The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 8Lee and Shepard, 1874 - Antislavery movements |
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... March 15 , 1864 . PAGE 84 103 • 118 . 176 · 217 CONSULAR PUPILS . Speech in the Senate , on an Amendment to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill , March 15 , 1864. 223 THE LATE HON . OWEN LOVEJOY , OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA ...
... March 15 , 1864 . PAGE 84 103 • 118 . 176 · 217 CONSULAR PUPILS . Speech in the Senate , on an Amendment to the Consular and Diplomatic Appropriation Bill , March 15 , 1864. 223 THE LATE HON . OWEN LOVEJOY , OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA ...
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... March , 1847 , p . 212 , note ; Quarterly Review for June , 1850 , Vol . LXXXVII . p . 17 . 3 Euvres ( Paris , 1808-10 ) , Tom . IX . p . 140 . Dont la sagesse active et l'éloquente voix D'un pouvoir oppresseur 4 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND.
... March , 1847 , p . 212 , note ; Quarterly Review for June , 1850 , Vol . LXXXVII . p . 17 . 3 Euvres ( Paris , 1808-10 ) , Tom . IX . p . 140 . Dont la sagesse active et l'éloquente voix D'un pouvoir oppresseur 4 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND.
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... March , one of these treaties , with a diplomatic note announcing that the Colonies were free and inde- pendent States , was communicated to the British Gov- ernment , at London , which promptly encountered it by a declaration of war ...
... March , one of these treaties , with a diplomatic note announcing that the Colonies were free and inde- pendent States , was communicated to the British Gov- ernment , at London , which promptly encountered it by a declaration of war ...
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... March 20 , 1781 , several months before that " crown- ing mercy , " the capture of Cornwallis , and nearly two years before the Provisional Articles of Peace , by which the Colonies were recognized as free and independent States . But ...
... March 20 , 1781 , several months before that " crown- ing mercy , " the capture of Cornwallis , and nearly two years before the Provisional Articles of Peace , by which the Colonies were recognized as free and independent States . But ...
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... March 10 , 1779. But Turgot had anticipated Franklin . At the first menace of war he had submitted a memoir to the French Government , on which it was ordered that Captain Cook should not be treated as an enemy , but as a benefactor of ...
... March 10 , 1779. But Turgot had anticipated Franklin . At the first menace of war he had submitted a memoir to the French Government , on which it was ordered that Captain Cook should not be treated as an enemy , but as a benefactor of ...
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Page 177 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 378 - Whereto thus Adam fatherly displeased. "O execrable son so to aspire Above his brethren, to himself assuming Authority usurped, from God not given; He gave us only over beast, fish, fowl Dominion absolute; that right we hold By his donation; but man over men He made not lord; such title to himself Reserving, human left from human free.
Page 53 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same ; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion ; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter, so help me God...
Page 165 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 473 - TAXES upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon every thing which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste — taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on every thing on earth and the waters under the earth...
Page 417 - That the provisions of an act entitled "an act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
Page 293 - There shall be a firm, inviolable and universal peace, and a true and sincere friendship between His Britannic Majesty, his heirs and successors, and the United States of America; and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns and people of every degree, without exception of persons or places.
Page 419 - An act to provide a national currency secured by a pledge of United States bonds, and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof...
Page 42 - An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes...
Page 189 - No free negro, free mulatto, or free person of mixed blood, descended from negro ancestors, to the fourth generation inclusive, (though one ancestor of each generation may have been a white person.) shall vote for members of the senate or house of commons.