The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 7F. P. Kaiser, 1901 - 4107 pages The text of thousands of speeches from all historical periods through the 19th century arranged in alphabetical order. |
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Page 2427
... Federal Government by the People KINGSLEY , CHARLES 1819-1875 2645 Human Soot KNOTT , J. PROCTOR 1830- 2652 The Glories of Duluth KNOX , JOHN 1505-1572 2665 Against Tyrants KOSSUTH , Louis 1802-1894 2672 Local Self - Government LABORI ...
... Federal Government by the People KINGSLEY , CHARLES 1819-1875 2645 Human Soot KNOTT , J. PROCTOR 1830- 2652 The Glories of Duluth KNOX , JOHN 1505-1572 2665 Against Tyrants KOSSUTH , Louis 1802-1894 2672 Local Self - Government LABORI ...
Page 2442
... Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties , as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that com- pact , as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants ...
... Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties , as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that com- pact , as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants ...
Page 2443
... Federal compact , proceeds to infer that in case of a deliberate , palpable , and danger- ous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact , the States who are parties thereto have the right and are in duty bound , to ...
... Federal compact , proceeds to infer that in case of a deliberate , palpable , and danger- ous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact , the States who are parties thereto have the right and are in duty bound , to ...
Page 2444
... Federal Constitution , shall candidly and accurately interpret the meaning of the General Assembly . If the deliberate exercise of dangerous powers , palpably withheld by the Constitution , could not justify the parties to it in ...
... Federal Constitution , shall candidly and accurately interpret the meaning of the General Assembly . If the deliberate exercise of dangerous powers , palpably withheld by the Constitution , could not justify the parties to it in ...
Page 2445
... Federal , or the Federal to the State ; neither is authorized literally to decide which belongs to itself or its copartner in government . In differences of opinion between their different sets of public servants , the appeal is to ...
... Federal , or the Federal to the State ; neither is authorized literally to decide which belongs to itself or its copartner in government . In differences of opinion between their different sets of public servants , the appeal is to ...
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Page 2475 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?
Page 2492 - ... a majority of the community hath an indubitable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to reform, alter, or abolish it, in such manner as shall be judged most conducive to the public weal.
Page 2535 - Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law...
Page 2569 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 2835 - For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach except they be sent?
Page 2778 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 2541 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it: This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Page 2477 - Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle?
Page 2794 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract.
Page 2796 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those Divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?