Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 452
... adopted toward the English nation alone , for I have never heard of any blockade runners under the French flag , nor under the Russian flag , nor under the Austrian flag , nor under the Greek flag . No ! not even the Turks will do it ...
... adopted toward the English nation alone , for I have never heard of any blockade runners under the French flag , nor under the Russian flag , nor under the Austrian flag , nor under the Greek flag . No ! not even the Turks will do it ...
Page 453
... adoption of this course for your considera- tion as a possible - aye , not only possible , but , unless this state of things has a remedy , a probable event ; for we must see to it that we protect ourselves and take a manly place among ...
... adoption of this course for your considera- tion as a possible - aye , not only possible , but , unless this state of things has a remedy , a probable event ; for we must see to it that we protect ourselves and take a manly place among ...
Page 457
... adopt some such measure to prevent so great a disaster , but without success . The agitation has been permitted to proceed , with almost no attempt to resist it , until it has reached a period when it can no longer be disguised or ...
... adopt some such measure to prevent so great a disaster , but without success . The agitation has been permitted to proceed , with almost no attempt to resist it , until it has reached a period when it can no longer be disguised or ...
Page 462
... adopting a system of revenue and disbursements by which an undue proportion of the burden of taxation has been imposed upon the South , and an undue proportion of its proceeds appropriated to the North ; and the last in a system of ...
... adopting a system of revenue and disbursements by which an undue proportion of the burden of taxation has been imposed upon the South , and an undue proportion of its proceeds appropriated to the North ; and the last in a system of ...
Page 463
... adopted by the government . It is well known that the main source from which the government has derived its revenue is from duties on imports . I shall not undertake to show that all such duties must necessarily fall mainly on the ...
... adopted by the government . It is well known that the main source from which the government has derived its revenue is from duties on imports . I shall not undertake to show that all such duties must necessarily fall mainly on the ...
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