American Oratory, Or, Selections from the Speeches of Eminent AmericansEdward C. Biddle, 1840 - 531 من الصفحات |
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... wish , that the power of the crown may be firmly established on the most solid basis : but we know , that the constitution alone will perpetu- ate the former , and securely uphold the latter . Are our princi- ples irreverent to majesty ...
... wish , that the power of the crown may be firmly established on the most solid basis : but we know , that the constitution alone will perpetu- ate the former , and securely uphold the latter . Are our princi- ples irreverent to majesty ...
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... wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years , to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is it that in- sidious smile with which ...
... wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years , to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the house ? Is it that in- sidious smile with which ...
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... wish to be free - if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestima- ble privileges for which we have been so long contending - if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged , and which we have ...
... wish to be free - if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestima- ble privileges for which we have been so long contending - if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged , and which we have ...
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... wish I were possessed of talents , or possessed of any thing , that might enable me to elucidate this great subject . I am not free from suspicion : I am apt to entertain doubts : I rose yes- terday to ask a question , which arose in my ...
... wish I were possessed of talents , or possessed of any thing , that might enable me to elucidate this great subject . I am not free from suspicion : I am apt to entertain doubts : I rose yes- terday to ask a question , which arose in my ...
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... wish to alter their government ; can a majority of them do it ? No , because they are connected with other men ; or , in other words , consolidated with other states . When the people of Virginia , at a future day , shall wish to alter ...
... wish to alter their government ; can a majority of them do it ? No , because they are connected with other men ; or , in other words , consolidated with other states . When the people of Virginia , at a future day , shall wish to alter ...
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الصفحة 15 - There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
الصفحة 14 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
الصفحة 15 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. 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;...
الصفحة 300 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
الصفحة 14 - President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of 2 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 ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not...
الصفحة 450 - Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle of our duties. Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act. Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY.
الصفحة 198 - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had...
الصفحة 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
الصفحة 450 - In a day of peace, let us advance the arts of peace and the works of peace. Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions-, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
الصفحة 490 - Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, — they cannot reach it.