Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 454
... able to catch them . I have felt it my duty here , in the city of New York , because of the interest I have in public affairs , to call attention to this most extraordinary fact that there 454 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER.
... able to catch them . I have felt it my duty here , in the city of New York , because of the interest I have in public affairs , to call attention to this most extraordinary fact that there 454 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BUTLER.
Page 455
... duty of every man to be loyal to the government , to sustain it , to pardon its errors and help to rectify them , and to do all he can to aid it in carrying the country on in the course of glory and grandeur in which it was started by ...
... duty of every man to be loyal to the government , to sustain it , to pardon its errors and help to rectify them , and to do all he can to aid it in carrying the country on in the course of glory and grandeur in which it was started by ...
Page 463
... duties on imports . I shall not undertake to show that all such duties must necessarily fall mainly on the exporting states , and that the South , as the great exporting portion of the Union , has in reality paid vastly more than her ...
... duties on imports . I shall not undertake to show that all such duties must necessarily fall mainly on the exporting states , and that the South , as the great exporting portion of the Union , has in reality paid vastly more than her ...
Page 464
... duties were imposed , not for revenue , but for protec- tion , that is , intended to put money , not into the treasury , but directly into the pocket of the manufacturers , some conception may be formed of the immense amount which , in ...
... duties were imposed , not for revenue , but for protec- tion , that is , intended to put money , not into the treasury , but directly into the pocket of the manufacturers , some conception may be formed of the immense amount which , in ...
Page 467
... duty , to defend it . This hostile feeling on the part of the North toward the social organization of the South long lay dormant ; but it only required some cause , which would make the impres- sion on those who felt most intensely that ...
... duty , to defend it . This hostile feeling on the part of the North toward the social organization of the South long lay dormant ; but it only required some cause , which would make the impres- sion on those who felt most intensely that ...
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