Democracy in America: In Relation to Political InstitutionsE. Walker, 1850 - 460 sider |
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... slavery will not be found to coincide throughout with the opinions either of abolitionists or of slaveholders : but they will be found to present a masterly view of a most perplexing and interesting subject , which seems to cover the ...
... slavery will not be found to coincide throughout with the opinions either of abolitionists or of slaveholders : but they will be found to present a masterly view of a most perplexing and interesting subject , which seems to cover the ...
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... slavery has been advocated by the venal and slavish - minded , while the independent and the warm- hearted were struggling without hope to save the liberties of mankind . But men of high and generous characters are now to be met with ...
... slavery has been advocated by the venal and slavish - minded , while the independent and the warm- hearted were struggling without hope to save the liberties of mankind . But men of high and generous characters are now to be met with ...
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... slavery was introduced , § and this was the main circumstance which has exercised so prodigious an influence on the character , the laws , and all the future prospects of the south . Slavery , as we shall afterward show , dishonors ...
... slavery was introduced , § and this was the main circumstance which has exercised so prodigious an influence on the character , the laws , and all the future prospects of the south . Slavery , as we shall afterward show , dishonors ...
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In Relation to Political Institutions Alexis de Tocqueville John Canfield Spencer. of slavery , united to the English character , explains the manners and the social condition of the southern states . In the north , the same English ...
In Relation to Political Institutions Alexis de Tocqueville John Canfield Spencer. of slavery , united to the English character , explains the manners and the social condition of the southern states . In the north , the same English ...
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... slaves , could cultivate a great extent of coun- try : it was therefore common to see rich landed proprietors . But their influence was not altogether aristocratic as that term is understood in Europe , since they possessed no privi ...
... slaves , could cultivate a great extent of coun- try : it was therefore common to see rich landed proprietors . But their influence was not altogether aristocratic as that term is understood in Europe , since they possessed no privi ...
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Side 32 - King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Side 236 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual 'hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Side 236 - It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Side 152 - When occasions present themselves, in which the interests of the people are at variance with their inclinations, it is the duty of the persons whom they have appointed, to be the guardians of those interests ; to withstand the temporary delusion, in order to give them time and opportunity for more cool and sedate reflection.
Side 459 - It hath sovereign and uncontrollable authority in the making, confirming, enlarging, restraining, abrogating, repealing, reviving, and expounding of laws, concerning matters of all possible denominations, ecclesiastical or temporal, civil, military, maritime, or criminal: this being the place where that absolute despotic power, which must in all governments reside somewhere, is entrusted by the constitution of these kingdoms.
Side 152 - The republican principle demands that the deliberate sense of the community should govern the conduct of those to whom they intrust the management of their affairs ; but it does not require an unqualified complaisance to every sudden breeze of passion, or to every transient impulse which the people may receive from the arts of men, who flatter their prejudices to betray their interests.
Side 274 - It is of great importance in a republic not only to guard the society against the oppression of its rulers, but to guard one part of the society against the injustice of the other part.
Side 361 - ... succeed in wholly depriving it of its rights ; but the Americans of the United States have accomplished this twofold purpose with singular felicity ; tranquilly, legally, philanthropically, without shedding blood, and without violating a single great principle of morality in the eyes of the world. f It is impossible to destroy men with more respect for the laws of humanity.
Side 1 - Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of condition among the people.
Side 65 - ... the balance of powers, and collects clear practical notions on the nature of his duties and the extent of his rights.