The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1854 - 221 pages |
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... measures , in fine , affecting his country , he has inscribed his opinions , and left the traces of his hand . By some felicity of his personal life , by some deep or beautiful word , by some service of his own , or some commemoration ...
... measures , in fine , affecting his country , he has inscribed his opinions , and left the traces of his hand . By some felicity of his personal life , by some deep or beautiful word , by some service of his own , or some commemoration ...
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... measures of the British government , a jury of Massachusetts would not deprive the most reckless enemies , even the officers of that standing army , quartered among them , which they so perfectly abhorred , of any part of that ...
... measures of the British government , a jury of Massachusetts would not deprive the most reckless enemies , even the officers of that standing army , quartered among them , which they so perfectly abhorred , of any part of that ...
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... measures . He was of the committee to state the rights of the colonies , and of that also which reported the address to the king . As it was in the continental Congress , fellow - citizens , that those whose deaths have given rise to ...
... measures . He was of the committee to state the rights of the colonies , and of that also which reported the address to the king . As it was in the continental Congress , fellow - citizens , that those whose deaths have given rise to ...
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... measure , a committee , at the head of which was Mr. Adams , had reported a resolution , which Con- gress adopted the 10th of May , recommending in substance , to all the colo- nies which had not already established governments suited ...
... measure , a committee , at the head of which was Mr. Adams , had reported a resolution , which Con- gress adopted the 10th of May , recommending in substance , to all the colo- nies which had not already established governments suited ...
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... measure , in any event of fortune , to the country and to posterity . The cause of Ameri- can independence , moreover , was now to be presented to the world in such man- ner , if it might so be , as to engage its sympathy , to command ...
... measure , in any event of fortune , to the country and to posterity . The cause of Ameri- can independence , moreover , was now to be presented to the world in such man- ner , if it might so be , as to engage its sympathy , to command ...
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Page 1 - 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 180 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact : as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous 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 interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...
Page 2 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Page 58 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 33 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 64 - ... If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies; and I know, that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated.
Page 65 - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.