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Excerpt from The First Charter and the Early Religious Legislation of Massachusetts: A Lecture in a Course on the Early History of Massachusetts, by Members of the Massachusetts Historical Society, at the Lowell Institute, Boston, Delivered Feb. 9, 1869 IT has been regarded as a subject of complacency, that we know our origin, and can trace our history, that while other communities seek their early history in the mists of conjecture, or the m...

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Excerpt from A Charge to the Grand Jury, Upon the Importance of Maintaining the Supremacy of the Laws: With a Brief Sketch of the Character of William M. Richardson, Late Chief Justice of the Superior Court of New-Hampshire And not content with expatiating upon the intelligence, freedom, and general preeminence of our country, in the present tense, we call upon Time to yield us a century or two in advance, in which our predictions of future g...

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our cont...

Excerpt from The Domestic and Foreign Relations of the United States It may be stated as a result of our examination of the alleged Right of Secession, that the people of the several States composing the United States, under the Constitution, - whether that instrument be regarded as an organic law, or as a compact, - form an entire Nation, for the purposes for which they arc thus united, while under their State organizations they exercise man...

Excerpt from The Presbyterian's Hand-Book of the Church: For the Use of Members, Deacons, Elders, and Ministers In preparing this Manual, we have attempted to meet a want in the Presbyterian Church which we have often felt ourselves. Our Confession of Faith and Form of Government are very complete, and answer admirably the purpose for which they were intended. But we need something to guide private Christians in their relations to the Church...

Excerpt from The True Issue, and the Duty of the Whigs: An Address Before the Citizens of Cambridge, October 1, 1856 The result of this horrible iniquity has been stated in the appeals for aid recently made to the people of the Eastern States. God grant that hearts may feel and hands may open as they never felt and opened before, in aid of the Free State settlers in Kansas, that the storms of the coming winter may not sweep over the desolate ...

Excerpt from Personal Liberty Laws, (Statutes of Massachusetts), And Slavery in the Territories, (Case Had they done so, and reported against the provisions of the "Personal Liberty Bill, " which had been enacted by one legislature and amended by another, the burst of indignation which would have followed would have waked the echoes of Abington, and Lowell, and Worcester, even if it did not extend to Great Barrington itself. But in their Int...

Excerpt from The Three Powers of GovernmentThe sentence denounced may be unjust, without excuse or palliation. There is no power to stop it, except the power which decrees it shall be executed. The proceedings may be as secret as the grave. The husband or father, the son and brother, the wife and daughter, may disappear, without a trace left behind by which to discover the place of imprisonment or of burial, or the arrest, incarceration, and e...

Excerpt from The Character of the Rebellion, and the Conduct of the War 1. An Ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her under the Compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America" passed unanimously at 1.15 o'clock, P. M., December 20, 1860. Charleston Mercury Extra. 2. Message of President Davis. National Intelligencer, May 7, 1861. 3. Speech of Hon. J. A. McDouga...

Excerpt from Constitutional Law: With Reference to the Present Condition of the United States New York and the inhabitants of that district contended for their right to admission into the Union as an independent State but the United States claimed nothing there. The Articles of Confederation contained a provision by which Canada, acceding to the Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, was to be admitted into, and ent...

Excerpt from Criticism Criticised: Intended as a Supplement to the Law Reporter for January, 1859 The readers of these sheets will not need to be informed that there is at this time before the Legislature of Massachusetts the Report of a Commission appointed to revise and consolidate the General Statutes of the Commonwealth. The subject is one which has engaged the attention of the Legislature, and of the people, more or less, for the term o...

Excerpt from The Right of Secession: A Review of the Message of Jefferson Davis to the Congress of the Confederate States Memorandum. - The substance of the argument contained in the following pages was originally delivered as a Lecture to the students in the Law School of Harvard College, in the discharge of the regular duties of the author as Royall Professor of Law in that Institution. The Editor of the North American Review, desirous of ...

Excerpt from Daniel Webster as a Jurist: An Address to the Students in the Law School of the University at Cambridge For his character as a legislator, a statesman, a diplomatist, there are other forums and places of eulogy. From the halls of Congress, from the places specially appointed for funeral Obsequies, and from the pulpit, there have been eloquent trib utes to his character and services as a statesman and orator, but brief indeed are ...