American Public Addresses, 1740-1952McGraw-Hill, 1956 - 301 pages |
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... Constitution , Sir , be the creature of State legislatures , it must be admitted that it has obtained a strange control over the volition of its creators . The people , then , Sir , erected this government . They gave it a Consti ...
... Constitution , Sir , be the creature of State legislatures , it must be admitted that it has obtained a strange control over the volition of its creators . The people , then , Sir , erected this government . They gave it a Consti ...
Page 106
... Constitution of the United States . His neighbor by his side in the territory has slaves , and needs territorial legislation to enable him to enjoy that constitutional right . Can he withhold the legislation which his neighbor needs for ...
... Constitution of the United States . His neighbor by his side in the territory has slaves , and needs territorial legislation to enable him to enjoy that constitutional right . Can he withhold the legislation which his neighbor needs for ...
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... Constitution . Had this not been true the Constitution would have failed . For the people in any event would have developed and progressed . And if the Constitution had not had the capacity for growth corresponding with the growth of ...
... Constitution . Had this not been true the Constitution would have failed . For the people in any event would have developed and progressed . And if the Constitution had not had the capacity for growth corresponding with the growth of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
RALPH WALDO EMERSON | 3 |
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry | 15 |
Copyright | |
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