Modern Eloquence, Volume 12Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1903 |
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Page 455
... vote for it , or for any part of it -- but it is the government of my country , it is the only organ by which I can ... voted against CHARACTER AND RESULTS OF THE WAR 455.
... vote for it , or for any part of it -- but it is the government of my country , it is the only organ by which I can ... voted against CHARACTER AND RESULTS OF THE WAR 455.
Page 456
... voted against the supplies for the Mexican War - all history is against these men . Let no politician of our day put himself in the way of the march of this country to glory and greatness , for whoever does so will surely be crushed ...
... voted against the supplies for the Mexican War - all history is against these men . Let no politician of our day put himself in the way of the march of this country to glory and greatness , for whoever does so will surely be crushed ...
Page 468
... votes of all parties , the agitation which followed would have been prevented , and the fanatical movements accompanying the agitation , which have brought us to our present perilous condition , would have become extinct for the want of ...
... votes of all parties , the agitation which followed would have been prevented , and the fanatical movements accompanying the agitation , which have brought us to our present perilous condition , would have become extinct for the want of ...
Page 482
... votes the acts of the executive , which are in direct derogation to what you then contended for ? But , to approach still nearer to the present time , how can you , after condemning , little more than a year since , the grounds taken by ...
... votes the acts of the executive , which are in direct derogation to what you then contended for ? But , to approach still nearer to the present time , how can you , after condemning , little more than a year since , the grounds taken by ...
Page 498
... vote , I have never uttered one sentiment , which had not for its object the consummation now happily within our view . us . I am not ashamed , and it is not unpleasing or unprofit- able , to look back upon the dangers which we have ...
... vote , I have never uttered one sentiment , which had not for its object the consummation now happily within our view . us . I am not ashamed , and it is not unpleasing or unprofit- able , to look back upon the dangers which we have ...
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