Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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Page 35
... labor is rather more like profit on stock or capital , than labor properly so called . The individual who contem- plates an establishment of this kind , takes into the account the cost of the necessary number of slaves , in the same 35.
... labor is rather more like profit on stock or capital , than labor properly so called . The individual who contem- plates an establishment of this kind , takes into the account the cost of the necessary number of slaves , in the same 35.
Page 57
... called the early age of this great continent ; and we know that our posterity , through all time , are here to suffer and en- joy the allotments of humanity . We see before us a propable train of great events ; we know that our own ...
... called the early age of this great continent ; and we know that our posterity , through all time , are here to suffer and en- joy the allotments of humanity . We see before us a propable train of great events ; we know that our own ...
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... called them to it , and they did not withhold themselves from the perilous trial . The ordi- nary occupations of life were abandoned ; the plough was staid in the unfinished furrow ; wives gave up their husbands , and mothers gave up ...
... called them to it , and they did not withhold themselves from the perilous trial . The ordi- nary occupations of life were abandoned ; the plough was staid in the unfinished furrow ; wives gave up their husbands , and mothers gave up ...
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... called themselves the " Continent . ' Borne down by colonial subjugation , monopoly , and bigotry , these vast regions of the South were hardly visible above the horizon . But in our day there hath been , as it were , a new creation ...
... called themselves the " Continent . ' Borne down by colonial subjugation , monopoly , and bigotry , these vast regions of the South were hardly visible above the horizon . But in our day there hath been , as it were , a new creation ...
Page 70
... called to act . Let our object be , OUR COUNTRY , OUR WHOLE COUNTRY , AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY . And , by the blessing of God , may that country itself become a vast and splendid Monument , not of oppression and terror , but of ...
... called to act . Let our object be , OUR COUNTRY , OUR WHOLE COUNTRY , AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY . And , by the blessing of God , may that country itself become a vast and splendid Monument , not of oppression and terror , but of ...
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