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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 3: the Democracy in 1860. (search)
mpulse of such sentiments. There were also colonization societies formed for the purpose of exporting the negroes to Africa, and the colony of Liberia was established to receive them. Of course colonization did not weaken the institution, for in every slave State more slaves were born in a week than the colonization societies could have exported to Africa in a year even if they could have got them for nothing. Slavery had been forbidden in the northwest territory by what was known as the Dane ordinance. Then it was foreseen that the lower branch of Congress would very soon have representatives in such majority, as to do anything against slavery not inhibited by the Constitution if the representatives from the North should unite. Hence the slave States, in order to preserve the balance of power in the Senate, entered into the far-famed Missouri compromise, by which Maine, as a free State, was to be taken from Massachusetts, and Missouri, as a slave State, from the Louisiana purch
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 152 (search)
individual States? And yet, with hardly a superficial examination of our history and our Constitution, men talk glibly about a confederacy, a compact, a co-partnership, and the right of a State to secede at pleasure, not knowing that, by admitting such loose phraseology and such imaginary rights, we should violate the first principles of our political organization, should fly in the face of our history, should trample under foot the teachings of Jay, Hamilton, Washington, Marshall, Madison, Dane, Kent, Story, and Webster, and, accepting only the dogmas of Mr. Calhoun as infallible, surrender forever our national laws and our national existence. Englishmen themselves live in a united empire; but if the kingdom of Scotland should secede, should seize all the national property, forts, arsenals, and public treasure on its soil, organize an army, send forth foreign Ministers to Louis Napoleon, the Emperor of Austria, and other Powers, issue invitations to all the pirates of the world t
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight), R. (search)
the cap. This is usually effected, as at B, Fig. 4209, by lengthening the shorter branch a of the main-spring so that the arm b of the tumbler shall strike it just previous to the impact of the hammer on the cap, caused by the action of the long branch c of the main-spring transmitted through the swivel d; the effort made by the branch c in restoring itself, after the momentary compression, throws back the tumbler sufficiently far to permit the sear c to enter the halfcock notch. In Dane's patent (A), used in the Parker gun (see shot-gun), the long branch of the mainspring is arrested by a stop f at about the position of half-cock, the tumbler being carried forward by its momentum until it strikes the cap, when the pressure of the sear on the cam-shaped extension g throws the tumbler back until the nose of the sear enters the half-cock notch, or sufficiently far to lift the hammer clear of the nipple. Re-ceiv′er. 1. (Chemistry.) A vessel connected with the neck of a r
Charles E. Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe compiled from her letters and journals by her son Charles Edward Stowe, Chapter 21: closing scenes, 1870-1889. (search)
d caste, White, black, and red shall own as one, The noblest work by woman done. It was followed by a few words from Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who also read the subjoined as his contribution to the chorus of congratulation:--If every tongue that speaks her praise For whom I shape my tinkling phrase Were summoned to the table, The vocal chorus that would meet Of mingling accents harsh or sweet, From every land and tribe, would beat The polyglots of Babel. Briton and Frenchman, Swede and Dane, Turk, Spaniard, Tartar of Ukraine, Hidalgo, Cossack, Cadi, High Dutchman and Low Dutchman, too, The Russian serf, the Polish Jew, Arab, Armenian, and Mantchoo Would shout, We know the lady. Know her! Who knows not Uncle Tom And her he learned his gospel from, Has never heard of Moses; Full well the brave black hand we know That gave to freedom's grasp the hoe That killed the weed that used to grow Among the Southern roses. When Archimedes, long ago, Spoke out so grandly, “*do\s pou= stw=
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
thern States demanded that a clause should be inserted in reference to fugitive slaves, which being refused, they voted against the whole provision in reference to slavery. The first movement, then, to limit slavery was proposed by a Southern delegate. At a later period it was renewed by the South and passed by Southern votes. July 11, 1787, Mr. Carrington, of Virginia, chairman of the committee on the Northwest Territory, submitted the report of that committee. The other members were Mr. Dane, of Massachusetts, Mr. R. H. Lee, of Virginia, Mr. Kean, of South Carolina, and Mr. Smith, of New York. A majority of this committee were Southern men. Their report, after amendment, was adopted July 13th, and became the Ordinance of 1787. Article sixth of this instrument is as follows: There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; provided, always, that any pe
