Remarks on the Life and Writings of Daniel Webster of MassachusettsCarey & Lea, 1831 - 48 pages |
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... deciding circumstances of his life . Mr. Gore was a lawyer of eminence , and a gentleman , in the loftiest and most generous meaning of the word . His history was already connected with that of the country . He had been appointed ...
... deciding circumstances of his life . Mr. Gore was a lawyer of eminence , and a gentleman , in the loftiest and most generous meaning of the word . His history was already connected with that of the country . He had been appointed ...
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... decide it . Mr. Webster had already appeared once or twice before this tribunal ; -but not in any cause which had called seriously into action the powers of his mind . The case of Dartmouth College , however , was one that might well ...
... decide it . Mr. Webster had already appeared once or twice before this tribunal ; -but not in any cause which had called seriously into action the powers of his mind . The case of Dartmouth College , however , was one that might well ...
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... decide on the extent of the powers of a state government ; its decisions being final only when applied to the ... deciding on the extent of their own powers , is an essential attribute of sovereignty , of which the states are not and ...
... decide on the extent of the powers of a state government ; its decisions being final only when applied to the ... deciding on the extent of their own powers , is an essential attribute of sovereignty , of which the states are not and ...
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... decide on the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the laws ? " he goes on : - " This leads us to inquire into the origin of this government , and the source of its power . Whose agent is it ? Is it the creature of the state ...
... decide on the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the laws ? " he goes on : - " This leads us to inquire into the origin of this government , and the source of its power . Whose agent is it ? Is it the creature of the state ...
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... decide for herself , what is clear , what is deliberate , what is palpable , what is dangerous . Do adjectives and epithets avail any thing ? Sir , the human mind is so constituted , that the merits of both sides of a controversy appear ...
... decide for herself , what is clear , what is deliberate , what is palpable , what is dangerous . Do adjectives and epithets avail any thing ? Sir , the human mind is so constituted , that the merits of both sides of a controversy appear ...
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Page 43 - 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 43 - Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness.
Page 43 - 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 28 - We wish that this column, rising towards heaven among the pointed spires of so many temples dedicated to God, may contribute also to produce, in all minds, a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally, that the last object...
Page 43 - ... blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured,—bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as, What is all this worth?
Page 40 - There are those, doubtless, who wish they had been left without restraint; but the Constitution has ordered the matter differently. To make war, for instance, is an exercise of sovereignty; but the Constitution declares that no State shall make war. To coin money, is another exercise of sovereign power; but no State is at liberty to coin money. Again, the Constitution says that no sovereign State shall be so sovereign as to make a treaty. These prohibitions, it must be confessed, are a control on...
Page 28 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than as it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness are the qualities which produce conviction.
Page 28 - Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after...
Page 5 - We hope to excite a feeling of respectability, and a sense of character, by enlarging the capacity, and increasing the sphere of intellectual enjoyment. By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime.
Page 39 - ... patriotism were capable of being circumscribed within the same narrow limits. In their day and generation, they served and honored the country, and the whole country; and their renown is of the treasures of the whole country. Him, whose honored name the gentleman himself bears—does he esteem me less capable of gratitude for his patriotism, or sympathy for his sufferings, than if his eyes had first opened upon the light of Massachusetts, instead of South Carolina...