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It is therefore · merely a subject of agreement , which should be conducted upon principles of mutual interest and acommodation , and upon which no sensibility on either side should be permitted to exist .
It is therefore · merely a subject of agreement , which should be conducted upon principles of mutual interest and acommodation , and upon which no sensibility on either side should be permitted to exist .
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The love of power is a principle in the human heart which too often impels to the use of all practicable means to prolong its duration . The office of President has charms and attractions which operate as powerful incentives to this ...
The love of power is a principle in the human heart which too often impels to the use of all practicable means to prolong its duration . The office of President has charms and attractions which operate as powerful incentives to this ...
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To the great principle sanctioned by that act , one of those upon which the Constitution itself was formed , I hope and trust the authorities of the Union will adhere . But if any of the duties imposed by the act only relieve the ...
To the great principle sanctioned by that act , one of those upon which the Constitution itself was formed , I hope and trust the authorities of the Union will adhere . But if any of the duties imposed by the act only relieve the ...
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But trampling on all considerations , either of interest or of safety , they rushed into the conflict , and , fighting for principle , periled all in the sacred cause of freedom . Never were there exhibited in the history of the world ...
But trampling on all considerations , either of interest or of safety , they rushed into the conflict , and , fighting for principle , periled all in the sacred cause of freedom . Never were there exhibited in the history of the world ...
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... mere interpolations into the compact , and direct infractions of it , " he solemnly reasserts all the principles of the Virginia resolutions of '98 , protests against " these acts of the Federal branch of the Government as null and ...
... mere interpolations into the compact , and direct infractions of it , " he solemnly reasserts all the principles of the Virginia resolutions of '98 , protests against " these acts of the Federal branch of the Government as null and ...
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| Title | Great Debates in American History: State rights (1798-1861); slavery (1858-1861) Volume 5 of Great Debates in American History: From the Debates in the British Parliament on the Colonial Stamp Act (1764-1765) to the Debates in Congress at the Close of the Taft Administration (1912-1913), Marion Mills Miller |
| Editor | Marion Mills Miller |
| Contributors | United States. Congress, Great Britain. Parliament |
| Publisher | Current Literature Publishing Company, 1913 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Oct 2010 |
| ISBN | 0810803860, 9780810803862 |
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