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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... foreign nations , and we had no connection or interest with them , it would be our duty , and the duty of every other man , to lift up his voice against the oppression that is there exercised , on the same grounds that we should enter a ...
... foreign nations , and we had no connection or interest with them , it would be our duty , and the duty of every other man , to lift up his voice against the oppression that is there exercised , on the same grounds that we should enter a ...
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... foreign nations to us : our destiny is bound up with theirs , and we cannot hope to escape unless we dissolve our present connection . Are we liable every moment to be called upon to shoulder our muskets , to defend the South from any ...
... foreign nations to us : our destiny is bound up with theirs , and we cannot hope to escape unless we dissolve our present connection . Are we liable every moment to be called upon to shoulder our muskets , to defend the South from any ...
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... foreign nations , and that we violate the law of nations by meddling with it ; 3 and that , if these States were not of our own household , the pro- ceedings of the abolitionists would be a cause of war ; and , further , ( the doctrine ...
... foreign nations , and that we violate the law of nations by meddling with it ; 3 and that , if these States were not of our own household , the pro- ceedings of the abolitionists would be a cause of war ; and , further , ( the doctrine ...
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... foreign shore , piracy ; and their ab- horrence of it has been shown , in a greater or less degree , in the various laws that have been made on the subject . We must admit , however , they 18 . STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION .
... foreign shore , piracy ; and their ab- horrence of it has been shown , in a greater or less degree , in the various laws that have been made on the subject . We must admit , however , they 18 . STATEMENT OF THE QUESTION .
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... foreign state , five or six times as large as all New England , with a Constitution dyed as deep in slavery as that of Arkansas , shall be added to the Union . " Thus we have given Mr. Birney's views of the manner slavery has advanced ...
... foreign state , five or six times as large as all New England , with a Constitution dyed as deep in slavery as that of Arkansas , shall be added to the Union . " Thus we have given Mr. Birney's views of the manner slavery has advanced ...
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