Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery

Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery

Author: Wendell Phillips

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-19

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 9780331474190

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Excerpt from Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery: Reprinted From the Anti-Slavery Standard, With Additions That law, I mean, which, and which only, judicial tribunals are morally bound, under all circumstances, to declare and sustain? 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.


REVIEW OF LYSANDER SPOONERS ES

REVIEW OF LYSANDER SPOONERS ES

Author: Wendell 1811-1884 Phillips

Publisher: Wentworth Press

Published: 2016-08-28

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9781371850098

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Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery. Reprinted from the Anti-Slavery Standard, with Additions - Primary Source

Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery. Reprinted from the Anti-Slavery Standard, with Additions - Primary Source

Author: Wendell Phillips

Publisher: Nabu Press

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13: 9781289599263

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Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery. Reprinted From the "Anti-slavery Standard," With Additions

Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery. Reprinted From the

Author: Wendell Phillips

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019601945

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This book is a powerful denunciation of slavery, written by Wendell Phillips as a review of Lysander Spooner's essay on the same issue. The book adds new material to the original essay, providing a comprehensive and thought-provoking examination of the unconstitutionality of slavery. Phillips uses his eloquent, persuasive style of writing to argue for the abolition of slavery, making this book an essential read for anyone interested in the history of the abolition movement. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.


Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery

Review of Lysander Spooner's Essay on the Unconstitutionality of Slavery

Author: Anonymous

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 38

ISBN-13: 9781230445045

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ... his idea of a republic. If so, we can only reply, that the Constitution of the United States has the misfortune to differ from Mr. Lysander Spooner in this particular. The reader will hence perceive that any definition of a republic, which is got up in order to make Slavery inconsistent with it, will be found equally inconsistent with what the Constitution confessedly permits, namely, that the States should regulate for themselves who, and how many, shall be permitted to participate in the Government. This being the case, all such definitions are proved absurd, (logically we mean, ) and must be thrown aside. It is very easy for Messrs. Spooner and Goodell to frame their own definitions of words, and then proclaim certain other things utterly inconsistent with those definitions. But if we recur to the dictionaries, either of that period or of our time, we shall find that Madison was perfectly right in saying that no strict definition could be given of the word "republican." We give a few definitions that the reader may see how extremely indefinite these standard authorities have always held the word to be. "Republic: A State in which the exercise of the sovereign power ia lodged in representatives elected by the people."-- Webster, 1845. "Republic: That form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people, or in representatives elected by the people. A republic may be either a democracy or an aristocracy; in the former the supreme power is vested in the whole body of the people or in representatives elected by the people j in the latter it is vested in a nobility, or a privileged class of comparatively a small number of persons."-- Worcester, 1846. "Republican (subs.): One who thinks a commonwealth without monarchy the...