This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...all united by a common origin, found themselves oppressed by the mother country in '75, and in '76 they declared their independence. That was an act of Union; it was a united act of the thirteen colonies; it was that united act that made us free from the dominion of England; and, united under that act, the colonies ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 Excerpt: ...all united by a common origin, found themselves oppressed by the mother country in '75, and in '76 they declared their independence. That was an act of Union; it was a united act of the thirteen colonies; it was that united act that made us free from the dominion of England; and, united under that act, the colonies fought the war of the Revolution, and afterwards established a common Government. There was at that time no more idea of prohibiting slavery in the Southern States, than there was of introducing it into the Northern States. These domestic State institutions, and State establishments, were considered as the proper subjects for the legislation of States themselves. For purposes of general defence and general welfare, and for purposes of commercial equality, and similar objects, the States afterwards agreed to become one government; and as to all the rest, it was expressly agreed that every State should take care of its own rights, and regulate itself in relation thereto at its own discretion. Upon these principles we came together under the Constitution which was then adopted; and "Washington, unanimously chosen by all the people, was our first President That was before your day, fellow-citizens, and before mine, but it is a matter of history; and from it you know, that this question of the existence of slavery in the Southern States never became an agitating subject for more than fifty years afterwards. For more than fifty years the Northern States never supposed that they had anything to do with it; but, in process of time, and in the progress of things, public sentiment has changed at the North. There is now a strong and animated, sometimes an enthusiastic, and sometimes a religious feeling, against the existence of slavery in the South. Bu...
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