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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... objects , one which their own practice condemned ; and this , too , when they had scarcely wiped away the dust and sweat of the Revolution from their brows . " Whilst abolitionists speak thus of our constitutional fathers , they do not ...
... objects , one which their own practice condemned ; and this , too , when they had scarcely wiped away the dust and sweat of the Revolution from their brows . " Whilst abolitionists speak thus of our constitutional fathers , they do not ...
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... object to be ' to form a more perfect union , establish JUSTICE , insure DOMESTIC TRANQUILLITY , provide for the common defence , promote the general welfare , and secure the blessings of LIBERTY to ourselves and our posterity . ' 66 ...
... object to be ' to form a more perfect union , establish JUSTICE , insure DOMESTIC TRANQUILLITY , provide for the common defence , promote the general welfare , and secure the blessings of LIBERTY to ourselves and our posterity . ' 66 ...
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... object is to advance and establish their political power in the country that Texas , a 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 ...
... object is to advance and establish their political power in the country that Texas , a 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 ...
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... object and design was kept in view , either among themselves or their de- scendants , from the time of the first introduction of slavery till the adoption of the Constitution ; and that their influence was felt through these successive ...
... object and design was kept in view , either among themselves or their de- scendants , from the time of the first introduction of slavery till the adoption of the Constitution ; and that their influence was felt through these successive ...
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... human race to hold an absolute property in , and an unbounded power over , others , marked out , by his infinite goodness and wisdom , as the objects CHAPTER II Observations made by those engaged in the Revolutionary War,
... human race to hold an absolute property in , and an unbounded power over , others , marked out , by his infinite goodness and wisdom , as the objects CHAPTER II Observations made by those engaged in the Revolutionary War,
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