The Works of Orestes A. Brownson: PoliticsT. Nourse, 1885 |
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... humanity , and faithfully watches over their moral and religious well - being . The re- lation of master and man , as to the authority of the for- mer and the subjection of the latter , differs in nothing from the relation of father and ...
... humanity , and faithfully watches over their moral and religious well - being . The re- lation of master and man , as to the authority of the for- mer and the subjection of the latter , differs in nothing from the relation of father and ...
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... human enactments , and every human enactment incompatible with it is null and void from the beginning and cannot be obeyed with a good conscience , for " we must obey God rather than men . " This is the great truth states- men and ...
... human enactments , and every human enactment incompatible with it is null and void from the beginning and cannot be obeyed with a good conscience , for " we must obey God rather than men . " This is the great truth states- men and ...
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... human law , and therefore we can in no case be bound to obey a human law that is in contravention of it . Such a law is a violence rather than a law , and we are commanded by God himself to resist it , at least passively . All this is ...
... human law , and therefore we can in no case be bound to obey a human law that is in contravention of it . Such a law is a violence rather than a law , and we are commanded by God himself to resist it , at least passively . All this is ...
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... human law only , but also with the law of God itself . No man can ever be justifiable in resisting the civil law under the pretence that it is repug- nant to the divine law , when he has only his private judg ment , or , what is the ...
... human law only , but also with the law of God itself . No man can ever be justifiable in resisting the civil law under the pretence that it is repug- nant to the divine law , when he has only his private judg ment , or , what is the ...
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... human law . The highest human lav is unquestionably the law of the state , as the state is the highest human authority conceivable . No ap- peal can then lie from the state to another human authority , least of all to the individual ...
... human law . The highest human lav is unquestionably the law of the state , as the state is the highest human authority conceivable . No ap- peal can then lie from the state to another human authority , least of all to the individual ...
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Página 83 - All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Página 186 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow ; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Página 446 - Inasmuch as ye did it unto the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto me.
Página 516 - And still further, that this Proclamation is intended to present the people of the States wherein the national authority has been suspended, and loyal State governments have been subverted, a mode in and by which the national authority and loyal State governments may be re-established within said States or in any of them, and while the mode presented is the best the Executive can suggest with his present impressions, it must not be understood that no other possible mode would be acceptable.
Página 516 - To avoid misunderstanding, it may be proper to say that this proclamation, so far as it relates to state governments, has no reference to states wherein loyal state governments have all the while been maintained. And, for the same reason, it may be proper to further say, that whether members sent to congress from any state shall be admitted to seats constitutionally rests exclusively with the respective houses, and not to any extent with the Executive.
Página 515 - And I do further proclaim, declare, and make known that whenever, in any of the States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, a number of persons, not less than one tenth in number of the votes cast in such state at the presidential election...
Página 9 - Let every soul be subject to higher powers: for there is no power but from God: and those that are, are ordained of God. Therefore he that resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God. And they that resist, purchase to themselves damnation.
Página 19 - And turning he rebuked them, saying : You know not of what spirit you are. The Son of Man came not to destroy souls but to save.
Página 186 - Who, sternly marking on his native soil, The blood, the tears, the anguish, and the toil, Shall bid each righteous heart exult, to see Peace to the slave, and vengeance on the free ! Yet, yet, degraded men ! th...
Página 371 - ... such measures of justice, moderation, and forbearance as will disarm reasoning opposition, will be sufficient to secure the public safety until returning reflection, concurring with the fearful experience of social evils, the inevitable fruits of faction, shall bring the recusant members cheerfully back into the family, which, after all, must prove their best and happiest, as it undeniably is their most natural home.