American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a History of All the Political Parties, with Their Views and Records on All Important Questions. Great Speeches on All Great Issues, and Tabulated History and Chronological Events |
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... Resolved , That these united colonies are , and of right ought to be , free and indepen- dent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown , and that all political connection between them and the State of ...
... Resolved , That these united colonies are , and of right ought to be , free and indepen- dent states ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown , and that all political connection between them and the State of ...
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... resolved to follow the policy of Jefferson , a fact about which there was no misunderstanding . He desired to avert war as long as possible with England , and sought by skilful diplomacy to avert the dangers presented by both France and ...
... resolved to follow the policy of Jefferson , a fact about which there was no misunderstanding . He desired to avert war as long as possible with England , and sought by skilful diplomacy to avert the dangers presented by both France and ...
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... resolved to tender his resigna- together , and to prevent the resignation of tion also , but on reconsideration determined his cabinet . In his veto message the to remain and publish his reasons there- President fell back upon his early ...
... resolved to tender his resigna- together , and to prevent the resignation of tion also , but on reconsideration determined his cabinet . In his veto message the to remain and publish his reasons there- President fell back upon his early ...
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... resolved by the British Government to propose the line of 49 degrees , continuing to the ocean , as originally offered by Mr. Calhoun ; and though the President was favorable to its acceptance , he could not , consistently with his ...
... resolved by the British Government to propose the line of 49 degrees , continuing to the ocean , as originally offered by Mr. Calhoun ; and though the President was favorable to its acceptance , he could not , consistently with his ...
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... resolved by the British Government to propose the line of 49 degrees , continuing to the ocean , as originally offered by Mr. Calhoun ; and though the President was favorable to its acceptance , he could not , consistently with his ...
... resolved by the British Government to propose the line of 49 degrees , continuing to the ocean , as originally offered by Mr. Calhoun ; and though the President was favorable to its acceptance , he could not , consistently with his ...
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Page 322 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 117 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 55 - ... that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link...
Page 319 - Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 117 - ... above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 51 - If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 319 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Page 319 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 24 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent, without endangering our peace and happiness ; nor can any one believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference. If we look to the comparative strength and resources of Spain, and those new governments, and their distance from each other,...