The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1888 - Legislators |
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Page 14
... legislative pulse with the suggestions of moral courage , sublime in a young man of nine - and - twenty years , yet put forth with fearless- ness and self - abnegation . As It shows him suffering a gubernatorial defeat only to be recom ...
... legislative pulse with the suggestions of moral courage , sublime in a young man of nine - and - twenty years , yet put forth with fearless- ness and self - abnegation . As It shows him suffering a gubernatorial defeat only to be recom ...
Page 59
... legislative body . In the senate and in the house of representatives the republicans voted steadily on the side of the measure , while the democrats , with a few exceptions , were as uniformly against it . Mr. Seward's speech in favor ...
... legislative body . In the senate and in the house of representatives the republicans voted steadily on the side of the measure , while the democrats , with a few exceptions , were as uniformly against it . Mr. Seward's speech in favor ...
Page 172
... legislative powers of the republic ; and once in four years , the vice - president and presi- dent of the United States , its chief executive magistrates . The peace , order , prosperity , and happiness , and even the safety of society ...
... legislative powers of the republic ; and once in four years , the vice - president and presi- dent of the United States , its chief executive magistrates . The peace , order , prosperity , and happiness , and even the safety of society ...
Page 176
... legislators , and captains , chosen by a people , reflect their own . It is true that , in the earnest canvassing which so frequently recurring elections require , suspicion often follows the magistrate , and scandal follows in the ...
... legislators , and captains , chosen by a people , reflect their own . It is true that , in the earnest canvassing which so frequently recurring elections require , suspicion often follows the magistrate , and scandal follows in the ...
Page 234
... 1820 and the ordinance of 1787 , and obtained the declaration of congress , that all these settlements , so far as they were adverse to the privileged class , were unconstitutional usurpations of legislative power 234 POLITICAL SPEECHES .
... 1820 and the ordinance of 1787 , and obtained the declaration of congress , that all these settlements , so far as they were adverse to the privileged class , were unconstitutional usurpations of legislative power 234 POLITICAL SPEECHES .
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