Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen: Or, The "Founders of the Republic" on Slavery |
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... hand ? The ten laborers add as much wealth to the State , increase its exports as much , in the one case as the other . Certainly five hundred freemen produce no more profits , no greater surplus for the payment of taxes , than five ...
... hand ? The ten laborers add as much wealth to the State , increase its exports as much , in the one case as the other . Certainly five hundred freemen produce no more profits , no greater surplus for the payment of taxes , than five ...
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... hands of our leg- islatures . There , it was admitted , there should be an equality of representation . Another part of our rights is deposited in the hands of Congress . Why is it not equally necessary there should be an equal ...
... hands of our leg- islatures . There , it was admitted , there should be an equality of representation . Another part of our rights is deposited in the hands of Congress . Why is it not equally necessary there should be an equal ...
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... hands in Congress . Done at Philadelphia , in the State of Pennsylvania , the 9th day of July , in the Year of our Lord , 1778 , and in the 3d year of the Independence of America . CHAPTER II . THE FEDERAL CONVENTION . THE following ...
... hands in Congress . Done at Philadelphia , in the State of Pennsylvania , the 9th day of July , in the Year of our Lord , 1778 , and in the 3d year of the Independence of America . CHAPTER II . THE FEDERAL CONVENTION . THE following ...
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... hands of the people , and advocated a kind of elective monarchy . Mr. Jefferson took the oppo- site view , and , in some form or other , those distinctive ideas , modified , it is true , have pervaded the politics of the country ever ...
... hands of the people , and advocated a kind of elective monarchy . Mr. Jefferson took the oppo- site view , and , in some form or other , those distinctive ideas , modified , it is true , have pervaded the politics of the country ever ...
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... hands of the demagogue or middling politician - who , for the sake of a small stipend and the hopes of advancement , will offer himself as a candidate , and the real men of weight and in- fluence , by remaining at home , add strength to ...
... hands of the demagogue or middling politician - who , for the sake of a small stipend and the hopes of advancement , will offer himself as a candidate , and the real men of weight and in- fluence , by remaining at home , add strength to ...
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