Annual Register, Volume 110Edmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1869 - History |
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... existence . Under these circumstances , I have presumed to undertake the office , and I am bound in gratitude to those who are my colleagues to express my sense of the generous manner in which they have granted me their assistance ...
... existence . Under these circumstances , I have presumed to undertake the office , and I am bound in gratitude to those who are my colleagues to express my sense of the generous manner in which they have granted me their assistance ...
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... existence of bribery or corruption at the election , with which the House might afterwards deal in the exercise of its powers as it should see fit . The reform thus proposed in the election tribunal appeared likely to meet with no ...
... existence of bribery or corruption at the election , with which the House might afterwards deal in the exercise of its powers as it should see fit . The reform thus proposed in the election tribunal appeared likely to meet with no ...
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... existence of the Parliament came to an end , the scene of the controversy was merely shifted , and the issue transferred from the benches of the House of Commons to the hustings of the three kingdoms . The question whether the ...
... existence of the Parliament came to an end , the scene of the controversy was merely shifted , and the issue transferred from the benches of the House of Commons to the hustings of the three kingdoms . The question whether the ...
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... existence of this feeling , and removing , if possible , any just cause of offence , Earl Stanhope moved for the appointment of a Select Committee " to inquire into the operation of any law as to the assumption of ecclesiastical titles ...
... existence of this feeling , and removing , if possible , any just cause of offence , Earl Stanhope moved for the appointment of a Select Committee " to inquire into the operation of any law as to the assumption of ecclesiastical titles ...
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... existence of the Established Church . Until the tenant got security for his improvements , and was protected from the rapacity or caprice of his landlord , it would be vain to hope for tranquillity . He asked the Government to declare ...
... existence of the Established Church . Until the tenant got security for his improvements , and was protected from the rapacity or caprice of his landlord , it would be vain to hope for tranquillity . He asked the Government to declare ...
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Page 261 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired ; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 250 - Whereas the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 238 - I pretend, after the best consideration I have been able to give to the subject, to hold an opinion far from doubt.
Page 254 - ... for these brave defenders of the nation are obligations never to be forgotten; the widows and orphans of the gallant dead are the wards of the people — a sacred legacy bequeathed to the nation's protecting care.
Page 227 - As touching kneeling, crossing, holding up of hands, knocking upon the breast, and other gestures, they may be used or left, as every man's devotion serveth, without blame.
Page 253 - The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to all loyal men at the South, was demanded by every consideration of public safety, of gratitude, and of justice, and must be maintained; while the question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs to the people. of those States.
Page 183 - Court, to state if he had any thing to say, why sentence of death should not be passed upon him, replied he had nothing further than he had communicated to Mr.
Page 258 - ... maintenance of the government and the preservation of the Union under the Constitution, it has repeatedly violated that most sacred pledge, under which alone was rallied that noble volunteer army which carried our flag to victory. Instead of restoring the Union, it has, so far as in its power, dissolved it, and subjected ten States, in time of profound peace, to military despotism and negro supremacy.
Page 254 - The doctrine of Great Britain and other European powers, that because a man is once a subject he is always so, must be resisted at every hazard by the United States as a relic of feudal times, not authorized by the laws of nations, and at war with our national honor and independence.
Page 226 - When the Priest, standing before the table, hath so ordered the bread and wine, that he may with the more readiness and decency break the bread before the people, and take the cup into his hands, he shall say the prayer of Consecration, as followeth...