Location via proxy:   [ UP ]  
[Report a bug]   [Manage cookies]                
Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    From $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power
    The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power
    The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power
    Ebook36 pages30 minutes

    The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power

    By DigiCat

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power" by Various. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateSep 4, 2022
    ISBN8596547232780
    The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power

    Related to The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power

    Related ebooks

    Classics For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    Reviews for The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power - DigiCat

      Various

      The Abolition Of Slavery The Right Of The Government Under The War Power

      EAN 8596547232780

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      EMANCIPATION UNDER THE WAR POWER.

      THE WAR POWER OVER SLAVERY.

      THE WAR IN ITS RELATION TO SLAVERY.

      RETALIATION.

      O. A. BROWNSON ON THE WAR.

      THE NEW YORK HERALD ON THE WAR.

      BUT ONE WAY OUT.

      PROCLAMATION OF GEN. FREMONT.

      SLAVERY HAS DONE IT.

      THE SLAVES AS A MILITARY ELEMENT.

      A NOVEL SIGHT.

      EMANCIPATION UNDER THE WAR POWER.

      Table of Contents

      Extracts from the speech of John Quincy Adams, delivered in the U.S.

      House of Representatives, April 14 and 15, 1842, on War with Great

      Britain and Mexico:—

      What I say is involuntary, because the subject has been brought into the House from another quarter, as the gentleman himself admits. I would leave that institution to the exclusive consideration and management of the States more peculiarly interested in it, just as long as they can keep within their own bounds. So far, I admit that Congress has no power to meddle with it. As long as they do not step out of their own bounds, and do not put the question to the people of the United States, whose peace, welfare and happiness are all at stake, so long I will agree to leave them to themselves. But when a member from a free State brings forward certain resolutions, for which, instead of reasoning to disprove his positions, you vote a censure upon him, and that without hearing, it is quite another affair. At the time this was done, I said that, as far as I could understand the resolutions proposed by the gentleman from Ohio, (Mr. Giddings,) there were some of them for which I was ready to vote, and some which I must vote against; and I will now tell this House, my constituents, and the world of mankind, that the resolution against which I would have voted was that in which he declares that what are called the slave States have the exclusive right of consultation on the subject of slavery. For that resolution I never would vote, because I believe that it is not just, and does not contain constitutional doctrine. I believe that, so long as the slave States are able to sustain their institutions without going abroad or calling upon other parts of the Union to aid them

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1