Eloquence of the United States, Volume 3E. & H. Clark, 1827 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... gentlemen are apt to place great reliance on their own intelli- gence and sagacity . Some of these will tell you , that the invasion of Canada is impossible . They ask , where are the men - where is the money to be ob- tained ? And they ...
... gentlemen are apt to place great reliance on their own intelli- gence and sagacity . Some of these will tell you , that the invasion of Canada is impossible . They ask , where are the men - where is the money to be ob- tained ? And they ...
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... gentleman from Mas- sachusetts , to be out of order in his expressions . That it was impossible to prevent gentlemen from express- ing themselves , so as to convey an innuendo . Mr. Quincy proceeded . ] If , Mr. Speaker , the gentleman ...
... gentleman from Mas- sachusetts , to be out of order in his expressions . That it was impossible to prevent gentlemen from express- ing themselves , so as to convey an innuendo . Mr. Quincy proceeded . ] If , Mr. Speaker , the gentleman ...
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... gentlemen in the op- position chose to lay before the House their views of the interesting attitude in which the nation stands . It did appear to me , that the loan bill , which will soon come before us , would have afforded a much more ...
... gentlemen in the op- position chose to lay before the House their views of the interesting attitude in which the nation stands . It did appear to me , that the loan bill , which will soon come before us , would have afforded a much more ...
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... gentlemen remind me of an ob- scure lady , in a city not very far off , who also took it into her head , in conversation with an accomplished French gentleman , to talk of the affairs of Europe . She too spoke of the destruction of the ...
... gentlemen remind me of an ob- scure lady , in a city not very far off , who also took it into her head , in conversation with an accomplished French gentleman , to talk of the affairs of Europe . She too spoke of the destruction of the ...
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... gentleman , to whom I have been compelled to allude , shall have mingled his dust with that of his abused an- cestors ; when he shall have been consigned to oblivi- on , or if he lives at all , shall live only in the trea- sonable ...
... gentleman , to whom I have been compelled to allude , shall have mingled his dust with that of his abused an- cestors ; when he shall have been consigned to oblivi- on , or if he lives at all , shall live only in the trea- sonable ...
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Page 225 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Page 287 - Those which are to remain in the state governments, are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce ; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected. The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people: and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of...
Page 306 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 134 - An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on free principles but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.
Page 225 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Page 312 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 278 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press...
Page 312 - ... by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 510 - Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. But even our commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand; neither seeking nor granting exclusive favours or preferences ; consulting the natural course of things; diffusing and diversifying by gentle means the streams of commerce, but forcing nothing...
Page 15 - Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.