Life of General Lewis CassZieber, 1848 - 200 من الصفحات |
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... fact of their applying to the convention of their opponents opprobrious epithets , which are equally appropriate to their own cases . * It is un- fortunately but too true , that this party allegiance has proved more powerful , and ...
... fact of their applying to the convention of their opponents opprobrious epithets , which are equally appropriate to their own cases . * It is un- fortunately but too true , that this party allegiance has proved more powerful , and ...
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... fact that it brought together men of rare quali- ties , whose energy and anxiety to achieve something had induced them to turn from the idleness of life in the old states , to the hardships of the frontier . As a lawyer , the success of ...
... fact that it brought together men of rare quali- ties , whose energy and anxiety to achieve something had induced them to turn from the idleness of life in the old states , to the hardships of the frontier . As a lawyer , the success of ...
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... fact , that he was the rival and nearly the suc- cessful one of the great apostle of democracy , Mr. Jefferson ; and it is more than likely , but for the prejudice excited by the circumstance of his having killed Hamilton , the idol of ...
... fact , that he was the rival and nearly the suc- cessful one of the great apostle of democracy , Mr. Jefferson ; and it is more than likely , but for the prejudice excited by the circumstance of his having killed Hamilton , the idol of ...
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... fact that the British commandant of St. Jo- seph's , whence the enemy's expedition moved , had been informed of all that occurred by Sir Isaac Brock , who was at least as distant from the two posts as General Hull . The partisans of the ...
... fact that the British commandant of St. Jo- seph's , whence the enemy's expedition moved , had been informed of all that occurred by Sir Isaac Brock , who was at least as distant from the two posts as General Hull . The partisans of the ...
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... fact , was forgotten which could heighten the picture , or tend to take the blame from him . While on the Canada side , it was impossible to effect anything against Malden , from the difficulty of transporting his artillery . Everything ...
... fact , was forgotten which could heighten the picture , or tend to take the blame from him . While on the Canada side , it was impossible to effect anything against Malden , from the difficulty of transporting his artillery . Everything ...
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مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 201 - Congress shall have the power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
الصفحة 151 - That Congress has no power, under the Constitution, to interfere with or control the domestic institutions of the several States, and that such States are the sole and proper judges of everything appertaining to their own affairs not prohibited by the Constitution...
الصفحة 151 - Constitution; that all efforts of the abolitionists or others, made to induce Congress to interfere with questions of slavery or to take incipient steps in relation thereto, are calculated to lead to the most alarming and dangerous consequences ; and that all such efforts have an inevitable tendency to diminish the happiness of the people, and endanger the stability and permanency of the Union, and ought not to be countenanced by any friend of our political institutions.
الصفحة 150 - That it is the duty of every branch of the Government to enforce and practise the most rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessary expenses of the Government, and for the gradual but certain extinction of the public debt _ 6.
الصفحة 149 - ... great moral element in a form of government springing from and upheld by the popular will ; and we contrast it with the creed and practice of federalism, under whatever...
الصفحة 151 - That the liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, and sanctioned in the Constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles in the democratic faith ; and every attempt to abridge the present privilege of becoming citizens and the owners of soil among us, ought to be resisted with the same spirit which swept the alien and sedition laws from our statute-books.
الصفحة 151 - That the separation of the moneys of the Government from banking institutions is indispensable for the safety of the funds of the Government and the rights of the people.
الصفحة 153 - States ; and to sustain and advance among us constitutional liberty, by continuing to resist all monopolies and exclusive legislation for the benefit of the few at the expense...
الصفحة 153 - Resolved. That the fruits of the great political triumph of 1844, which elected James K. Polk and George M. Dallas, President and VicePresident of the United States, have fulfilled the hopes of the Democracy of the Union in defeating the declared purposes of their opponents...
الصفحة 102 - They have too much confidence in their sense of justice to fear any such result ; and they will see with pleasure the prompt disavowal made by yourself, sir, in the name of your country, at the tribune of the Chamber of Deputies, of any intentions of this nature. But were it otherwise, and were it possible they might be deceived in this confident expectation, that would not alter in one tittle their course of action ; their duty would be the same, and the same would be their determination to fulfill...