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... Senate , of the treaty with Spain , and in the universal satisfaction at that event throughout the United States , a decisive proof how un- founded were the suspicions propagated among them of a policy in the general government and in ...
... Senate , of the treaty with Spain , and in the universal satisfaction at that event throughout the United States , a decisive proof how un- founded were the suspicions propagated among them of a policy in the general government and in ...
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... Senate Chamber , and Major Forman , who was present , wrote in his diary : " Every eye was on him . When he said , ' I , George Washington , ' my blood seemed to run cold , and every one seemed to start . ” At the inauguration of Adams ...
... Senate Chamber , and Major Forman , who was present , wrote in his diary : " Every eye was on him . When he said , ' I , George Washington , ' my blood seemed to run cold , and every one seemed to start . ” At the inauguration of Adams ...
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... senate in 1830 on the Foote Resolution ( in regard to the sale of public lands to pay for internal improvements ) drifted away from the subject in hand . It developed into a heated discussion of the relative rights of SOUTH CAROLINA AND ...
... senate in 1830 on the Foote Resolution ( in regard to the sale of public lands to pay for internal improvements ) drifted away from the subject in hand . It developed into a heated discussion of the relative rights of SOUTH CAROLINA AND ...
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... Senate , or elsewhere , to sneer at public merit , because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse , for any such cause , or for any cause , the homage due to American talent , to ...
... Senate , or elsewhere , to sneer at public merit , because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighborhood ; when I refuse , for any such cause , or for any cause , the homage due to American talent , to ...
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... senate of the United States in 1830. In the course of the debate both men felt that their respective states had been assailed , and each made a spirited reply . ] If there be one State in the Union , and I say it not in a boasting ...
... senate of the United States in 1830. In the course of the debate both men felt that their respective states had been assailed , and each made a spirited reply . ] If there be one State in the Union , and I say it not in a boasting ...
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Page 181 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 144 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 53 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 50 - They tell us, Sir, that we are weak, — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Page 73 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Page 116 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 114 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual 'hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence, frequent collisions,...
Page 48 - It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 50 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 115 - The nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations has been the victim.