The Governor's Message Reviewed, in the Senate: Jan. 28, 1863

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Weed, Parsons, 1863 - 24 psl.

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22 psl. - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers.
11 psl. - The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was unhappily introduced in their infant state. But previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations from Africa; yet our repeated attempts to effect this by prohibitions, and by imposing duties which might amount to...
9 psl. - North, since it began to be convinced that "the Cavaliers, Jacobites, and Huguenots, who settled the South, naturally hate, condemn, and despise the Puritans who settled the North. The former are master races; the latter a slave race, descendants of the Saxon serfs.
11 psl. - that all men are created equal, and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights — among which are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' I shall strenuously contend for the immediate enfranchisement of our slave population.
1 psl. - That as the representatives of the people of New York, we send the tender regards of our whole people to the brave men composing the army and navy of the Union • that while we cherish their names and brave deeds in affectionate remembrance, we pledge to them the firm and vigorous support of our people in every way and form possible to make such support available, It is theirs, through patriotic bravery, to achieve success } it is ours, as their grateful countrymen, to honor them for it. LETTER...
16 psl. - that President Davis expressed the sentiment of the entire confederacy in his speech the other night, (in Richmond,) when he said ' the people would sooner unite with a nation of hyenas than with the detestable Yankee nation. Anything but that. English colonization, French vassalage, Russian serfdom — all, all arc preferable to any association with the Yankees.
1 psl. - ... antagonisms, we maintain the Constitution as it was, as it is; and as it should be. Resolved, That the despicable sympathy expressed by political circles in Europe in favor of the overthrow of democratic government in the United States, is precisely what the American people had a right to expect ; that the expression of sympathy by the masses of Europe, in favor of maintaining our free government against the acknowledged antagonism of slavery, is also what we had a right to expect ; but that...
19 psl. - ... cannot by construction extend this power beyond the plain terms of the grant. It is an exception from the general rule pervading the whole instrument. Appointment to office is in the strictest sense an executive power. But it is expressly declared that the assent of the Senate shall be necessary to the exercise of this power on the part of the President. The grant to the Senate is special. In this particular case, it is an abstraction from the general executive powers granted under the Constitution...

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