The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 5Little, Brown, 1869 |
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Page 151
... Mexico is ended . I shall not oppose the progress of this bill . I cannot say it is unconstitutional , though I think it is irregular , inconvenient , and not strictly conformable to the exercise of the constitutional power of Congress ...
... Mexico is ended . I shall not oppose the progress of this bill . I cannot say it is unconstitutional , though I think it is irregular , inconvenient , and not strictly conformable to the exercise of the constitutional power of Congress ...
Page 157
... Mexico ; and , if we may credit the rumors which have recently reached us , a purpose is entertained of marching immediately and directly to the city of Mexico . The people , as I have said , appear to me to demand , and with great ...
... Mexico ; and , if we may credit the rumors which have recently reached us , a purpose is entertained of marching immediately and directly to the city of Mexico . The people , as I have said , appear to me to demand , and with great ...
Page 158
Daniel Webster. lic me are , in the first place , Mexico is weak and we are strong ; it is a war , therefore , on her part , against great odds ; and , in the next place , Mexico is a neighbor , a weak neighbor , a republic formed upon ...
Daniel Webster. lic me are , in the first place , Mexico is weak and we are strong ; it is a war , therefore , on her part , against great odds ; and , in the next place , Mexico is a neighbor , a weak neighbor , a republic formed upon ...
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... Mexico , and it struck me as re- sembling , though it was much more senseless , the conduct of old Spain in attempting for many years to reconquer the peo- ple of the Low Countries after they had declared their inde- pendence . Mexico ...
... Mexico , and it struck me as re- sembling , though it was much more senseless , the conduct of old Spain in attempting for many years to reconquer the peo- ple of the Low Countries after they had declared their inde- pendence . Mexico ...
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... Mexico to sustain herself in the war now carried on against her by the United States . I suppose the government is now informed that Bravo is appointed President of Mexico ad interim , and that Paredes , with such forces as he can ...
... Mexico to sustain herself in the war now carried on against her by the United States . I suppose the government is now informed that Bravo is appointed President of Mexico ad interim , and that Paredes , with such forces as he can ...
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Page 81 - Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the north-westernmost head of Connecticut river...
Page 341 - Third, new States of convenient size, not exceeding four in number, in addition to said State of Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State, be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission under the provision of the Federal Constitution.
Page 81 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 493 - A contract is a compact between two or more parties, and is either executory or executed. An executory contract is one in which a party binds himself to do, or not to do, a particular thing ; such was the law under which the conveyance was made by the governor.
Page 363 - Sir, I am ashamed to pursue this line of remark. I dislike it, I have an utter disgust for it. I would rather hear of natural blasts and mildews, war, pestilence, and famine, than to .hear gentlemen talk of secession. To break up this great government ! to dismember this glorious country ! to astonish Europe with an act of folly such as Europe for two centuries has .never beheld in any government or any people! No, Sir! no, Sir! There will be no secession ! Gentlemen are not serious when they talk...
Page 183 - ... if the appraised value thereof shall exceed, by ten per centum or more, the value so declared on the entry, then, in addition to the duties imposed by law on the same, there shall be levied, collected, and paid, a duty of twenty per centum ad valorem on such appraised value : Provided, nevertheless. That under no circumstances shall the duty be assessed upon an amount less than the invoice value ; any law of Congress to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 302 - March 6, 1820, be and the same is hereby declared to extend to the Pacific Ocean ; and the said eighth section, together with the compromise therein effected, is hereby revived and declared to be in full force and binding for the future organization of the Territories of the United States, in the same sense and with the same understanding with which it was originally adopted.
Page 306 - America today with regard to slavery, but ventures, or is driven, to make some such desperate answer as the following, while professing to speak absolutely, and as a private man - from which what new and singular code of social duties might be inferred? 'The manner...
Page 487 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law, a law which hears before it condemns, which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society.