A Eulogy Upon the Life and Character of the Late Hon. Robert Y. Hayne: Delivered on the 13th February, 1840, at the Circular Church, by Appointment of the Citizens of CharlestonW. Riley, 1840 - 63 pages |
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... noble liberality and unwearied devotion to every useful and patriotic undertaking : we regard his decease as a calamity to the ' city of Charleston , the State of South Carolina , and the Union at large . 3d . Resolved , That in ...
... noble liberality and unwearied devotion to every useful and patriotic undertaking : we regard his decease as a calamity to the ' city of Charleston , the State of South Carolina , and the Union at large . 3d . Resolved , That in ...
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... noble and eloquent Eulogy on the character , virtues , and services of the illustrious deceased , embracing his biog- raphy , even from his birth and boyish days , and through his brilliant and unble- mished career of manhood , to its ...
... noble and eloquent Eulogy on the character , virtues , and services of the illustrious deceased , embracing his biog- raphy , even from his birth and boyish days , and through his brilliant and unble- mished career of manhood , to its ...
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... I could scarcely command myself ; and I almost felt , that woman as I am , I could take up arms in her defence . " Such was the noble seņti- ment excited in a mind unsophisticated and unper- verted by selfish ends , and open to the force ...
... I could scarcely command myself ; and I almost felt , that woman as I am , I could take up arms in her defence . " Such was the noble seņti- ment excited in a mind unsophisticated and unper- verted by selfish ends , and open to the force ...
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... noble and heroic attitude assumed by South Carolina . That system was in its very nature pro- gressive , acquiring from every increase additional strength and voracity - a monster , indeed , " that de- rived increase of appetite from ...
... noble and heroic attitude assumed by South Carolina . That system was in its very nature pro- gressive , acquiring from every increase additional strength and voracity - a monster , indeed , " that de- rived increase of appetite from ...
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... noble work of reform . And if , after making these efforts , due to her own honor , and the greatness of the cause , she is destined utterly to fail , the bitter fruits of that failure , not to herself alone , but to the entire South ...
... noble work of reform . And if , after making these efforts , due to her own honor , and the greatness of the cause , she is destined utterly to fail , the bitter fruits of that failure , not to herself alone , but to the entire South ...
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13th inst admiration adopted Aldermen appointed authority Brigadier BRISBANE burthens chairman character and services Circular Church City Council City Square civic civil and military Clerk of Council committee of twenty-five common compact confederacy confidence Congress constitution convened deceased defence delivery distinguished duties eloquence erection Eulo Eulogy exhibit federal following resolutions foreign formed GEORGE M'DUFFIE gium H. L. PINCKNEY HAYNE HENRY DEAS hereby honor illustrious Kentucky resolutions lamented fellow citizen LANCE lature Legislature liberties March 26 Marshals Mayor meeting Meeting-street melancholy memory ment midst military procession monument neral never noble occasion Officers opinion oppressive party patriotism political President principles Proclamation protecting system prudence public services Rail Road Company relation requested Resolved respect ROBERT ROBERT Y sacred select an Orator Senate Society solemn soon South Bay Battery South Carolina sovereign spirit talents tariff Tariff of 1832 thee Thursday tion Union United Ward WEBSTER whole wisdom zens
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Page 44 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page xiv - This life's a dream, an empty show ; But the bright world to which I go Hath joys substantial and sincere ; When shall I wake and find me there ? 5 O glorious hour! O blest abode ! I shall be near, and like my God ; And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul.
Page 46 - ... since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers ; that the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction ; and that a nullification by those sovereignties of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy...
Page xiii - Thou art gone to the grave, but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.
Page xiii - Thou art gone to the grave ; we no longer behold thee, Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side ; But the wide arms of mercy are spread to enfold thee, And sinners may hope, since the Saviour hath died.
Page 44 - ... short of despotism— since the discretion of those who administer the government, and not the Constitution, would be the measure of their powers...
Page 44 - It appears to your committee to be a plain principle, founded in common sense, illustrated by common practice, and essential to the nature of compacts, that where resort can be had to no tribunal, superior to the authority of the parties, the parties themselves must be the rightful judges in the last resort, whether the bargain made has been pursued or violated.
Page 45 - ... 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 the arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 48 - The speedy establishment on the ruins of the rights of the states, and the liberties of the people...
Page 47 - If the sacred soil of Carolina should be polluted by the footsteps of an invader, or be stained with the blood of her citizens, shed in her defense, I trust in Almighty God that no son of hers, native or adopted, who has been nourished at her bosom, or been cherished by her bounty, will be found raising a parricidal arm against our common mother.