Speeches of Messrs. Hayne and Webster in the United States Senate, on the Resolution of Mr. Foot, January, 1830Redding, 1852 - 84 pages |
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... trust , bind themselves to facilitate the foundation of these states , to be admitted into the Union with all the rights and privileges of the original states . This , sir , was the great end to which all parties looked , and it is by ...
... trust , bind themselves to facilitate the foundation of these states , to be admitted into the Union with all the rights and privileges of the original states . This , sir , was the great end to which all parties looked , and it is by ...
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... trust that he will tell us when that friendship commenced , how it was brought about , and why it was established . Before I leave this topic , I must be permitted to say that the true character of the policy now pursued by the ...
... trust that he will tell us when that friendship commenced , how it was brought about , and why it was established . Before I leave this topic , I must be permitted to say that the true character of the policy now pursued by the ...
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... trusts which had devolved upon us as the owners of slaves , in the only way in which such a trust could be fulfilled , without spreading misery and ruin throughout the land . We found that we had to deal with a people whose physical ...
... trusts which had devolved upon us as the owners of slaves , in the only way in which such a trust could be fulfilled , without spreading misery and ruin throughout the land . We found that we had to deal with a people whose physical ...
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... trust to experience , there can be no doubt that it has never yet produced any injurious effect on individual or national character . Look through the whole history of the country , from the commencement of the revolution down to the ...
... trust to experience , there can be no doubt that it has never yet produced any injurious effect on individual or national character . Look through the whole history of the country , from the commencement of the revolution down to the ...
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... trust let a grateful country tell . Not a measure was adopted , not a battle fought , not a victory won , which contributed , in any degree , to the success of that war , to which southern councils and southern valor did not largely ...
... trust let a grateful country tell . Not a measure was adopted , not a battle fought , not a victory won , which contributed , in any degree , to the success of that war , to which southern councils and southern valor did not largely ...
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Page 82 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious union ; on states dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
Page 37 - President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 65 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts — she needs none. There she is — behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history: the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill — and there they will remain forever.
Page 82 - I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below ; nor could I regard him as a safe...
Page 81 - I profess, Sir, in my career hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our Federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 82 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not. accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 67 - States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, .and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 77 - There are in the constitution grants of powers to congress, and restrictions on those powers. There are, also, prohibitions on the states. Some authority must, therefore, necessarily exist, having the ultimate jurisdiction to fix and ascertain the interpretation of these grants, restrictions, and prohibitions. The constitution has itself pointed out, ordained, and established that authority. How has it accomplished this great and essential end ? By declaring, sir, that " the constitution, and the...
Page 41 - Banquo, at whose bidding his spirit would not down. The honorable gentleman is fresh in his reading of the English classics, and can put me right if I am wrong; but, according to my poor recollection, it was at those who had begun with caresses and ended with foul and treacherous murder that the gory locks were shaken. The ghost of Banquo, like that of Hamlet, was an honest ghost. It disturbed no innocent man. It knew where its appearance would strike terror, and who would cry out, A ghost!
Page 76 - I hold it to be a popular government, erected by the people, those who administer it responsible to the people, and itself capable of being amended and modified, just as the people may choose it should be. It is as popular, just as truly emanating from the people, as the state governments. It is created for one purpose; the state governments for another. It has its own powers ; they have theirs.