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...Excerpt: That the English Church shall be free, and shall have her whole rights and her liberties inviolable; and we will this to be observed in such a manner, that it may appear from thence, that the freedom of elections, which was reputed most requisite to the English Church, which we granted, a...

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...na Carta 1 That the English Church shall be free, and shall have her whole rights and her liberties inviolable; and we will this to be observed in s... ...d to the deceased: and out of the residue the debt shall be paid, saving the rights of the lords (of whom the lands are held.) In like manner let it... ...out a legal verdict of their peers, of their lands, castles, lib erties, or rights, we will immediately restore these things to them; and if any disp... ...rn ing the restoration of his sisters and hostages, and his liber ties and rights, according to the form in which we act to our other Barons of Engl... ...ree, and that the men in our kingdom have and hold the aforesaid liberties, rights, and concessions, well and in peace, freely and quietly, fully and...

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...APTER XVII: CAMBRIDGE AND LOWELL ............................................................................................. 277 CHAPTER XVIII: THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN ............................................................................................... 292 CHAPTER XIX: EDUCATION .........................................................................................

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...................................................... 277 CHAPTER XVIII: THE RIGHTS OF WOMEN .............................................................. ... so through ignorance and prejudice, and actuated by that love of existing rights and wrongs which men call loyalty. If the Canadas were to rebel now,... ...ians declared that the rebel- lion had been only a just assertion of their rights; that if there had been crime on the part of those who took up arms,... ... unimpaired in saecula saeculorum. “Since that day we have given political rights to our colo- nies, and have satisfied the political longings of thei... ...ose trade it is to prepare them that you are injuring them in their vested rights. Some three years since I visited Niagara on my way back to England ... ...o longer pos- sible that the North should shun the war. To my thinking the rights of rebellion are holy. Where would the world have been, or where wou... ...rom them. Women of the class to which I allude are always talking of their rights, but seem to have a most indifferent idea of their duties. They have... ...ogether, having a theory that modesty has been put out of court by women’s rights. But, though not modest, the woman I describe is ferocious in her pr... ...l government, but to show how vain all laws are for the protection of such rights. If they be not protected by the feelings of the people—if the peopl...

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...etherlands, and through him they had passed into the power of his descendant, the Emperor Charles V. This powerful ruler abolished the constitutional rights of the provinces, and introduced the Inquisition in order to stamp out Protestantism....

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..., the Emperor Charles V . This powerful ruler abolished the constitutional rights of the provinces, and introduced the Inquisition in order to stamp o... ... her safety better than her mustachioed gentry . If she only maintains our rights and privileges, we will stand faithfully by her. [Enter a Soapboiler... ...landers had princes of our own, who governed according to hereditary laws, rights, and us- ages; how our ancestors paid due honour to their sovereign ... ...t as it pleases. You make no inquiry into the origin, the history , or the rights of a Regent; and in consequence of this negligence, the Span- iard h... ... more, and regard as disloyalty what we esteem the maintenance of our just rights? Egmont. We shall know in that case how to defend ourselves. Let him... ...eace, as uncondi- tionally to subjugate them, to rob them of their ancient rights, to appropriate their possessions, to curtail the fair privileges of... ... because not adapted to the present condition of the people? These ancient rights afford, doubtless, convenient loopholes, through which the crafty an... ...lly the spirit may be stirred, na- ture at length irresistibly asserts her rights; and like a child, who, enveloped in a serpent’s folds, enjoys refre...

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... King, and wholly independent of the country; laws made and taxes levied without concurrence of the people immediate or by their representatives; the rights of private citizens violated, and the titles of all landed property declared void; the voice of complaint stifled by restrictions on the press; and, finally, disaffection overawed by the first band of mercenary troops ...

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...out con- currence of the people immediate or by their representatives; the rights of private citizens violated, and the titles of all landed property ... ...terprise, the success of which would be the triumph of civil and religious rights and the salvation of New England. It was but a doubtful whisper: it ... ... unbeliever. * * * When Pearson and his wife had thus acquired all the rights over Ilbrahim that could be delegated, their affection for him becam... ...tion of it. “Be warned, then!” whispered Alice. “He trampled on a people’s rights. Behold his punishment—and avoid a crime like his!” The Lieutenant-G... ...of a rugged soil and wintry sky? Was it not for the enjoyment of our civil rights? Was it not for liberty to worship God according to our conscience?”...

