Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1E. & H. Clark, 1827 - 517 pages |
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... effects within the bounds of a particular state , should be con- sidered as belonging to the government of that state ; whatever object of government extends in its operation or effects beyond the bounds of a particular state , should ...
... effects within the bounds of a particular state , should be con- sidered as belonging to the government of that state ; whatever object of government extends in its operation or effects beyond the bounds of a particular state , should ...
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... effects . A seat in Congress has been less an object of ambition ; and the arts of intrigue , consequently , have been less practised . Indeed , it has been difficult to find men , who were willing to suffer the mortifications , to ...
... effects . A seat in Congress has been less an object of ambition ; and the arts of intrigue , consequently , have been less practised . Indeed , it has been difficult to find men , who were willing to suffer the mortifications , to ...
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... effect ; it would tend to dissolve the con- nexion and correspondence of the two governments , to estrange them from each other , and to destroy that mutual dependence , which forms the essence of union . Sir , a number of arguments ...
... effect ; it would tend to dissolve the con- nexion and correspondence of the two governments , to estrange them from each other , and to destroy that mutual dependence , which forms the essence of union . Sir , a number of arguments ...
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... effect of its adoption in other states . In forming a government , the utmost care should be taken , to prevent its becoming oppressive ; and this government is of such an intricate and complicated nature , that no man on this earth ...
... effect of its adoption in other states . In forming a government , the utmost care should be taken , to prevent its becoming oppressive ; and this government is of such an intricate and complicated nature , that no man on this earth ...
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... effect ; it was read three times in one day , and carri- ed to the senate : I will not say that it passed the same day through the senate ; but he was attainted very speedily and precipitately , without any proof better than vague ...
... effect ; it was read three times in one day , and carri- ed to the senate : I will not say that it passed the same day through the senate ; but he was attainted very speedily and precipitately , without any proof better than vague ...
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Page iv - And also to the Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, ' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 255 - ... there is no truth more thoroughly established than that there exists in the economy and course of nature an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness, between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity...
Page 86 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Page 181 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Page 92 - ... when any government shall be found inadequate or contrary to these purposes, 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 93 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Page 254 - You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which, the proceedings of a new and free Government can more auspiciously commence. By the article establishing the Executive Department, it is made the duty of the President " to recommend to your " consideration, such measures as he shall judge necessary
Page 252 - On the one hand, I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision as the asylum of my declining years : A retreat which was rendered every day more necessary as well as more dear to me, by the addition of habit to inclination, and of frequent interruptions in my health to the gradual waste committed on it by time.
Page 365 - It is agreed that British subjects who now hold lands in the territories of the United States, and American citizens who now hold lands in the dominions of his Majesty, shall continue to hold them according to the nature and tenure of their respective estates and titles therein ; and may grant, sell, or devise the same to whom they please, in like manner as if they were natives ; and that neither they nor their heirs or assigns shall, so far as may respect the said lands and the legal remedies incident...
Page 453 - Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.