Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "founders of the Republic" on Slavery |
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... north or south , east or west , they will steadily pursue the path marked out by their fathers , and per- petuate the principles of Constitutional liberty with every energy and effort in their power . That there need be no mistake in ...
... north or south , east or west , they will steadily pursue the path marked out by their fathers , and per- petuate the principles of Constitutional liberty with every energy and effort in their power . That there need be no mistake in ...
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... North . The base of the structure is laid in the organization of the government itself , and the views of the men who framed it . Let the reader first examine well the base , and then , step by step , ascend to the summit , examining ...
... North . The base of the structure is laid in the organization of the government itself , and the views of the men who framed it . Let the reader first examine well the base , and then , step by step , ascend to the summit , examining ...
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... North Carolina - Mr . Goudy against negro taxation- Negroes property - Mr . Davie - Mr . Spaight explains the views of the Federal Convention - Mr . Iredell on slavery and the slave trade - Mr . Galloway , Mr. Iredell and others , con ...
... North Carolina - Mr . Goudy against negro taxation- Negroes property - Mr . Davie - Mr . Spaight explains the views of the Federal Convention - Mr . Iredell on slavery and the slave trade - Mr . Galloway , Mr. Iredell and others , con ...
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... North- ern ones on their farmer's heads and the heads of their cattle ; that the method proposed would therefore tax the Southern States according to their numbers and their wealth con- junctly , while the Northern would be taxed on ...
... North- ern ones on their farmer's heads and the heads of their cattle ; that the method proposed would therefore tax the Southern States according to their numbers and their wealth con- junctly , while the Northern would be taxed on ...
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... North as the South , and South as North ; but not so as to slaves ; -that experience has shown that those colonies have been always able to pay most which have the most inhabitants , whether they be black or white ; and the practice of ...
... North as the South , and South as North ; but not so as to slaves ; -that experience has shown that those colonies have been always able to pay most which have the most inhabitants , whether they be black or white ; and the practice of ...
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Page 40 - Ana the Articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them ; unless such alteration be agreed to in a congress of the united states, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures...