Orations and Arguments by English and American StatesmenCornelius Beach Bradley Allyn and Bacon, 1894 - 378 pages |
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... object depending , which strongly engages their hopes and fears , should be 5 somewhat inclined to superstition . As I came into the House full of anxiety about the event of my motion , I found , to my infinite surprise , that the grand ...
... object depending , which strongly engages their hopes and fears , should be 5 somewhat inclined to superstition . As I came into the House full of anxiety about the event of my motion , I found , to my infinite surprise , that the grand ...
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... object of Parliamentary attention . My little 10 share in this great deliberation oppressed me . I found myself a ... objects , 35 made , during this interval , more frequent changes in their 5 sentiments and their conduct than could be ...
... object of Parliamentary attention . My little 10 share in this great deliberation oppressed me . I found myself a ... objects , 35 made , during this interval , more frequent changes in their 5 sentiments and their conduct than could be ...
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... object which we have before us ; because after all our struggle , whether we will or not , 5 we must govern America according to that nature and to those circumstances , and not according to our own imagi- nations , nor according to ...
... object which we have before us ; because after all our struggle , whether we will or not , 5 we must govern America according to that nature and to those circumstances , and not according to our own imagi- nations , nor according to ...
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... object . It will show you that it is not to be ' considered as one of those minima which are out of the eye and consideration of the law ; not a paltry excres- cence of the state ; not a mean dependant , who may be neglected with little ...
... object . It will show you that it is not to be ' considered as one of those minima which are out of the eye and consideration of the law ; not a paltry excres- cence of the state ; not a mean dependant , who may be neglected with little ...
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... object , in view of its commerce , as concerned in the exports from Eng- land . If I were to detail the imports , I could show how 10 many enjoyments they procure which deceive the bur- then of life ; how many materials which invigorate ...
... object , in view of its commerce , as concerned in the exports from Eng- land . If I were to detail the imports , I could show how 10 many enjoyments they procure which deceive the bur- then of life ; how many materials which invigorate ...
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Page 223 - ... as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no farther valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights,...
Page 251 - 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 250 - 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 not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 251 - 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 251 - States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal 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
Page 79 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Page 15 - Neither the perseverance of Holland, nor the activity of France, nor the dexterous and firm sagacity of English enterprise, ever carried this most perilous mode of hardy industry to the extent to which it has been pushed by this recent people ; a people who are still, as it were, but in the gristle, and not yet hardened into the bone of manhood.
Page 22 - This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Page 108 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 73 - ... directors of the great movement of empire, are not fit to turn a wheel in the machine. But to men truly initiated and rightly taught, these ruling and master...