- Human Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Demanded
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we acquired California and New- Mexico this party, scorning all compromises and all concessions, demanded that slavery should be forever excluded from them, and all other acquisitions of the Republic, either by purchase or conquest, forever.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have not sought this conflict; we have sought too long to avoid it; our forbearance has been construed into weakness, our magnanimity into fear, until the vindication of our manhood, as well as the defence of our rights, is required at our hands.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had a large common domain, already added by the several States for the common benefit of all; purchase and war might make large additions to this common domain; hence the power over existing and future territories, with the stipulation to admit new States, was conferred.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
We can today open wide the history of their administrations and point with pride to every act, and challenge the world to point out a single act stained with injustice to the North, or with partiality to their own section.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those who tell you that the territorial question is an abstraction, that you can never colonize another territory without the African slavetrade, are both deaf and blind to the history of the last sixty years.
- Excitement
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- Nov 07, 2020
This position of this Northern party brought about the troubles of 1850, and the political excitement of 1854.
- Equal
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- Nov 07, 2020
They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none.
- Demanded
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- Nov 07, 2020
They demanded a monopoly of the coasting trade, in order to get higher freights than they could get in open competition with the carriers of the world.
- Congress
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- Nov 07, 2020
They all agree, they are all unanimous in Congress, in the States, on the rostrum, in the sanctuary - everywhere they declare that slavery shall not go into the Territories.
- Policy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The North understand it better - they have told us for twenty years that their object was to pen up slavery within its present limits - surround it with a border of free States, and like the scorpion surrounded with fire, they will make it sting itself to death.
- Principles
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- Nov 07, 2020
The mongers brought them together upon a mutual surrender of their principles.
- Desire
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- Nov 07, 2020
The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day.
- Dignity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.
- Free
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- Nov 07, 2020
The basis, the corner-stone of this Government, was the perfect equality of the free, sovereign, and independent States which made it.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
Peace and commerce with foreign nations could be more effectually and cheaply cultivated by a common agent; therefore they gave the Federal Government the sole management of our relations with foreign governments.
- Interest
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- Nov 07, 2020
Neither these statesmen nor their constituents sought in any way to use the Government for the interest of themselves or their section, or for the injury of a single member of the Confederacy.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war.
- Four
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1790 we had less than eight hundred thousand slaves. Under our mild and humane administration of the system they have increased above four millions.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I very much regret, in appearing before you at your request, to address you on the present state of the country, and the prospect before us, that I can bring you no good tidings.
- Equality
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- Nov 07, 2020
Give us equality of enjoyment, equal right to expansion - it is as necessary to our prosperity as yours.
- Different
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- Nov 07, 2020