The works of John C. Calhoun [ed. by R.K. Crallé].

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D. Appleton, 1861

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Side 492 - and with due sacrifices, I think it might be. But, as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other. Of
Side 220 - SIR: I have the honor of returning herewith the map your Excellency sent me yesterday. I have marked with a strong red line, according to your desire, the limits of the United States, as settled in the preliminaries between the British and American plenipotentiaries. " With great respect, I am. Ac, "B.
Side 561 - he was devotedly attached to it. But his devotion was a rational one. He was attached to it, not as an end, but as a means to an end. When it failed to fulfil its end, and, instead of affording protection, was converted into the means of oppressing the colVOL. iv.—36
Side 348 - now send to the table be read. [The resolutions were read as follows:— " Resolved, That the territories of the United States belong to the several States composing this Union, and arc held by them as their joint and common property.
Side 568 - conventions, and fixing the preliminaries preparatory to the formation of a constitution and admission into the Union. They all recognized the sovereignty of the United States, and the authority of Congress over the territories ; and wherever there was any departure from established usage, it was done on the presumed consent of Congress, and not
Side 536 - confess that I was incredulous, and am still incredulous, that any tribunal, pretending to have a knowledge of our system of government,as the courts of the United States ought to have, could have pronounced such a monstrous judgment. I am inclined to think that it is an error which has
Side 539 - it cannot extend itself within the limits of any State, in the sense in which the gentleman speaks of it. It is, nevertheless, the supreme law, in obedience to which, and in conformity with which, all legislative enactments must be made. And the proposition that the constitution of the United States extends to the territories, as far as it
Side 492 - if in that way a general emancipation and expatriation could be effected; and gradually, and with due sacrifices, I think it might be. But, as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale, and self-preservation in the other. Of
Side 492 - thing I am certain, that as the passage of slaves from one free State to another would not make a slave of a single human being who would not be
Side 544 - time. I will not enumerate them at present, as it will be done hereafter in its proper place. There is another lying back of it—with which this is intimately connected—that may be regarded as the great and primary cause. This is to be found in the

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