An Argument on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Embracing an Abstract of the Proceedings of the National and State Conventions on this Subject |
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... brought into our present condition by the unfaithfulness of con- gress , in not exerting the power vested in it , to stop the domestic slave - trade , and in the abuse of the power of admitting new States into the Union . Kentucky made ...
... brought into our present condition by the unfaithfulness of con- gress , in not exerting the power vested in it , to stop the domestic slave - trade , and in the abuse of the power of admitting new States into the Union . Kentucky made ...
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... brought to an end by the courts , we cannot conceive it in any other light than the admission that , while the men of that day made . the strongest professions in favor of liberty , they were , at the same time , preparing the country ...
... brought to an end by the courts , we cannot conceive it in any other light than the admission that , while the men of that day made . the strongest professions in favor of liberty , they were , at the same time , preparing the country ...
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... brought with them to this country , as the most precious of their possessions , an ardent love of liberty ; and , while that shall be preserved , they will The result of the past election , we cannot but think , was in part caused by ...
... brought with them to this country , as the most precious of their possessions , an ardent love of liberty ; and , while that shall be preserved , they will The result of the past election , we cannot but think , was in part caused by ...
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... brought out the idea in prominent relief . The idea this land should be the land of the free , that this great con- tinent should and ought to be governed by impar- tial laws , and not by that system of favoritism , tyranny , and ...
... brought out the idea in prominent relief . The idea this land should be the land of the free , that this great con- tinent should and ought to be governed by impar- tial laws , and not by that system of favoritism , tyranny , and ...
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... brought before the convention , and referred to a committee , who made some inconsiderable altera- tions , which being accepted , the Constitution was adopted . Some of these , as we have just re- marked , were afterwards agreed to as ...
... brought before the convention , and referred to a committee , who made some inconsiderable altera- tions , which being accepted , the Constitution was adopted . Some of these , as we have just re- marked , were afterwards agreed to as ...
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