Speeches and Forensic ArgumentsPerkins & Marvin, 1830 - 520 pages |
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... manner annihila- ted . A general inactivity and languishment pervaded the public body . Liberty , property , and everything which ought to be dear to men , every day grew more and more insecure . " With the revolution in England , a ...
... manner annihila- ted . A general inactivity and languishment pervaded the public body . Liberty , property , and everything which ought to be dear to men , every day grew more and more insecure . " With the revolution in England , a ...
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... manner in which property is holden and distributed . There is a natural influence belonging to property , whether it exists in many hands or few ; and it is on the rights of property , that both despotism and unrestrained popular ...
... manner in which property is holden and distributed . There is a natural influence belonging to property , whether it exists in many hands or few ; and it is on the rights of property , that both despotism and unrestrained popular ...
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... manner of organizing the government ; but also by the laws which regulate the descent and transmission of property . The freest government , if it could exist , would not be long acceptable , if the tendency of the laws were to create a ...
... manner of organizing the government ; but also by the laws which regulate the descent and transmission of property . The freest government , if it could exist , would not be long acceptable , if the tendency of the laws were to create a ...
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... manner , by a government entirely and purely elective . If we fail in this , our disaster will be signal , and will furnish an ar- gument , stronger than has yet been found , in support of those opin- ions , which maintain that ...
... manner , by a government entirely and purely elective . If we fail in this , our disaster will be signal , and will furnish an ar- gument , stronger than has yet been found , in support of those opin- ions , which maintain that ...
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... manner they were obtained ; although ordinary and vulgar power may , in human affairs , be lost as it has been won ; yet it is the glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge , that what it gains it never loses . On the contrary ...
... manner they were obtained ; although ordinary and vulgar power may , in human affairs , be lost as it has been won ; yet it is the glorious prerogative of the empire of knowledge , that what it gains it never loses . On the contrary ...
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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.