Speeches and Forensic ArgumentsPerkins & Marvin, 1830 - 520 pages |
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Page 78
... proposed and agreed to , the House of Representatives , on the 17th of June 1774 , elected JAMES BOWDOIN , THOMAS CUSHING , SAMUEL ADAMS , JOHN ADAMS , and ROBERT TREAT PAINE , delegates from Massachusetts . This appointment was made at ...
... proposed and agreed to , the House of Representatives , on the 17th of June 1774 , elected JAMES BOWDOIN , THOMAS CUSHING , SAMUEL ADAMS , JOHN ADAMS , and ROBERT TREAT PAINE , delegates from Massachusetts . This appointment was made at ...
Page 80
... for independence , but to state those which governed the Congress . For great and sufficient causes , it was proposed to de- clare independence ; and the proper business of the paper to be drawn , was to set forth those causes , and 80.
... for independence , but to state those which governed the Congress . For great and sufficient causes , it was proposed to de- clare independence ; and the proper business of the paper to be drawn , was to set forth those causes , and 80.
Page 88
... proposed ; a man of the deepest sagacity , the clearest fore- sight , and the profoundest judgment in men . And there is GERRY , himself among the earliest and the foremost of the patriots , found , when the battle of Lexington summoned ...
... proposed ; a man of the deepest sagacity , the clearest fore- sight , and the profoundest judgment in men . And there is GERRY , himself among the earliest and the foremost of the patriots , found , when the battle of Lexington summoned ...
Page 102
... proposed to them from the Chair , requires from me a most respectful acknowledgement , and a few words of honest and sincere thanks . I should , indeed , be lost to all just feeling , or guil- ty of a weak and peurile affectation , if I ...
... proposed to them from the Chair , requires from me a most respectful acknowledgement , and a few words of honest and sincere thanks . I should , indeed , be lost to all just feeling , or guil- ty of a weak and peurile affectation , if I ...
Page 111
... proposed , had given the preference to this province , and these offers ; that Dr. Wheelock therefore represented the necessity of a legal incorporation , and proposed that certain gentlemen in America , whom he had already named and ...
... proposed , had given the preference to this province , and these offers ; that Dr. Wheelock therefore represented the necessity of a legal incorporation , and proposed that certain gentlemen in America , whom he had already named and ...
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Page 425 - 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 84 - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it; but they will toil in vain. 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.
Page 425 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have...
Page 410 - It is, sir, the people's constitution, the people's government; made for the people; made by the people; and answerable to the people.
Page 128 - By the law of the land, is most clearly intended, the general law; a law, which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Page 424 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our Federal Union. It is to that union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 451 - ... his roof. A healthful old man to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs and reaches the door of the chamber.
Page 43 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Page 452 - ... become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth. It must be confessed, it will be confessed ; there is no refuge from confession but suicide, and suicide is confession.
Page 131 - Bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation. The two former are expressly prohibited by the declarations prefixed to some of the state constitutions, and all of them are prohibited by the spirit and scope of these fundamental charters. Our own experience has taught us nevertheless, that additional fences against these dangers ought not to be omitted.