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...d deem it possible to make peace. I spoke on behalf of humanity and of the rights of all neutral nations like our own, many of whose most vital intere... ...y or of racial and national allegiance. 8 Why We Are at War MUST EQUALIZE RIGHTS OF NATIONS The equality of nations upon which peace must be founded,... ...upon which peace must be founded, if it is to last, must be an equality of rights; the guarantees exchanged must neither recognize nor imply a differe... ...s themselves. But no one asks or expects anything more than an equality of rights. Mankind is looking now for freedom of life, not for equipoises of p... ...oises of power. And there is a deeper thing involved than even equality of rights among organized nations. No peace can last, or ought to last, which ... ...sion of territory, it can no doubt be done by the neutralization of direct rights of way under the general guarantee which will assure the peace itsel... ...s discuss, a suggestion that re- spect by German naval authorities for the rights of citizens of the United States upon the high seas should in any wa... ... be made contingent upon the conduct of any other Government affecting the rights of neutrals and non-combatants. Responsibility in such matters is si... ... within the zone will be sunk. 16 Why We Are at War WILL PROTECT AMERICAN RIGHTS If this inveterate confidence on my part in the sobriety and prudent...

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..., toward “those who go down to the sea in ships.” “Free trade and sailors’ rights” just then expressed the sentiment of the country . In my cloth- ing... ...d noth- ing which can be considered final as to these questions. The Civil Rights Bill and the Freedmen’s Bureau Bill and the pro- posed constitutiona... ...y than perhaps any one other political idea,—no general assertion of human rights can be of any practical value. T o change the character of the gover... ...o be done is to make the government consistent with itself, and render the rights of the States com- patible with the sacred rights of human nature. T... ... of the Federal government is long, but it is far too short to protect the rights of individuals in the interior of distant States. They must have the... ... that tolerates a privileged class, or denies to any of its citizens equal rights and equal means to maintain them. What was theory before the war has... ...the wildest enthusiasm when a brave word has been spoken in favor of equal rights and impartial suffrage. Radicalism, so far from being odious, is not... ...and a citizen of the United States. Citizenship evidently includes all the rights of citizens, whether State or national. If the Constitution knows no... ... to do this very thing, by a renunciation of its power to secure political rights to any Reconstruction 23 Frederick Douglas class of citizens, with ...

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...mark it as an interest that has less than the common claim to the ordinary rights of humanity. In the apportionment, or rep- resentation clause, the r... ..., and they who live at the epoch of the renowned “equilibrium” and of the “rights of the people of the Sovereign States,” will have seen memorable exa... ...f that clause three fourths of the States can take away all the powers and rights now resting in the hands of the respective States, with a single exc... ...cede that the two recently promulgated figments of the equilibrium and the rights of persons over the property and Territory of the United States have... ...ld be relied on for the pres- ervation of the nearest and dearest of human rights. There could and would be no other security for the peace of society... ...an hardly proceed much further with the smallest necessary security to the rights of civilized men. When a legislative body can be brought solemnly to... ...ven political despotism in this age would necessarily respect the ordinary rights of commerce, and quite probably the greater security that would be g... ...nd us, and one has a right to look to the courts for the protection of his rights, a thousand dollars of debt are secured and paid in a place like tha... ...ty wrongs are never repaired by the masses; they sometimes vindicate their rights by means of the strong arm, when seriously required to do so, but in...

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...of government, which embraced every security for their liberties and equal rights and privileges to all in the pursuit of happiness. He came as an hon... ...o changed this, that those who were then negro slaves are clothed with the rights of citizenship, including the right of suffrage. This was a politica... ...nd is the antagonist of all great political combinations that threaten the rights of minorities. It is the public opinion formed in the independent ex... ...courts, will be found sufficient 9 Tocqueville for the safety of personal rights, and for the safety of the government, and the prophetic outlook of ... ...of the seas to other lands, where the appeals of De T ocqueville for human rights and liberties have already inspired the souls of the people. Hon. Jo... ...the power of their rivals, the nobles granted a certain share of political rights to the people. Or, more fre- quently, the king permitted the lower o... ...king with its chiefs, received benefits from them without discussing their rights. It grew attached to them when they were clement and just, and it su... ...quiet and rational persuasion. Every individual being in the possession of rights which he is sure to retain, a kind of manly reliance and reciprocal ... ... to feel its sanctity and its majesty, and loudly claim for humanity those rights which they have always disowned. There are virtuous and peaceful ind...

