Our Elevation in the United States
That very little comparatively as yet has been done to attain a respectable position as a class in this country will not be denied, and that the successful accomplishments of […]
Farewell Address (1837)
The necessity of watching with jealous anxiety for the preservation of the Union was earnestly pressed upon his fellow citizens by the Father of his Country in his farewell address. […]
Wilmot Proviso
Provided, That, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may […]
Annual Message to Congress (1860)
James D. Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents, vol. 5 (Washington, DC, 1897-1917), pp. 656 ff. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: Throughout the year since our […]
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
TREATY OF PEACE, FRIENDSHIP, LIMITS, AND SETTLEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES CONCLUDED AT GUADALUPE HIDALGO, FEBRUARY 2, 1848; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE, WITH […]
Force Bill of 1832
An Act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress […]
South Carolina’s Ordinance of Nullification
An ordinance to nullify certain acts of the Congress of the United States, purporting to be laws laying duties and imposts on the importation of foreign commodities. Whereas the Congress […]
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to J. N. Brown (1858)
Hon. J. N. Brown My dear Sir I do not perceive how I can express myself, more plainly, than I have done in the foregoing extracts. In four of them […]
Fragment on Slavery
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, […]
Fragment on Slavery
Suppose it is true, that the negro is inferior to the white, in the gifts of nature; is it not the exact reverse justice that the white should, for that […]