Eloquent Sons of the South: A Handbook of Southern Oratory, Volume 2John Temple Graves, Clark Howell, Walter Williams Chapple Publishing Company, Limited, 1909 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... elected by the people en masse , but they came from each one of the states ; and , when so formed , it was referred , not to the people en masse , but to the states severally , and by them severally ratified and adopted ; and this ...
... elected by the people en masse , but they came from each one of the states ; and , when so formed , it was referred , not to the people en masse , but to the states severally , and by them severally ratified and adopted ; and this ...
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... elected delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention . The Constitution framed by the Convention was rejected by Mexico , and war ensued . In 1836 was Commander - in - Chief of the Texan army . 1836-38 and 1841-44 , President of ...
... elected delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention . The Constitution framed by the Convention was rejected by Mexico , and war ensued . In 1836 was Commander - in - Chief of the Texan army . 1836-38 and 1841-44 , President of ...
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... elect their delegates to convention , for the pur- pose of framing state constitutions , which , if accepted by Congress , invest them with all the sovereign rights of states ; and then , for the first time , they have the complete ...
... elect their delegates to convention , for the pur- pose of framing state constitutions , which , if accepted by Congress , invest them with all the sovereign rights of states ; and then , for the first time , they have the complete ...
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... Indians , with their transcendent genius and accomplishments , they have been elected to the legislature . Whenever they have had an opportunity , they have shown that they are not inferior to white men , 82 SAM HOUSTON.
... Indians , with their transcendent genius and accomplishments , they have been elected to the legislature . Whenever they have had an opportunity , they have shown that they are not inferior to white men , 82 SAM HOUSTON.
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... elected to the State Legislature . In 1841 was elected to Congress from Georgia , and held his seat until he voluntarily retired , 1859 . 1861 , became Vice - President of the Confederacy . Was Chairman of the Confederate Commission ...
... elected to the State Legislature . In 1841 was elected to Congress from Georgia , and held his seat until he voluntarily retired , 1859 . 1861 , became Vice - President of the Confederacy . Was Chairman of the Confederate Commission ...
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Page 40 - After four years' of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them ; but, feeling that...
Page 206 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 227 - There was a South of slavery and secession — that South is dead. There is a South of union and freedom — that South, thank God, is living, breathing, growing every hour." These words, delivered from the immortal lips of Benjamin H. Hill, at Tammany Hall in 1866, true then, and truer now, I shall make my text to-night.
Page 233 - Dr. Talmage has drawn for you, with a master's hand, the picture of your returning armies. He has told you how, in the pomp and circumstance of war, they came back to you, marching with proud and victorious tread, reading their glory in a nation's eyes ! Will you bear with me...
Page 104 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man, that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.
Page 14 - That the Powers of Government may be reassumed by the People, whensoever it shall become necessary to their Happiness; that every Power, Jurisdiction and right, which is not by the said Constitution clearly delegated to the Congress of the United States, or the departments of the Government thereof, remains to the People of the several States, or to their respective State Governments to whom they may have granted the same...
Page 2 - ... of the mutual and solemn pledge to protect and defend each other, given by the states respectively on entering into the Constitutional compact which formed the Union, and, as such, is a manifest breach of faith, and a violation of the most solemn obligations, moral and religious.
Page 227 - Let me express to you my appreciation of the kindness by which I am permitted to address you. I make this abrupt acknowledgment advisedly, for I feel that if, when I raise my provincial voice in this ancient and august presence, I could find courage for no more than the opening sentence, it would be well if, in that sentence, I had met in a rough sense my obligation as a guest, and had perished, so to speak, with courtesy on my lips and grace in my heart.
Page 154 - Not seeing there that freedom, as in countries where it is a common blessing, and as broad and general as the air, may be united with much abject toil, with great misery, with all the exterior of servitude, liberty looks among them like something that is more noble and liberal. I do not mean...
Page 206 - Nebraska bill declared, in so many words, that it was the true intent and meaning of the act not to legislate slavery into any State or Territory, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States.