or relinquished to the United States, by any particular State, pursuant to the recommendation of Congress ' of the 6th day of September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States...
Page 59 - States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...
Page 44 - It became solemnly bound to hold and administer the lands ceded, as a common fund for the use and benefit of all the states, and for no other use or purpose whatever.
Page 72 - Alabama was admitted into the Union on the same footing with the original States, with boundaries which were prescribed by Congress. There is no constitutional, conventional or legal provision, which allows them less power over the Indians within their borders, than is possessed by Maine or New York.
Page 2 - In the Clerk's Office of the District Conrt of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Page 18 - We, the undersigned, inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Delaware, believing that the Federal Constitution, in pledging the strength of the whole nation to support slavery, violates the Divine Law, makes war upon human rights, and is grossly inconsistent with republican principles ; that its attempt to unite slavery in one body politic has brought upon the country great and manifold evils, and has fully proved that no such union can exist but by the sacrifice of freedom to the supremacy of slavery...
Page 72 - WHEN IN THE COURSE of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume, among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Page 57 - ... must contain no provision or restriction which would destroy or impair the equality of the proposed state with the original states, or impose any limitation upon its sovereignty which the constitution has not placed on all the states. So far as the organization of a territory may be necessary and proper as a means of carrying into effect the provision of the constitution for the admission of new states...