Defence Of Massachusetts Speeches Of Hon Charles Sumner On The Boston Memorial For The Repeal Of The Fugitive Slave Bill And In Reply To Mes PDF Download

Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, on His Motion to Repeal the Fugitive Slave Bill, in the Senate of the United States, August 26, 1852 On the same day, Charles Pinckney, of slavelrolding Sott'rth' Carolina, laid before the Convention what is called a drafttof a Federal Govern ment to be agreed upon between the free and independent States of tamerica, ah elabo rate paper, marked by considerable minuteness of detail'. Here are provisions borrowed from the Articles of Confederation, securing to citizens of each State equal privileges in the several State31; giving faith to the public records of the States an'd ordaining the surrender ofsfugitive's frorii justice. But this draft, though from the flaming guardian of the slave-interest, contained nowaiiusion to fugitive slaves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.