American Politics (non-partisan) from the Beginning to Date: Embodying a History of All the Political Parties, with Their Views and Records on All Important Questions. Great Speeches on All Great Issues, and Tabulated History and Chronological Events |
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... authority - the authority of the na- and advocated as a substitute for the con- tional government to be final in appeals . stitution a revival of the old articles of As we have stated , the weakness of the confederation with additional ...
... authority - the authority of the na- and advocated as a substitute for the con- tional government to be final in appeals . stitution a revival of the old articles of As we have stated , the weakness of the confederation with additional ...
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... authority beyond the limits of the state was respected , and Congress was notably powerless in its attempts to command aid from the states to meet the payment of the war debt , or the interest thereon . In- stead of general respect for ...
... authority beyond the limits of the state was respected , and Congress was notably powerless in its attempts to command aid from the states to meet the payment of the war debt , or the interest thereon . In- stead of general respect for ...
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... authorities and to promote its industries . He was strengthened the law , and the respect for the author of the ... authority from the states of the Union . They contended that the power of the state should be supreme , and charged ...
... authorities and to promote its industries . He was strengthened the law , and the respect for the author of the ... authority from the states of the Union . They contended that the power of the state should be supreme , and charged ...
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... authority of the State , to spective limits , the authorities , rights , and preserve and protect the rights secured to liberties appertaining to them . " them by the charter of their liberties , they will succeed in defending them , or ...
... authority of the State , to spective limits , the authorities , rights , and preserve and protect the rights secured to liberties appertaining to them . " them by the charter of their liberties , they will succeed in defending them , or ...
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... authority superadded to Constitution , Mr. Benton's speech in the remove the office of customs from one Senate is of ... authority to stamp me- ster gave to these measures was the regular tallic money , and is not an authority for result ...
... authority superadded to Constitution , Mr. Benton's speech in the remove the office of customs from one Senate is of ... authority to stamp me- ster gave to these measures was the regular tallic money , and is not an authority for result ...
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Page 22 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice ? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world...
Page 68 - ... that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity ; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety ; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned ; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link...
Page 143 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Page 122 - I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 20 - If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off, when we may defy material injury from external annoyance ; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected ; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
Page 74 - Peace— but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me...
Page 143 - ... above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 19 - It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government. Who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference upon attempts to shake the foun-dation of the fabric ? Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
Page 143 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 22 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens,) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government.