Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 479
... judges , sec- retaries , marshals , and other officers , and the inhabitants of the territory were represented by legislative bodies , whose acts were subject to the revision of Congress . This state of things continued until the ...
... judges , sec- retaries , marshals , and other officers , and the inhabitants of the territory were represented by legislative bodies , whose acts were subject to the revision of Congress . This state of things continued until the ...
Page 482
... judges , and other officers ap- pointed by the United States . She was entitled , under the deed of cession , to be admitted into the Union as a state , as soon as she had 60,000 inhabitants . The territorial gov- ernment , believing it ...
... judges , and other officers ap- pointed by the United States . She was entitled , under the deed of cession , to be admitted into the Union as a state , as soon as she had 60,000 inhabitants . The territorial gov- ernment , believing it ...
Page 486
... judge , and which only , in this momentous juncture , could save her . She determined on the latter . The consent of two - thirds of her legislature was neces- sary for the call of a convention , which was considered the only legitimate ...
... judge , and which only , in this momentous juncture , could save her . She determined on the latter . The consent of two - thirds of her legislature was neces- sary for the call of a convention , which was considered the only legitimate ...
Page 500
... judges of ourselves — what change has taken place here ? Is the constitution other than it was when we were told ( as we often were told in the bad times ) that it was a doubt whether it were worth defending ? Is the constitution other ...
... judges of ourselves — what change has taken place here ? Is the constitution other than it was when we were told ( as we often were told in the bad times ) that it was a doubt whether it were worth defending ? Is the constitution other ...
Page 518
... judges , and it is an imposition on the assembly and a calumny on our social conditions to charge us with such crimes and to seek to spatter this minority with the mud that bespatters all of you . This is not just . Now , I must answer ...
... judges , and it is an imposition on the assembly and a calumny on our social conditions to charge us with such crimes and to seek to spatter this minority with the mud that bespatters all of you . This is not just . Now , I must answer ...
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