The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay ...Greeley & McElrath, 1843 - Campaign literature |
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... proposed object at once enlisted the most ardent sym- pathies of Mr. CLAY ; and by all the means within his reach , through the public press and in assemblies of the people , his best powers were exerted for its success . He was ...
... proposed object at once enlisted the most ardent sym- pathies of Mr. CLAY ; and by all the means within his reach , through the public press and in assemblies of the people , his best powers were exerted for its success . He was ...
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... proposed that the generation then in bond- age should so remain ; but that all their offspring , born after the passage of the law , should receive their freedom on arriv- ing at a certain age ; and made it the duty of their masters to ...
... proposed that the generation then in bond- age should so remain ; but that all their offspring , born after the passage of the law , should receive their freedom on arriv- ing at a certain age ; and made it the duty of their masters to ...
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... proposed as a candidate for the lower house of the Le- gislature . Without his knowledge a poll was opened for him in the County of Fayette . His opponents were able and dis- tinguished men and apart from general politics , the promi ...
... proposed as a candidate for the lower house of the Le- gislature . Without his knowledge a poll was opened for him in the County of Fayette . His opponents were able and dis- tinguished men and apart from general politics , the promi ...
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... of society by the storms and whirlwinds with which , from its earliest infancy , it had successfully wrestled . The display of eloquent remonstrance which he made , against the proposed measure , is MEMOIR OF HENRY CLAY . 39.
... of society by the storms and whirlwinds with which , from its earliest infancy , it had successfully wrestled . The display of eloquent remonstrance which he made , against the proposed measure , is MEMOIR OF HENRY CLAY . 39.
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Henry Clay James Barrett Swain. which he made , against the proposed measure , is said to have been of overwhelming vehemence and rarely equaled power . He found in the course of the discussion , that , if he would res- cue from ...
Henry Clay James Barrett Swain. which he made , against the proposed measure , is said to have been of overwhelming vehemence and rarely equaled power . He found in the course of the discussion , that , if he would res- cue from ...
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Page 24 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner; and all quality, Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O you mortal engines, whose rude throats The .immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! logo.
Page 137 - We are fighting a great moral battle, for the benefit not only of our country, but of all mankind. The eyes of the whole world are in fixed attention upon us. One, and the largest portion of it, is gazing with contempt, with jealousy, and with envy; the other portion, with hope, with confidence, and with affection. Everywhere the black cloud of legitimacy is suspended over the world, save only one bright spot, which breaks out from the political hemisphere of the west, to enlighten, and animate,...
Page 9 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 136 - If a Roman citizen had been asked, if he did not fear that the conqueror of Gaul might establish a throne upon the ruins of public liberty, he would have instantly repelled the unjust insinuation. Yet Greece fell...
Page 137 - Beware how you give a fatal sanction, in this infant period of our republic, scarcely yet two-score years old, to military insubordination.
Page 38 - Neither his retirement from public office, his eminent services, nor his advanced age, can exempt this patriot from the coarse assaults of party malevolence. No, sir, in 1801 he snatched from the rude hand of usurpation the violated Constitution of his country, and that is his crime. He preserved that instrument in form and substance and spirit, a precious inheritance for generations to come, and for this he can never be forgiven. How vain and impotent is party rage directed against such a man!
Page 165 - President's opinion, and by appointing his successor to effect such removal, which has been done, the President has assumed the exercise of a power over the Treasury of the United States, not granted to him by the Constitution and laws, and dangerous to the liberties of the people.
Page 47 - Great Britain intends you no harm; she did not mean to impress you, but one of her own subjects; having taken you by mistake, I will remonstrate, and try to prevail upon her by peaceable means to release you; but I cannot, my son, fight for you.
Page 38 - ... or, if he lives at all, shall live only in the treasonable annals of a certain junto, the name of Jefferson will be hailed with gratitude, his memory honored and cherished as the second founder of the liberties of the people, and the period of his administration will be looked back to, as one of the happiest and brightest epochs of American history — an oasis in the midst of a sandy desert. But...
Page 85 - Born, sir, in a land of liberty; having early learned its value; having engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years of my life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country, my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever in any country I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.