Biblia

CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS

(October 19, 1810–July 22, 1903), was an American abolitionist, statesman and politician. He served as a diplomat to Russia under both President Lincoln and President Grant, 1861–62, 1863–69. A strong opponent of slavery, he founded the anti-slavery journal True American, in Lexington, Kentucky, 1845. In 1854, he help found the Republican party. Cassius Marcellus Clay … Continue reading “CLAY,
CASSIUS MARCELLUS”

SUMNER, CHARLES

(January 6, 1811–March 11, 1874), was a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts for 23 years, 1851–74. He was strongly opposed to slavery and was persecuted for taking that unpopular stand. So firm was his conviction against slavery, that he was once physically assaulted on the floor of the House by Representative Preston S. Brooks of South … Continue reading “SUMNER,
CHARLES”

PARKER, THEODORE

(August 24, 1810–May 10, 1860), was an American abolitionist, clergyman, and graduate of Harvard. Strongly opposing slavery, he declared: The Bible goes equally to the cottage of the peasant, and the palace of the king. It is woven into literature, and colors the talk of the street. The bark of the merchant cannot sail without … Continue reading “PARKER,
THEODORE”

POPE LEO XIII

(March 2, 1810–July 20, 1903), whose given name was Gioacchino Pecci, stated in his encyclical on the condition of labor, Rerum Novarum, May 15, 1891: Every man has by nature the right to possess property as his own.2423 Sears, Edmund Hamilton (April 6, 1810–January 16, 1876), was an American clergyman. He ministered in Wayland, Massachusetts, … Continue reading “POPE
LEO XIII”

SEYMOUR, HORATIO

(May 31, 1810–February 12, 1886), was Governor of New York, 1853–55, and the War Governor of New York during the Civil War, 1863–65. Horatio Seymour, who was instrumental in gaining government sanction for the building of Erie Canal, was also the Democratic Presidential candidate in 1868. On July 4, 1876, Horatio Seymour gave an oration … Continue reading “SEYMOUR,
HORATIO”