Rights and Duties of the United States Relative to Slavery Under the Laws of War: No Military Power to Return Any Slave. "Contraband of War" Inapplicable Between the United States and Their Insurgent EnemiesR. F. Wallcut, 1861 - 48 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 41 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Σελίδα 12 - Sdly, to force the enemy to an equitable peace; 4thly, to deter him, or by reducing his strength, hinder him from repeating in future the injuries which have been the cause of the war. And, with this last object in view, a power at war has a right to destroy the property and possessions of the enemy, for the express purpose of doing him mischief.
Σελίδα 32 - Whosoever shall be convicted of holding correspondence with, or giving intelligence to, the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a courtmartial.
Σελίδα 48 - On Tuesday last A falcon towering in her pride of place Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.
Σελίδα 32 - Congress have enacted, that if any person or persons, owing allegiance to the United States of America, shall levy war against them, or shall adhere to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort, within the United States, or elsewhere, and shall be thereof convicted on confession in open court...
Σελίδα 13 - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
Σελίδα 45 - Virginia, their next session, praying that the said state may recede from the Union, and be left under the government and protection of One hundred thousand free and independent Virginians.
Σελίδα 45 - J — n J — y, with the British tyrant should be ratified, a petition will be presented to the next General Assembly of Virginia at their next session praying that the said state may recede from the Union, and be left under the government and protection...
Σελίδα 13 - We have got to hating everything with the prefix free; from free negroes, down and up, through the whole catalogue. Free farms, free labor, free society, free will, free thinking, free children, and free schools, all belong to the same brood of damnable isms. But the worst of all these abominations is the modern system of free schools.
Σελίδα 32 - ... or shall adhere to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, and shall be thereof convicted, on confession in open court, or on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act of the treason whereof he or they shall stand indicted, such person or persons shall be adjudged guilty of treason against the United States, and shall suffer death.