The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1853 - 112 pages |
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Page 61
... doctrine of the division of power among different branches , and the necessity of checks on each . The character of our countrymen , moreover , was sober , moral and religious ; and there was little in the change to shock their feelings ...
... doctrine of the division of power among different branches , and the necessity of checks on each . The character of our countrymen , moreover , was sober , moral and religious ; and there was little in the change to shock their feelings ...
Page 62
... doctrine of unlimited power . By the rules of that system , the people are disconnected from the state ; they are its subjects ; it is their lord . These ideas , founded in the love of power , and long supported by the excess and the ...
... doctrine of unlimited power . By the rules of that system , the people are disconnected from the state ; they are its subjects ; it is their lord . These ideas , founded in the love of power , and long supported by the excess and the ...
Page 78
... doctrine been advanced , at the south or the east , that the population of the west should be retarded , or , at least , need not be hastened , on account of its effect to drain off the people from the Atlantic States ? Is this doctrine ...
... doctrine been advanced , at the south or the east , that the population of the west should be retarded , or , at least , need not be hastened , on account of its effect to drain off the people from the Atlantic States ? Is this doctrine ...
Page 79
... doctrines ; he only announces the true re- sults of that creed which he has adopted himself , and would persuade others to adopt , when he thus declares that South Carolina has no interest in a pub- lic work in Ohio . Sir , we narrow ...
... doctrines ; he only announces the true re- sults of that creed which he has adopted himself , and would persuade others to adopt , when he thus declares that South Carolina has no interest in a pub- lic work in Ohio . Sir , we narrow ...
Page 84
... doctrines of internal improvement , South Carolina , as she was then sented in the other house , set forth , in 1816 , under a fresh and leading breeze ; and I was among the followers . But if my leader sees new lights , and turns " a ...
... doctrines of internal improvement , South Carolina , as she was then sented in the other house , set forth , in 1816 , under a fresh and leading breeze ; and I was among the followers . But if my leader sees new lights , and turns " a ...
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