Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States of North America: From April, 1833, to October, 1834, 第 2 卷J. Murray, 1835 - 405 頁 |
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... passed quietly , there was no canvassing ; rough natures grew rather more civil at such periods ; the thermometer of urbanity ranged higher no bribes were thought of , & c . ... But when the open vote was established , the fiercest ...
... passed quietly , there was no canvassing ; rough natures grew rather more civil at such periods ; the thermometer of urbanity ranged higher no bribes were thought of , & c . ... But when the open vote was established , the fiercest ...
第 9 頁
... passed , receiving the approbation of all the branches of your Government , authorizing the Go- vernor to accept the services of a corps of 2000 free people of color ... They were not compelled to go , they were not drafted , they were ...
... passed , receiving the approbation of all the branches of your Government , authorizing the Go- vernor to accept the services of a corps of 2000 free people of color ... They were not compelled to go , they were not drafted , they were ...
第 17 頁
... passed in 1826 by the legislature of Pennsylvania , a fugitive slave , when committed to gaol for safe keeping , is- " there to be detained , at the expense of the owner , agent , or attorney , for such time as the judge ( committing ) ...
... passed in 1826 by the legislature of Pennsylvania , a fugitive slave , when committed to gaol for safe keeping , is- " there to be detained , at the expense of the owner , agent , or attorney , for such time as the judge ( committing ) ...
第 19 頁
... passing through ; when the turnkey stopped him , and desired him in a harsh manner to wait , Some words passed between them ; and the man suddenly shut the door in his face with such violence , that had his arm been caught between it ...
... passing through ; when the turnkey stopped him , and desired him in a harsh manner to wait , Some words passed between them ; and the man suddenly shut the door in his face with such violence , that had his arm been caught between it ...
第 29 頁
... passed a note to John Lewis of this place for about 290 dollars . Damon was expected by Mr. Gaston to pay this note ; and , should he do so within a time probably understood between them , Damon was to be a free man . The note was passed ...
... passed a note to John Lewis of this place for about 290 dollars . Damon was expected by Mr. Gaston to pay this note ; and , should he do so within a time probably understood between them , Damon was to be a free man . The note was passed ...
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第 185 頁 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
第 126 頁 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
第 186 頁 - And that this assemblage of horrors might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them : thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another...
第 235 頁 - I give them their freedom; and I humbly and earnestly request of the legislature of Virginia a confirmation of the bequest of freedom to these servants, with permission to remain in this State, where their families and connections are, as an additional instance of the favor, of which I have received so many other manifestations in the course of my life, and for which I now give them my last, solemn, and dutiful...
第 137 頁 - Their views upon that point have been submitted to the people of the United States ; and the counsels by which your conduct is now directed are the result of the judgment expressed by the only earthly tribunal to which the late administration was amenable for its acts.
第 280 頁 - EXTREMUM hunc, Arethusa, mihi concede laborem. pauca meo Gallo, sed quae legat ipsa Lycoris, carmina sunt dicenda : neget quis carmina Gallo ? sic tibi, cum fluctus subterlabere Sicanos, Doris amara suam non intermisceat undam, incipe ; sollicitos Galli dicamus amores, dum tenera attondent simae virgulta capellae.
第 80 頁 - Whereas the enemies of the United States have endeavored, by every artifice in their power, to possess the Indians in general with an opinion, that it is the design of the States aforesaid, to extirpate the Indians and take possession of their country: to obviate such false...
第 185 頁 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce.
第 76 頁 - Many of the tribes have already made great progress in the arts of civilized life. This desirable result has been brought about by the humane and persevering policy of the Government, and particularly by means of the appropriation for the civilization of the Indians. There have been established under the provisions of this act...
第 iii 頁 - ... government entirely and purely elective. If we fail in this, our disaster will be signal, and will furnish an argument, stronger than has yet been found, in support of those opinions which maintain that government can rest safely on nothing but power and coercion. As far as experience may show errors in our establishments, we are bound to correct them; and if any practices exist...