The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 8Lee and Shepard, 1873 - Antislavery movements |
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... clause prescribing the qualifications entitling a per- son to vote : " For representatives in Council and Assembly , and also for all other public officers that shall be elected by the people of the county at large . " Here again ...
... clause prescribing the qualifications entitling a per- son to vote : " For representatives in Council and Assembly , and also for all other public officers that shall be elected by the people of the county at large . " Here again ...
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... clause of the third sec- tion of the first article , that conviction on impeachment dis- qualifies the party convicted from holding any office of honor , trust , or profit under the United States . If a scat in the Senate be not an ...
... clause of the third sec- tion of the first article , that conviction on impeachment dis- qualifies the party convicted from holding any office of honor , trust , or profit under the United States . If a scat in the Senate be not an ...
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... clause of the ninth section of the first article , that ' no person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States shall , without the consent of the Congress , accept of any present , emolument , office , or title , of ...
... clause of the ninth section of the first article , that ' no person holding any office of profit or trust under the United States shall , without the consent of the Congress , accept of any present , emolument , office , or title , of ...
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... CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION , AND THE RULES FOR ITS INTERPRETATION . THESE Acts profess to be founded upon certain words of the Constitution . On this account we must consider these words with a certain degree of care . They are as ...
... CLAUSE IN THE CONSTITUTION , AND THE RULES FOR ITS INTERPRETATION . THESE Acts profess to be founded upon certain words of the Constitution . On this account we must consider these words with a certain degree of care . They are as ...
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... clause , on its face , is applicable to apprentices , and it is known historically that under it apprentices have been delivered up on the claim of the party to whom " such service or labor " was due . It is therefore only by discarding ...
... clause , on its face , is applicable to apprentices , and it is known historically that under it apprentices have been delivered up on the claim of the party to whom " such service or labor " was due . It is therefore only by discarding ...
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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 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 233 - Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.
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 406 - An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from the service of their masters...
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 473 - ... pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin, and the ribands of the bride— at bed or board, couchant or levant, we must pay.
Page 136 - He never would concur in upholding domestic slavery. It was a nefarious institution. It was the curse of Heaven on the States where it prevailed.
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.