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...pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves and in property cases where rights ... ...n my attention the uncertain state of international questions touching the rights of foreigners in this country and of United States citizens abroad. ... ...d of United States citizens abroad. In regard to some govern- ments these rights are at least partially defined by treaties. In no instance, however... ... restored. Our ministers abroad have been faithful in defending Ameri- can rights. In protecting commercial interests our consuls have necessarily ha... ... Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven stipulations for extinguishing the possessory rights of the Indi- ans to large and valuable tracts of lands. It is hoped... ... may lawfully claim it in return for pardon and restora- tion of forfeited rights, which he has clear constitutional power to withhold altogether or g... ...source. Saying that on certain terms certain classes will be pardoned with rights restored, it is not said that other classes or other terms will neve... ... and mercy, that I will re- store Dr. McPheeters to all his ecclesiastical rights. This gives no intimation as to what ecclesiastical rights are wit... ...” Mr. Ranney’s letter says: “Dr. Samuel S. McPheeters is enjoying all the rights of a civil- 52 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven ian, but...

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... and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and be-... ...on of fraud in either case? It is said, if a purchaser have acquired legal rights, let him not be robbed of them, but if he needs legislation let him ... ...erson party was formed upon its supposed superior devotion to the personal rights of men, holding the rights of property to be secondary only, and gre... ...gely inconsistent if I could favor any project for curtailing the existing rights of white men, even though born in different lands, and speaking diff... ...erritories, and buying slaves in Af- rica, are identical things, identical rights or identical wrongs, and the argument which establishes one will est... ...is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence,—the right to life, li... ...break up the Union rather than submit to a de- nial of your constitutional rights. That has a somewhat reckless sound; but it would be palli- ated, if... ...e views and feelings of all who were represented in the convention, to the rights of all the States and Territories 134 The Writings of Abraham Linco... ... State better than the county? Would an exchange of name be an exchange of rights? Upon what principle, upon what rightful principle, may a State, bei...

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...place, A Gothic ruin and a Grecian house, A talk of college and of ladies’ rights, A feudal knight in silken masquerade, And, yonder, shrieks and stra... ...for all things serve their time Toward that great year of equal mights and rights, Nor would I fight with iron laws, in the end Found golden: let the... ...athful bloom As of some fire against a stormy cloud, When the wild peasant rights himself, the rick Flames, and his anger reddens in the heavens; For ... ... not,—myself were like enough, O girls, To unfurl the maiden banner of our rights, And clad in iron burst the ranks of war, Or, falling, promartyr of ... ...en: the old leaven leavened all: Millions of throats would bawl for civil rights, No woman named: therefore I set my face Against all men, and lived... ...with those detestable That let the bantling scald at home, and brawl Their rights and wrongs like potherbs in the street. They say she’s comely; there... ... statues, borne aloft, the three: but come, We will be liberal, since our rights are won. Let them not lie in the tents with coarse mankind, Ill nurs... ... were loth to yield herself to one That wholly scorned to help their equal rights Against the sons of men, and barbarous laws. She prayed me not to ju...

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...rons of church benefices should see them- selves suddenly denuded of their rights, and within a year or two should see these rights settling determina... ...ee how little ground it leaves upon which to hang a complaint. Everybody’s rights are secured. Whatever be the event, first of all the presentee canno... ...four it be—all the rest have none at all. Lord Aberdeen has reconciled the rights of patrons for the first time with those of all other parties intere... ...rgy thought too little of their duties, but too much of their professional rights; and if we may credit the indirect report of the contemporary litera... ... all these jurisdictions into bona fide ‘parishes,’ enjoying the ple- nary rights (as to church government) of the other parishes, and distinguished f... ...ediately afterwards diverged as widely as was possible. In both cases, the rights of the patron and of the presentee were challenged peremptorily; tha... ...ding her own incorporations. But how can she maintain the defenders of her rights, or the dispensers of her truths, if she refuses, upon immutable pri... ...n immutable prin- ciple, to call in the aid of the magistrate on behalf of rights, which, under any aspect, regard spiritual relations? Attempt- ing t... ...der any aspect, regard spiritual relations? Attempt- ing to maintain these rights by private arbitration within a forum of her own, she will soon find...

