Eloquence of the United States, Volume 1E. & H. Clark, 1827 - 517 pages |
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... give , that such a vote was right . I have thought that it would be but a very poor compliment to my con- stituents to say , that in my opinion , such a vote would have been proper , but that I supposed a contrary one would be more ...
... give , that such a vote was right . I have thought that it would be but a very poor compliment to my con- stituents to say , that in my opinion , such a vote would have been proper , but that I supposed a contrary one would be more ...
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... give similar directions in the latter case . The states should resign to the national government that part , and that part only , of their political liberty , which , placed in that government , will produce more good to the whole ...
... give similar directions in the latter case . The states should resign to the national government that part , and that part only , of their political liberty , which , placed in that government , will produce more good to the whole ...
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... give different answers . Sir William Blackstone will tell you , that in Britain , the power is lodged in the British parliament ; that the parliament may alter the form of the government ; and that its power is abso- lute and without ...
... give different answers . Sir William Blackstone will tell you , that in Britain , the power is lodged in the British parliament ; that the parliament may alter the form of the government ; and that its power is abso- lute and without ...
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... give any personal bias , on the great question before us . I will not agree with gentlemen , who trifle with the weaknesses of our country ; and suppose , that they are enumerated to answer a party purpose , and to terrify with ideal ...
... give any personal bias , on the great question before us . I will not agree with gentlemen , who trifle with the weaknesses of our country ; and suppose , that they are enumerated to answer a party purpose , and to terrify with ideal ...
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... give to such a government certain powers , with safety , yet to give them the full and unlimited powers of taxation and the national forces , would be to establish a despotism ; the defini- tion of which is , a government in which all ...
... give to such a government certain powers , with safety , yet to give them the full and unlimited powers of taxation and the national forces , would be to establish a despotism ; the defini- tion of which is , a government in which all ...
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Page 451 - Such a nation might truly say to corruption, thou art my father, and to the worm, thou art my mother and my sister.
Page 84 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Page 253 - I have, in obedience to the publick summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States, a government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may...
Page ii - In conformity to the Act of Congress of the United States, 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 91 - 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 95 - If your American chief be a man of ambition and abilities, how easy is it for him to render himself absolute! The army is in his hands, and if he be a man of address, it will be attached to him, and it will be the subject of long meditation with him to seize the first auspicious moment to accomplish his design...
Page 466 - If a preference, upon principle, of a free republican government, formed upon long and serious reflection, after a diligent and impartial inquiry after truth ; if an attachment to the constitution of the United States, and a conscientious determination to support it...
Page 94 - This constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, sir, they appear to me horribly frightful: among other deformities it has an awful squinting; it squints toward monarchy; and does not this raise indignation in the breast of every true American...
Page 454 - On this subject you need not suspect any deception on your feelings. It is a spectacle of horror, which cannot be overdrawn.
Page 450 - It is painful, I hope it is superfluous, to make even the supposition, that America should furnish the occasion of this opprobrium. No, let me not even imagine, that a republican government, sprung, as our own is, from a people enlightened and uncorrupted, a government whose origin is right, and whose daily discipline is duty, can, upon solemn debate, make its option to be faithless; can dare to act what despots dare not avow, what our own example evinces the states of Barbary are unsuspected of.