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... called - at Richmond Academy , that when only fifteen he was found fit to enter the sophomore class in Washington College , Pennsyl- vania . — So it was in the morning ; but in this noonday of intelligence and culture the young man can ...
... called - at Richmond Academy , that when only fifteen he was found fit to enter the sophomore class in Washington College , Pennsyl- vania . — So it was in the morning ; but in this noonday of intelligence and culture the young man can ...
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... called , resumed actively his profession . Still his restive nature sought other outlet for its energies , and in connection with his law - partner , Thomas Miller , he began and for many years continued to edit the Columbia Patriot ...
... called , resumed actively his profession . Still his restive nature sought other outlet for its energies , and in connection with his law - partner , Thomas Miller , he began and for many years continued to edit the Columbia Patriot ...
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... called into requisition , but a largeness of intelligence , a height and breadth of conception , a liberality and idealism of spirit , and a sense of the future , that made him not only a con- spicuous actor in one generation , but a ...
... called into requisition , but a largeness of intelligence , a height and breadth of conception , a liberality and idealism of spirit , and a sense of the future , that made him not only a con- spicuous actor in one generation , but a ...
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... called on to make choice between the two great political parties , Whig and Democratic , that for so many years divided the suffrages and alter- nately directed the destinies of the American people . This is not the place either to ...
... called on to make choice between the two great political parties , Whig and Democratic , that for so many years divided the suffrages and alter- nately directed the destinies of the American people . This is not the place either to ...
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... called for consideration . But there was ample subject for discussion and resolution . The great Whig dogma of " internal improvement " came up under various forms for consideration ; the ardent spirit of Rollins , full of zeal for ...
... called for consideration . But there was ample subject for discussion and resolution . The great Whig dogma of " internal improvement " came up under various forms for consideration ; the ardent spirit of Rollins , full of zeal for ...
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Page 209 - But yesterday, the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 127 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations — northern and southern — Atlantic and western ; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Page 143 - It follows from these views that no State, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union,— that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void...
Page 141 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; 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:...
Page 214 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success: that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 199 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Page 142 - Apprehension seems to exist among the people of the Southern States that by the accession of a Republican Administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the public speeches of him who now addresses you.
Page 196 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 143 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the states, and especially the right of each state to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 190 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.