American Public Addresses, 1740-1952McGraw-Hill, 1956 - 301 pages |
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... Congress should fix the general govern- ment , this would impair the dignity , and hazard the safety , of Congress . If the safety of the Union were under the control of any particular state , would not foreign corruption probably ...
... Congress should fix the general govern- ment , this would impair the dignity , and hazard the safety , of Congress . If the safety of the Union were under the control of any particular state , would not foreign corruption probably ...
Page 79
... Congress should take jurisdiction over the subject . To justify their course , they took the extraordinary ground , that Congress was bound to receive petitions on every subject , however objectionable they might be , and whether they ...
... Congress should take jurisdiction over the subject . To justify their course , they took the extraordinary ground , that Congress was bound to receive petitions on every subject , however objectionable they might be , and whether they ...
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... Congress when they were voted . The war was commenced on the 13th day of May , 1846 , and on that day we appropriated in Congress ten millions of dollars and fifty thousand men to prosecute it . During the same session we voted more men ...
... Congress when they were voted . The war was commenced on the 13th day of May , 1846 , and on that day we appropriated in Congress ten millions of dollars and fifty thousand men to prosecute it . During the same session we voted more men ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
RALPH WALDO EMERSON | 3 |
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry | 15 |
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