The Great Orations and Senatorial Speech of Daniel Webster: Comprising Eulogy on Adams and Jefferson; First Settlement of New England; Bunker Hill Monument; Reply to HayneW. M. Hayward, 1853 - 112 pages |
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... reasons for independence , but to state those which governed the Congress . For great and sufficient causes , it was pro- posed to declare independence ; and the proper business of the paper to be drawn was to set forth those causes ...
... reasons for independence , but to state those which governed the Congress . For great and sufficient causes , it was pro- posed to declare independence ; and the proper business of the paper to be drawn was to set forth those causes ...
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... reasons to be given for now refusing obedience to their authority . This clear and obvious necessity of founding the Declaration on the misconduct of the king himself , gives to that instrument its personal application , and its ...
... reasons to be given for now refusing obedience to their authority . This clear and obvious necessity of founding the Declaration on the misconduct of the king himself , gives to that instrument its personal application , and its ...
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... reasons for dissenting from the declaration . " Let us pause ! This step , once taken , can never be retraced . This reso- lution , once passed , will cut off all hope of a reconciliation . If success attend the arms of England , we ...
... reasons for dissenting from the declaration . " Let us pause ! This step , once taken , can never be retraced . This reso- lution , once passed , will cut off all hope of a reconciliation . If success attend the arms of England , we ...
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... reasons to remain in Englaud ; either on account of active occupation in the scenes which were passing , or of an anticipation of the enjoyment , in their own country , of a form of government , civil and religious , accommodated to ...
... reasons to remain in Englaud ; either on account of active occupation in the scenes which were passing , or of an anticipation of the enjoyment , in their own country , of a form of government , civil and religious , accommodated to ...
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... reason to believe that such resistance would be less forcible , or less successful , because the num- ber of such proprietors happened to be great . Each would perceive his own importance , and his own interest , and would feel that ...
... reason to believe that such resistance would be less forcible , or less successful , because the num- ber of such proprietors happened to be great . Each would perceive his own importance , and his own interest , and would feel that ...
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Page 12 - 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 13 - July; and at the same time, it was voted that a committee be appointed to prepare a Declaration to the effect of the resolution. This committee was elected by ballot, on the following day, and consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.
Page 18 - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists ; die slaves ; die, it may be, ignominiously, and on the scaffold. Be it so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But while...
Page 18 - ... 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 19 - 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.
Page 55 - THIS uncounted multitude before me, and around me, proves the feeling which the occasion has excited. These thousands of human faces, glowing with sympathy and joy, and, from the impulses of a common gratitude, turned reverently to heaven, in this spacious temple of the firmament, proclaim that the day, the place, and the purpose of our assembling have made a deep impression on our hearts.