Daniel Webster: An Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Statue of Mr. Webster, in Boston, September 17th, 1859H.H. Lloyd & Company, 1859 - 210 pages |
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Page 181
... less injustice done and suffered , more or less gross un- charitableness and bitter denunciation . Besides , with the utmost effort at impartiality , it is not within the competence of our frail capacities to do full justice at the time ...
... less injustice done and suffered , more or less gross un- charitableness and bitter denunciation . Besides , with the utmost effort at impartiality , it is not within the competence of our frail capacities to do full justice at the time ...
Page 190
... less responsible than those which attach to office . Before the importance of Mr. Webster's political services is dispar- aged for want of positive results , which can only be brought about by those who are clothed with power , it must ...
... less responsible than those which attach to office . Before the importance of Mr. Webster's political services is dispar- aged for want of positive results , which can only be brought about by those who are clothed with power , it must ...
Page 191
... less brilliant as a jurist than as a statesman . In fact , he possessed in an eminent degree a judicial mind . While performing an amount of congressional and official labor sufficient to fill the busiest day and to task the strongest ...
... less brilliant as a jurist than as a statesman . In fact , he possessed in an eminent degree a judicial mind . While performing an amount of congressional and official labor sufficient to fill the busiest day and to task the strongest ...
Page 192
... less important , and , at the time , not less novel , were the principles involved in the celebrated case of Gibbons and Ogden . This case grew out of a grant by the State of New York to the as- signees of Fulton of the exclusive right ...
... less important , and , at the time , not less novel , were the principles involved in the celebrated case of Gibbons and Ogden . This case grew out of a grant by the State of New York to the as- signees of Fulton of the exclusive right ...
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... less distinguished in early and middle life in the ordinary walks of the profession . From a very early period he shared the best practice with the most eminent of his profession . The trial of Goodridge in 1817 , and of Knapp in 1829 ...
... less distinguished in early and middle life in the ordinary walks of the profession . From a very early period he shared the best practice with the most eminent of his profession . The trial of Goodridge in 1817 , and of Knapp in 1829 ...
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Page 183 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Page 210 - I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Page 236 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying the amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved.
Page 251 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Page 236 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 246 - The Constitution and laws of the United States are the supreme law of the land, and to these every citizen of every State owes obedience, whether in his individual or official capacity.
Page 210 - I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is more than worth all the means ; and that posterity will triumph in that day's transaction, even although we should rue it, — which I trust in God we shall not.
Page 239 - The government of the United States, then, though limited in its powers, is supreme; and its laws, when made in pursuance of the Constitution, form the supreme law of the land, ' ' anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 239 - The Constitution was ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves, for their own government, and not for the government of the individual States. Each State established a Constitution for itself, and in that Constitution provided such limitations and restrictions on the powers of its particular government as its judgment dictated. The people of the United States...
Page 266 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.