Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts ; Speeches in CongressLittle, Brown and Company, 1853 - United States |
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... resulting from it , I should have been willing to retain it , unless considerable objection had been expressed to it . If others were satisfied with it , I should be . I do not consider it , however , essential to retain it , as there ...
... resulting from it , I should have been willing to retain it , unless considerable objection had been expressed to it . If others were satisfied with it , I should be . I do not consider it , however , essential to retain it , as there ...
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... results for the security of their possessions . It was the property of the frugal yeomanry of New England , hard earned , but freely given , that enabled her to act her proper part and perform her full duty in achieving the independence ...
... results for the security of their possessions . It was the property of the frugal yeomanry of New England , hard earned , but freely given , that enabled her to act her proper part and perform her full duty in achieving the independence ...
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... result . I do not say that this is peculiar , I do not say that others have not done as well . It is enough that , in these respects , we shall be satisfied that we are not behind our neighbors . No doubt , Sir , there are benefits of ...
... result . I do not say that this is peculiar , I do not say that others have not done as well . It is enough that , in these respects , we shall be satisfied that we are not behind our neighbors . No doubt , Sir , there are benefits of ...
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... result from computation , and I do not understand it to be denied , that , on his system , a majority of the representatives will be chosen by towns not containing one third part of the whole population of the State . I would beg to ask ...
... result from computation , and I do not understand it to be denied , that , on his system , a majority of the representatives will be chosen by towns not containing one third part of the whole population of the State . I would beg to ask ...
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... result from any bank are greatly overrated . To look to a bank , as a source capable , not only of affording a circulating medium to the country , but also of supplying the ways and means of carrying on the war , especially at a time ...
... result from any bank are greatly overrated . To look to a bank , as a source capable , not only of affording a circulating medium to the country , but also of supplying the ways and means of carrying on the war , especially at a time ...
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Page 342 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 200 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 319 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 501 - 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.
Page 455 - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Page 317 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts ; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history ; the world knows it by heart.
Page 275 - I never shall be, into crimination and recrimination, the honorable member may perhaps find that, in that contest, there will be blows to take as well as blows to give; that others can state comparisons as significant, at least, as his own; and that his impunity may possibly demand of him whatever powers of taunt and sarcasm he may possess. I commend him to a prudent husbandry of his resources.
Page 477 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this constitution.
Page 255 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Page 498 - To grant patents for useful inventions. "To secure to authors exclusive rights for a certain time. "To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.