Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early Greece to the Present Time, Volume 15Mayo Williamson Hazeltine P. F. Collier & Son, 1905 - 11114 pages |
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Page 6170
... election of President Lincoln the slave power had always ruled our country and shaped our destiny . Even when he was chosen President he had only the House of Representatives on his side . The Senate and the Supreme Court of the United ...
... election of President Lincoln the slave power had always ruled our country and shaped our destiny . Even when he was chosen President he had only the House of Representatives on his side . The Senate and the Supreme Court of the United ...
Page 6175
... election , but having announced that he should not vote for the annexation of Texas his name was dropped . A coalition of Whigs and Independent Democrats subsequently made him speaker of the House , and in 1847 he was chosen senator ...
... election , but having announced that he should not vote for the annexation of Texas his name was dropped . A coalition of Whigs and Independent Democrats subsequently made him speaker of the House , and in 1847 he was chosen senator ...
Page 6177
... election . If it is pre - announced and determined that the voice of the majority , expressed through the regular and con- stituted forms of the constitution , will not be submitted to , then , sir , this is not a Union of equals ; it ...
... election . If it is pre - announced and determined that the voice of the majority , expressed through the regular and con- stituted forms of the constitution , will not be submitted to , then , sir , this is not a Union of equals ; it ...
Page 6192
... election of the highest officers known to the constitu- tion . Nothing marked the proceeding with any unusual features . No reluctance had been manifested in any quarter to fulfil the duty , the proof of which is that no more full ...
... election of the highest officers known to the constitu- tion . Nothing marked the proceeding with any unusual features . No reluctance had been manifested in any quarter to fulfil the duty , the proof of which is that no more full ...
Page 6193
... election of men . The former may be conducted without necessarily shaking the very foundations of the social system . But the latter at once denies the validity of the only process by which the organic law can be executed at all . To ...
... election of men . The former may be conducted without necessarily shaking the very foundations of the social system . But the latter at once denies the validity of the only process by which the organic law can be executed at all . To ...
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