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 12. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Some great constitutional questions. (search)
people of the United States meant, we, the people of the States that are united. Now we are prepared for the historical fact well known to but not mentioned by Dane, Story and Webster, viz: that the preamble, unanimously adopted by the Federal Convention for the proposed Constitution, was as follows: We the people of the Statetion accepted the Constitution, as revised, as their work, and never reversed their solemn and unanimous approval of the phrase, we, the people of the States. Messrs. Dane and Story must have known this, when the former penned, and the latter quoted approvingly, the following in reference to the meaning of the preamble: They propeach with no superior on earth; and we have seen no great nationality, or national will, exercising itself on the matter of government in any sense. The dogmas of Dane, Story and Webster have been shown to be untrue; * * all history falsifies their utterances. The arguments and citations, however, are so obvious to one who ear
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Some old trees.—number 2 (search)
formerly the headquarters of General Green, is one of two standing here which were of Revolutionary fame. Some of the others in the row, which in old times extended to the Middlesex Bleachery grounds, and numbered eighteen at the time of the widening of Somerville avenue in 1873-4, were set out by Samuel Tufts Frost about 1830. He carried them on his shoulder from the place where they grew. A former resident of Laurel street remembers a large elm tree which loomed up from the vicinity of Dane's ledge, not probably very old, but noticeable, springing up from such unlikely surroundings. The elm on Somerville avenue, near the foot of Central street, is one of the oldest in Somerville, and possibly the largest when in its prime. Twenty-five or thirty years ago some of the smaller branches from the centre of the tree nearly touched the ground. The widening of Somerville avenue brought the boundary line through the centre of the tree, and the change of grade left the large roots on
Historic leaves, volume 5, April, 1906 - January, 1907, Index (search)
Craigie House, Cambridge, 6. Crocker, —, 81. Cross Street, 57, 90. Crowninshield, Sarah M., 71. Cummings' First Lessons in Geography and Astronomy, 25. Curtis, David, 74. Curtis, H. K., 69. Curtis, Moses A., 23. Curtis, Otis, 85. Cutter, A., 13. Cutter, Charlotte. 75, 82, 83. Cutter, Eb., 14. Cutter, Edward, 13, 16. Cutter, Eliza Ann, 17, 72. Cutter, Fitch, 13, 96. Cutter, Richard E., 53. Dale, W., 14. Damon, Ellen A., 77, 83. Damon, Norwood P., 72, 74. Dane's Ledge, 57. Davenport, A., 13. Davis, D., 12. Davis, Mary J., 53. Davis Square, 62. Dedham, Mass., 9, Deer Island, 2. De las Casas, Mr., 31, 26, 37. Derby, General, Elias Hasket, 89. Derby Street, 90. Devens, David, Esq., 67. Dexte: Elm, 9. Dexter Street, Malden, 9. Dickson, A,. 14. Dickson, William, 11. Dodge, E. H., 76, 81. Dodge, Mary, 47, 49, 92. Dow, Frances, 53. Dow, Lorenzo W., 64. Dow, Mrs. L. W., 53. Draper, Martin, 67. Dupee, M. H., 81, 82. Dyer,
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, chapter 3 (search)
Tufts, from Cambridge to Cross. Joy, from Cambridge to Poplar. Linden, No. 3, from Cambridge to Milk. Boston, from Cambridge to Walnut over Prospect Hill. Linden, from Milk to Walnut. Prospect, from Cambridge to Cambridgeport. Dane, from Cambridge to Milk. Vine, from Cambridge to Milk. Snow Hill, from Beacon to Milk. Beacon Street leads to Cambridgeport, through the western part of Somerville. Church, from Medford to Central. Milk, from East Cambridge to CambrBroadway, foot of Winter Hill. Adams, Miss H. A. b. teacher, boards with J. Adams. Adams, Samuel, boards with J. C. Magoun, at W. H. Adams, Charles, b. F. H. market, h. Central. Adams, Henry, h. Bow. Adams, Solomon, schoolmaster, h. Dane. Agen, Patrick, laborer, h. Prospect. Allen, Hiram, twine manufacturer, h. Cambridge. Allen, Samuel R., clothing, h. Milk. Allen, Alfred, h. corner of Central and Summer. Allen, Henry W., accountant, h. Summer. Allison, William,
Historic leaves, volume 1, April, 1902 - January, 1903, Somerville Directory (search)
oadway. Crimmins, Thomas, laborer, h. Medford. Crombie, William C., b. pianoforte maker, h. Dane. Crosby, Josiah L., b. bonnets, h. Elm. Crowe, William B., carpenter, h. Joy. Cummings, Samuel H., h. Broadway. Cutter, Henry, h. Broadway. Daley, James, gardener, h. Medford. Dane, Osgood B., stone dealer, h. Beacon. Dane, Osgood, stone dealer, h. Milk. Danforth, WillardDane, Osgood, stone dealer, h. Milk. Danforth, Willard, brickmaker, h. Broadway. Danforth. David, grocer, h. Milk. Darling, B. F., b. jeweller, h. Tufts. Darling, Thomas, h. Chestnut. Davis, David C., h. Church. Davis, Merrill, brickmaker,es, twine manufacturer, h. Cambridge. Gates, William, provision dealer, h. cor. Cambridge and Dane. Gay, Francis C., milk dealer, h. Walnut. Gay, John, blacksmith, h. Linden. Garven, ThomWilliam, b. iron dealer, h. No. 1 Chestnut. Hammond, Artemas, h. Spring. Hanson, Joseph, h. Dane. Harding, Nathan, b. shipping master, h. Mount Vernon. Harrison, Alfred, b. spike maker, h.
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