The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1854 - 221 pages |
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... politics . In 1820 he served as an Elector of President , and in 1821 as a member of the State Convention I which revised the Constitution of Massachusetts . In 1822 he was elected to Congress from the Boston district , and immediately ...
... politics . In 1820 he served as an Elector of President , and in 1821 as a member of the State Convention I which revised the Constitution of Massachusetts . In 1822 he was elected to Congress from the Boston district , and immediately ...
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... countenance and visible agitation of Mr. Calhoun . Surely , no prediction ever met a more rapid or fuller confirm ation , even to the very manner in which the disaster was accom- plished . Within a few brief months , the political 16.
... countenance and visible agitation of Mr. Calhoun . Surely , no prediction ever met a more rapid or fuller confirm ation , even to the very manner in which the disaster was accom- plished . Within a few brief months , the political 16.
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Daniel Webster. plished . Within a few brief months , the political fortunes of the Vice - President , at this moment ... politicians , upon the subject of Internal Improvements , he interrupted him with some eagerness : " Does the chair ...
Daniel Webster. plished . Within a few brief months , the political fortunes of the Vice - President , at this moment ... politicians , upon the subject of Internal Improvements , he interrupted him with some eagerness : " Does the chair ...
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... Political eminence and professional fame fade away and die with all things earthly . Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth . These remain . Whatever of excel- lence is wrought into the soul itself ...
... Political eminence and professional fame fade away and die with all things earthly . Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth . These remain . Whatever of excel- lence is wrought into the soul itself ...
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... political life , has been one of strenuous effort . The space is crowded with incidents , and tells of obstacles sturdily met and fairly overthrown . His life and his writings seem to bear testi- mony , that he can perform whatever he ...
... political life , has been one of strenuous effort . The space is crowded with incidents , and tells of obstacles sturdily met and fairly overthrown . His life and his writings seem to bear testi- mony , that he can perform whatever he ...
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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.