American Eloquence : a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the Most Eminent Orators of America ; with Biographical Sketches and Illustrative Notes, Volume 2D. Appleton and Company, 1858 - Orators |
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... gentleman who opened the debate . He can- not be answered . This great objection to that system remains unanswered . Is there no other argument which ought to have weight with us on this subject ? Delay is a strong and pointed objection ...
... gentleman who opened the debate . He can- not be answered . This great objection to that system remains unanswered . Is there no other argument which ought to have weight with us on this subject ? Delay is a strong and pointed objection ...
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... gentleman tells us there are no checks in this plan . What has become of his enthusiastic eulogium on the American spirit ? We should find a check and control , when oppressed from that source . In this country , there is no exclusive ...
... gentleman tells us there are no checks in this plan . What has become of his enthusiastic eulogium on the American spirit ? We should find a check and control , when oppressed from that source . In this country , there is no exclusive ...
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... gentleman . I think the virtue and talents of the members of the general govern - dependent in their office , will never counte- ment will tend to the security , instead of the destruction , of our liberty . I think that the power of ...
... gentleman . I think the virtue and talents of the members of the general govern - dependent in their office , will never counte- ment will tend to the security , instead of the destruction , of our liberty . I think that the power of ...
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... gentleman think that the State courts will have no cognizance of cases not mentioned here ? Are there any words in this constitution which exclude the courts of the States from those cases which they now possess ? Does the gentleman ...
... gentleman think that the State courts will have no cognizance of cases not mentioned here ? Are there any words in this constitution which exclude the courts of the States from those cases which they now possess ? Does the gentleman ...
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... gentleman , that he was mistaken . This may go to the cure of the mischief apprehended . Gentlemen must be satisfied , that this power will not be so much abused as they have said . The honorable member says , that he derives no ...
... gentleman , that he was mistaken . This may go to the cure of the mischief apprehended . Gentlemen must be satisfied , that this power will not be so much abused as they have said . The honorable member says , that he derives no ...
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Page 78 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Page 399 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in Heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood...
Page 363 - We come, as Americans, to mark a spot which must forever be dear to us and our posterity. We wish that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn his eye hither, may behold that the place is not undistinguished...
Page 46 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 194 - American citizens who now hold lands in the dominions of His Majesty, shall continue to hold them according to the nature and tenure of their respective estates and titles therein; and may grant, sell, or devise the same to whom they please, in like manner as if they were natives ; and that neither they nor their heirs or assigns shall, so far as may respect the said lands and the legal remedies incident thereto, be regarded as aliens.
Page 362 - We shall not stand unmoved on the shore of Plymouth while the sea continues to wash it ; nor will our brethren in another early and ancient colony forget the place of its first establishment till their river shall cease to flow by it. No vigor of youth, no maturity of manhood, will lead the nation to forget the spots where its infancy was cradled and defended.
Page 399 - Liberty first and Union afterwards;" but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable ! Mr.
Page 364 - But the scene amidst which we stand does not permit us to confine our thoughts or our sympathies to those fearless spirits who hazarded or lost their lives on this consecrated spot. We have the happiness to rejoice here in the presence of a most worthy representation of the survivors of the whole Revolutionary Army. Veterans ! you are the remnant of many a well-fought field. You bring with you marks of honor from Trenton and Monmouth, from Yorktown, Camden, Bennington and Saratoga.
Page 209 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 399 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the union, to see what, might lie hidden in the dark recess behind.