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... contract or slave labor on the part of the planters . Oahu is an island of 600 square miles , containing 384,000 ' acres , and it has a population of 40,205 people . On this island is situated the city of Honolulu , containing about ...
... contract or slave labor on the part of the planters . Oahu is an island of 600 square miles , containing 384,000 ' acres , and it has a population of 40,205 people . On this island is situated the city of Honolulu , containing about ...
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... contract laborers , that they are the scum of the world ; and then I propose to show that the dominant invaders , the men who rule that country to - day , the 630 Americans , are also unfit to live in a republic . I have in my hand the ...
... contract laborers , that they are the scum of the world ; and then I propose to show that the dominant invaders , the men who rule that country to - day , the 630 Americans , are also unfit to live in a republic . I have in my hand the ...
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... contract laborers who have been brought there from different parts of the world to serve a length of service stipulated in the contract . Those men came there without their families . On those islands there are nearly 60,000 males and ...
... contract laborers who have been brought there from different parts of the world to serve a length of service stipulated in the contract . Those men came there without their families . On those islands there are nearly 60,000 males and ...
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... contract term . They are sanctioned by law and enforced by civil remedies and penal laws . They imprison the natives and deduct the cost from their pay , if they will not work . The total American male popula- tion is 1,298 . The total ...
... contract term . They are sanctioned by law and enforced by civil remedies and penal laws . They imprison the natives and deduct the cost from their pay , if they will not work . The total American male popula- tion is 1,298 . The total ...
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... contract and 1,651 day laborers . Of the population in 1892 , 20,536 were laborers on sugar - cane plan- tations , 16,723 being Portuguese , Japanese , and Chinese . Of the whole number 10,991 are contract laborers . The remainder are ...
... contract and 1,651 day laborers . Of the population in 1892 , 20,536 were laborers on sugar - cane plan- tations , 16,723 being Portuguese , Japanese , and Chinese . Of the whole number 10,991 are contract laborers . The remainder are ...
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Page 332 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted, as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 329 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 336 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?
Page 333 - Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 328 - What are these arguments? They are the arguments that kings have made for enslaving the people in all ages of the world. You will find that all the arguments in favor of kingcraft were of this class; they always bestrode the necks of the people, not that they wanted to do it, but because the people were better off for being ridden. That is their argument, and this argument of the Judge is the same old serpent that says you work and I eat, you toil and I will enjoy the fruits of it.
Page 337 - I have only to say, let us discard all this quibbling about this man and the other man, this race and that race and the other race being inferior, and therefore they must be placed in an inferior position. Let us discard all these things, and unite as one people throughout this land, until we shall once more stand up declaring that all men are created equal.
Page 337 - While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the Government in the short space of four years. My countrymen, one and all, think calmly and well upon this whole subject. Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time. If there be an object to hurry any of you, in hot haste, to a step which you would never take deliberately, that object will be frustrated by taking time; but no good object can be...
Page 338 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the motherland, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty not alone to the people of this country, but hope to all the world, for all future time.
Page 643 - It must be admitted, however, that unless the President's mind, on a view of everything which is urged for and against this bill, is tolerably clear that it is unauthorized by the Constitution; if the pro and the con hang so even as to balance his judgment, a just respect for the wisdom of the legislature would naturally decide the balance in favor of their opinion; it is chiefly for cases where they are clearly misled by error, ambition, or interest, that the Constitution has placed a check in the...
Page 333 - Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States) to the enjoyment of all the rights of citizens of the United States according to the principles of the constitution...