The Rejected Stone: Or, Insurrection Vs. Resurrection in AmericaWalker, Wise,, 1861 - 132 psl. |
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The Rejected Stone– Or, Insurrection Vs. Resurrection in America Moncure Daniel Conway Visos knygos peržiūra - 1862 |
The Rejected Stone– Or, Insurrection Vs. Resurrection in America Moncure Daniel Conway Visos knygos peržiūra - 1861 |
The Rejected Stone– Or, Insurrection Vs. Resurrection in America Moncure Daniel Conway Visos knygos peržiūra - 1862 |
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Abraham Lincoln African already altar America anti-slavery arms army ballot banner Bessus blood brave bring broken Caliban called cast cause civilization compromise conquer Constitution crush declared decree defeat defend Domingo door dwarf earnest earth emancipation England evil Excalibur eyes fathers fear fight flag forces forever four millions Freedom freemen fugitive Garibaldi Haiti hand heart Heaven honor human human bondage institution insurrection John Brown justice king King Arthur land laws of war Liberty light Manasses manhood ment merciful midst military Missouri moral nation natural Negro never North once oppression party peace Pharaoh political present President principle question race rebellion rebels Republican revolution right of revolution sacred Secretary side Slavery slaves South Southern stand star-spangled banner strength suffrage sword symbol things thousand tion to-day tongue Union utter victory Washington whilst wolf word wrecker wrong
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43 psl. - And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
112 psl. - We shall march prospering, — not thro' his presence; Songs may inspirit us, — not from his lyre; Deeds will be done, — while he boasts his quiescence, Still bidding crouch whom the rest bade aspire...
55 psl. - ... Good mornings.") The Republican Administration had answered Republican Haiti in the very words of Henry A. Wise, when, a nation freed by her own right arm, she vainly appealed to America for recognition, as America had a few years before, and under the same circumstances, appealed to other nations. The intrenchments about Washington may be very complete, but mark this: Washington is not safe until a black minister can be received there ! Now, whilst we are speculating as to the possibility of...
39 psl. - ... halts, hesitates, mixes, then, holding its nose, swallows. This overweening tenderness is the meat on which this our Caesar has fed that he hath grown so great. Mr. Breckenridge truly called it a bill for the abolition of Slavery. Now wherever our flag cuts its way, liberty to every slave must go with it. This is theory, however ; actual emancipation comes later. " He found thereon nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
122 psl. - On the 10th of October, 1811, the Congress of Chili decreed that every child born after that day should be free.
48 psl. - ... of the human pocket are stirred. The privateers are at large! They have taken away my coffee, and I know not where they have laid it. They have taken my India goods with swords and staves. For my first-class ship they have cast lots! Was such depravity ever known before? So long as it was...
20 psl. - but that the people may come to believe that these stones and pictures are the gods themselves." Just that came to pass. So the provisions of our Constitution, which our fathers themselves acknowledged as necessarily partial, and in many regards temporizing, are confused by the majority of our people with absolute laws, and worshipped accordingly. But, outside of mythologies...
38 psl. - It is no use smoothing matters to the patient who feels the hectic spot burning on the cheek. No doubt this first Republican Administration would have been more tender with Slavery than others; so do we humor and indulge to the top of their bent those whose graves are near. But in the day when the Nation decided for the principle that Slavery had a right to be treated only as local property, and then with no, more favor than other property, it touched the seat of life. Slave property does not rest...
118 psl. - ... for Liberty and Justice. No war, however bloody or interminable, can be so horrible as that peace offered us by traitors in our midst, — a peace whose quiet would be that of a nation's grave, whose outside repose would be but the cover of corruption and loathsome vermin. Against such a peace God has forever set his angel with the sword of flame. Between him and all wrong there can be no peace: the white flag of peace is only a flag of truce. The truce may last a month, a year, ten years; but...