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..., there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the rights enumerated in the Declara- tion of Independence,—the right of life, ... ...decided by that court to be slaves, we will in any violent way disturb the rights of property thus settled; but we nevertheless do oppose that decisio... ...an opportunity to be eloquent and valiant against us in fighting for their rights. I expressly declared in my opening speech that I had neither the in... ...ing institution. Then what becomes of all his elo- quence in behalf of the rights of States, which are assailed by no living man? But I have to hurry ... ...first thing you do is to swear you will support the Constitution1, and all rights guaranteed therein; that you will, whenever your neighbor needs your... ...henever your neighbor needs your legislation to support his constitutional rights, not withhold that legislation. If you withhold that necessary legis... ...cessary legislation for the support of the Constitution and constitutional rights, do you not commit per- jury? I ask every sensible man if that is no... ...s, of the remotest possibility of ever becoming a citizen and claiming the rights of a citizen of the United States under a certain clause of the Cons... ...at they did con- sider all men created equal,—equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This t...

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...er to be voluntarily granted; and war measures, not seldom restricting the rights and liberties to which the citizen was accustomed, to be voluntarily... ...ve essentially intact our free institutions in all things that concern the rights and liberties of the citizens. He understood well the nature of the ... ...rn people that he would do all to se- cure the safety of the Union and the rights of the emanci- pated negro, and at the same time by the confidence o... ...aration of Inde- pendence that all men are vested with certain inalienable rights the equal rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. On ... ...ution and within the Union, and relied upon their constitutional and legal rights, their fa- vorite institution, immoral as it was, blighting and fata... ... the convention that nominated him, that the maintenance inviolate of the “rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and c... ...o appropriate the fruit of other men’s toil and to exclude them from equal rights, were real republics, fee- bler to be sure than their Northern rival... ...itted to rest day or night, till we had put it down. The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are ... ...ar upon its hills and its valleys a political edifice of liberty and equal rights; it is ours only to transmit these—the former unprofaned by the foot...

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...gnored me, going into realms of muslin, questions of maid-servants, female rights, and cheap un- der-clothing; and I therefore had ignored them. My mi... ...ind had gone back to Mr. Horne and his garments. While they spoke of their rights, I was thinking of his wrongs; when they mentioned the price of flan...

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...tasy. “O Italia,” she continued, “O Italia una, one and indivisible in thy rights, and indivisible also in thy wrongs! to us is it given to see the ac... ...he called for Falernian; but be- yond this her converse was chiefly of the rights of man and the weakness of women; of the iron ages that were past, a...

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...r his entire realm and estate to be overthrown and destroyed, with all his rights and books, a thing which, to speak in few words, he cannot do), neve... ...imperial and heathen law and treats of political matters and decisions or rights, as the Decretals show; fur thermore, it teaches of ceremonies conc... ...cy also is nothing but sheer enthusiasm, by which the Pope boasts that all rights exist in the shrine of his heart, and whatever he decides and comman...

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...ost Sin- cere Acknowledgement of HIS PRE-EMINENT SERVICES IN BEHALF OF THE RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES OF AN AFFLICTED, DESPISED AND DEEPLY OUT- RAGED PEOPLE... ...pid, that they are unconscious of their wrongs, and do not apprehend their rights. Looking, then, at your request, from this stand-point, and wishing ... ...senthrall, it is, also, to bestow upon the Negro the exercise of all those rights, from the possession of which he has been so long debarred. 7 Frede... ...umb. The overseer attends to all sides of a case. There are no conflicting rights of property , for all the people are owned by one man; and they can ... ...isposition, kind, gentle and cheer- ful. The supercilious contempt for the rights and feelings of the slave, and the petulance and bad humor which gen... ...werful denunciation of oppression, and a most brilliant vindication of the rights of man. Here was, indeed, a noble acquisition. If I ever wavered und... ... rightful liberty, and of the just reward of my labor; therefore, whatever rights I have against Master Thomas, I have, equally, against those confede... ...is natural position; but elevate him a little, and the clear conception of rights arises to life and power, and leads him onward. Thus elevated, a lit... ...is a slaveholder still—the every hour violator of the just and inalienable rights of man; and he is, therefore, every hour silently whetting the knife...

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...tent withal. Seek you to seize and gripe into your hands The royalties and rights of banish’d Hereford? Is not Gaunt dead, and doth not Hereford live?... ...rve to have an heir? Is not his heir a well deserving son? Take Hereford’s rights away, and take from Time His charters and his customary rights; Let ... ...w, afore God—God forbid I say true!— If you do wrongfully seize Hereford’s rights, Call in the letters patent that he hath By his attorneys general to... ...her, Will you permit that I shall stand condemn’d A wandering vagabond; my rights and royalties Pluck’d from my arms perforce and given away To upstar...