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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... seceding States at the present day ) , then the gen- eral Government was , by this South Carolina amendment , ex- pressly authorized to do it . South Carolina in 1788 , by a sort of prophetic foresight , looked forward to the ...
... seceding States at the present day ) , then the gen- eral Government was , by this South Carolina amendment , ex- pressly authorized to do it . South Carolina in 1788 , by a sort of prophetic foresight , looked forward to the ...
Page 241
... seceding States claim the right to exercise every power expressly delegated to Congress and expressly prohibited to the States by that Constitution , which every one of their prominent men , civil and military , is under oath to support ...
... seceding States claim the right to exercise every power expressly delegated to Congress and expressly prohibited to the States by that Constitution , which every one of their prominent men , civil and military , is under oath to support ...
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... seceding States really mean , after all , to deny that , if a State law is passed to prevent the rendition of a fugitive slave , the general Government has any right to employ force to effect his sur- render ? But , as I have said ...
... seceding States really mean , after all , to deny that , if a State law is passed to prevent the rendition of a fugitive slave , the general Government has any right to employ force to effect his sur- render ? But , as I have said ...
Page 249
... seceding from the Union , is the most stupendous non sequitur that was ever advanced in grave affairs . The only legitimate in- ference to be drawn from that sovereignty is precisely the reverse . If any one right can be predicated of a ...
... seceding from the Union , is the most stupendous non sequitur that was ever advanced in grave affairs . The only legitimate in- ference to be drawn from that sovereignty is precisely the reverse . If any one right can be predicated of a ...
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... seceding States , Judge Lynch would not fail to enforce at the lamp - post and tar - bucket against any person guilty of the offenses against which these statutes are aimed . It suited , however , the purposes of party at that time to ...
... seceding States , Judge Lynch would not fail to enforce at the lamp - post and tar - bucket against any person guilty of the offenses against which these statutes are aimed . It suited , however , the purposes of party at that time to ...
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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.