Ought American Slavery to be Perpetuated?: A Debate Between Rev. W.G. Brownlow and Rev. A. Pryne. Held at Philadelphia, September, 1858 |
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... look upon the course of many Northern men , both in politics and religion , with shame and scorn , and shall only defend what is right in the North . But of course I accord to you the right to discuss side issues as much as you please ...
... look upon the course of many Northern men , both in politics and religion , with shame and scorn , and shall only defend what is right in the North . But of course I accord to you the right to discuss side issues as much as you please ...
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... look more to the result of the publication of our speeches , in the same volume , than to any momentary effect upon a Philadelphia audience . In other words , I am willing to stand or fall by the matter of my speeches , as , from first ...
... look more to the result of the publication of our speeches , in the same volume , than to any momentary effect upon a Philadelphia audience . In other words , I am willing to stand or fall by the matter of my speeches , as , from first ...
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... are here to learn facts in reference to " the peculiar institution , " and the great question of the Nineteenth Century , I shall look more to what I say , 2 * ( 17 ) -- than to my manner of saying it · more SLAVERY DISCUSSION. ...
... are here to learn facts in reference to " the peculiar institution , " and the great question of the Nineteenth Century , I shall look more to what I say , 2 * ( 17 ) -- than to my manner of saying it · more SLAVERY DISCUSSION. ...
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... look upon any deviation from the constant round in which they have been spinning out the con- tentious thread of ... looks upon slavery as unnatural and horrible , and in violation of every law of justice and humanity ! And it is not ...
... look upon any deviation from the constant round in which they have been spinning out the con- tentious thread of ... looks upon slavery as unnatural and horrible , and in violation of every law of justice and humanity ! And it is not ...
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... look for a moment to sce how it stands in the light of statutes . In 1772 , the Court of King's Bench of Great Britain decided that no slave could be held under the English Constitution . This was four years before the Declara- tion of ...
... look for a moment to sce how it stands in the light of statutes . In 1772 , the Court of King's Bench of Great Britain decided that no slave could be held under the English Constitution . This was four years before the Declara- tion of ...
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Page 62 - Commentaries remarks, that this law of Nature being coeval with mankind, and dictated by God himself, is of course superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries and at all times; no human laws are of any validity if contrary to this, and such of them as are valid, derive all their force, and all their validity, and all their authority, mediately and immediately, from this original...
Page 115 - Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Page 21 - Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
Page 126 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound ; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord...
Page 80 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 232 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are the gift of God...
Page 79 - Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 62 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 129 - For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
Page 300 - Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?