Selections from the Speeches and Writings of Hon. Thomas L. Clingman, of North Carolina: With Additions and Explanatory Notes |
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... Representatives , many of the members started to get out of the hall . The practice , now so common in both Houses , of members reading their speeches , even from printed slips , was unknown , and I doubt if six speeches were read ...
... Representatives , many of the members started to get out of the hall . The practice , now so common in both Houses , of members reading their speeches , even from printed slips , was unknown , and I doubt if six speeches were read ...
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... Representatives , told me that a gentleman who spoke in this mode so as to be heard distinctly throughout the hall , could fill more columns of the Globe in an hour's speech than any member then in the House . By giving attention to ...
... Representatives , told me that a gentleman who spoke in this mode so as to be heard distinctly throughout the hall , could fill more columns of the Globe in an hour's speech than any member then in the House . By giving attention to ...
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... Representatives in 1824 against the tariff , with one of McDuffie's on the same subject , made in 1832 . McDuffie's speech against the removal of the deposits , delivered in 1834 , bears marks of a higher degree of finish and greater ...
... Representatives in 1824 against the tariff , with one of McDuffie's on the same subject , made in 1832 . McDuffie's speech against the removal of the deposits , delivered in 1834 , bears marks of a higher degree of finish and greater ...
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... Representatives was granted for the occasion , and the time fixed for eight o'clock in the evening . Wishing to secure a favorable position for hearing , I went up more than an hour before the time when he was to begin . On entering the ...
... Representatives was granted for the occasion , and the time fixed for eight o'clock in the evening . Wishing to secure a favorable position for hearing , I went up more than an hour before the time when he was to begin . On entering the ...
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... representatives of human greatness and glory . Which of them , young gentlemen , do you envy the most , and which will you choose for your model ? As in the case of the Babylonian monarch , may not all these examples have been provided ...
... representatives of human greatness and glory . Which of them , young gentlemen , do you envy the most , and which will you choose for your model ? As in the case of the Babylonian monarch , may not all these examples have been provided ...
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Page 488 - That the Constitution and all Laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Page 556 - It follows from these views that no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally void; and that acts of violence, within any State or States, against the authority of the United States, are insurrectionary or revolutionary, according to circumstances.
Page 620 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 14 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene, With half that kindling majesty, dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Page 488 - March 6, 1820,) which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories — as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the Compromise 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...
Page 45 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 556 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 397 - ... occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 557 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 429 - ... permit Cuba to be Africanized and become a second St. Domingo, with all its attendant horrors to the white race, and suffer the flames to extend to our own neighboring shores, seriously to endanger or actually to consume the fair fabric of our Union.