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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... welfare , and secure the blessings of LIBERTY to ourselves and our posterity . ' 66 " In this case the violation of the Constitution was suf fered to pass with but little opposition , except from Massachusetts , because we were content ...
... welfare , and secure the blessings of LIBERTY to ourselves and our posterity . ' 66 " In this case the violation of the Constitution was suf fered to pass with but little opposition , except from Massachusetts , because we were content ...
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... welfare of mankind , and ought to be administered for the attainment of that end . " Extract from a Petition sent by Congress to the King of Great Britain , July 8 , 1775 . " Your majesty's ministers , persevering in their meas- ures ...
... welfare of mankind , and ought to be administered for the attainment of that end . " Extract from a Petition sent by Congress to the King of Great Britain , July 8 , 1775 . " Your majesty's ministers , persevering in their meas- ures ...
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... welfare of the country , which they had rescued from the hands of an oppressor , could have guaranteed to any portion of this coun- try that they would maintain within its borders a system that would be in violation of every principle ...
... welfare of the country , which they had rescued from the hands of an oppressor , could have guaranteed to any portion of this coun- try that they would maintain within its borders a system that would be in violation of every principle ...
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... welfare , " & c . And , " the better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in the Union , the FREE inhabitants of each of these States ( paupers , vagabonds , and fugitives ...
... welfare , " & c . And , " the better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in the Union , the FREE inhabitants of each of these States ( paupers , vagabonds , and fugitives ...
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... should construe this , that any question arising , in which the " common defence , " the " security of liberty , " the " mutual and general welfare , and the perpetuation of mutual friendship and intercourse 54 THE ARGUMENT .
... should construe this , that any question arising , in which the " common defence , " the " security of liberty , " the " mutual and general welfare , and the perpetuation of mutual friendship and intercourse 54 THE ARGUMENT .
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