American Eloquence: a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the Most Eminent Orators of America, Volume 2D. Appleton and Company, 1857 - History |
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... nature , and which they know will not be accepted . What security have we that other States will not do the same . We are told that many in the States were violently opposed to it . They are more mindful of local interests . They will ...
... nature , and which they know will not be accepted . What security have we that other States will not do the same . We are told that many in the States were violently opposed to it . They are more mindful of local interests . They will ...
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... nature . They will foretell you that a defenceless country cannot be secure . The nature of man forbids us to conclude that we are in no danger from war . The passions of men stimulate them to avail themselves of the weakness of others ...
... nature . They will foretell you that a defenceless country cannot be secure . The nature of man forbids us to conclude that we are in no danger from war . The passions of men stimulate them to avail themselves of the weakness of others ...
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... nature of civil union . It is supported every where by public opinion , and is recog- nized by writers on the law of nations . Ruth- erforth , in his second volume , p . 180 , says : " The jurisdiction which a civil society has over the ...
... nature of civil union . It is supported every where by public opinion , and is recog- nized by writers on the law of nations . Ruth- erforth , in his second volume , p . 180 , says : " The jurisdiction which a civil society has over the ...
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... nature , to offences against the nation inflicting the punishment . This principle is believed to be universally true . It comprehends every possible violation of its laws on its own territory , and it extends to violations committed ...
... nature , to offences against the nation inflicting the punishment . This principle is believed to be universally true . It comprehends every possible violation of its laws on its own territory , and it extends to violations committed ...
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... nature of piracy , since it only trans- ferred the trial of the crime to a different tribu- nal where different rules of decision prevailed ; but having done this , other crimes committed on the high seas , which were not piracy , were ...
... nature of piracy , since it only trans- ferred the trial of the crime to a different tribu- nal where different rules of decision prevailed ; but having done this , other crimes committed on the high seas , which were not piracy , were ...
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Page 202 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this union, or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 368 - Mr. President, when the mariner has been tossed, for many days, in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 8 - RESOLVED, That the preceding constitution be laid before the United States in congress assembled ; and that it is the opinion of this convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 203 - 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 380 - An act to procure the necessary surveys, plans, and estimates upon the subject of roads and canals." It authorized the President to cause surveys and estimates to be made of the routes of such roads and canals as he might deem of national importance, in a commercial or military point of view, or for the transportation of the mail, and.
Page 44 - 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 398 - True it is, that Providence hath so ordained, and doth so govern things, that those who break the great law of Heaven by shedding man's blood seldom succeed in avoiding discovery. Especially, in a case exciting so much attention as this, discovery must...
Page 398 - Meantime the guilty soul cannot keep its own secret. It is false to itself; or, rather, it feels an irresistible impulse of conscience to be true to itself. It labors under its guilty possession, and knows not what to do with it. The human heart was not made for the residence of such an inhabitant.
Page 372 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States; it remaining with the several States alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Page 398 - Deep sleep had fallen on the destined victim, and on all beneath his roof. A healthful old man, to whom sleep was sweet, the first sound slumbers of the night held him in their soft but strong embrace. The assassin enters, through the window already prepared, into an unoccupied apartment. With noiseless foot he paces the lonely hall, half lighted by the moon ; he winds up the ascent of the stairs, and reaches the door of the chamber.