The Life of Gen. Franklin Pierce, of New-Hampshire: The Democratc Candidate for President of the United StatesDerby & Miller, 1852 - 300 من الصفحات |
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... duty to perform . I must either be governed by the law , and suffer you still to remain , the devoted victims of ... duty to myself will not suffer longer to remain here an old companion in arms , who fought for the liberty of which he ...
... duty to perform . I must either be governed by the law , and suffer you still to remain , the devoted victims of ... duty to myself will not suffer longer to remain here an old companion in arms , who fought for the liberty of which he ...
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... duty to my country , whose honor is deeply implicated by your sufferings and it is one of my first wishes that it should be untarnished- and my duty to my God , who has put into my power to relieve , irresistibly urge me to the latter ...
... duty to my country , whose honor is deeply implicated by your sufferings and it is one of my first wishes that it should be untarnished- and my duty to my God , who has put into my power to relieve , irresistibly urge me to the latter ...
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... duty , as an humble member of that body , could have induced him to arrest its progress then , or now to ask , for a few moments , the indulgence of the House . He should be brief in his remarks , hav- ing nothing to say for political ...
... duty , as an humble member of that body , could have induced him to arrest its progress then , or now to ask , for a few moments , the indulgence of the House . He should be brief in his remarks , hav- ing nothing to say for political ...
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... duties which have been performed , or any re- sponsibilities which have been hitherto vested here , unless the reasons for such transfer shall appear obvious and conclusive . It was more than fifty years since the passage of the ...
... duties which have been performed , or any re- sponsibilities which have been hitherto vested here , unless the reasons for such transfer shall appear obvious and conclusive . It was more than fifty years since the passage of the ...
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... duty to say . For the committee making the report he entertained the highest respect ; and he believed that he was no less disposed than they were to grant , to the utter most farthing , all that was due to Revolutionary officers or ...
... duty to say . For the committee making the report he entertained the highest respect ; and he believed that he was no less disposed than they were to grant , to the utter most farthing , all that was due to Revolutionary officers or ...
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الصفحة 254 - 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 254 - That the foregoing proposition covers and was intended to embrace the whole subject of slavery agitation in Congress, and therefore the Democratic party of the Union, standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts known as the Compromise measures, settled by the Congress of 1850 : " the act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor...
الصفحة 253 - 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...
الصفحة 252 - That the Constitution does not confer upon the General Government the power to commence and carry on a general system of internal improvements.
الصفحة 256 - Resolved. That we rejoice at the restoration of friendly relations with our sister Republic of Mexico, and earnestly desire for her all the blessings and prosperity which we enjoy under republican institutions, and we congratulate the American people on the results of that war which have so manifestly justified the policy and conduct of the Democratic party, and insured to the United States indemnity for the past and security for the future.
الصفحة 260 - I accept the nomination upon the platform adopted by the convention, not because this is expected of me as a candidate, but because the principles it embraces command the approbation of my judgment ; and with them, I believe I can safely say, there has been no word or act of my life in conflict.
الصفحة 251 - ... 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 name or form, which seeks to palsy the will of the constituent, and which conceives no imposture too monstrous for the popular credulity.
الصفحة 253 - That it is the duty of every branch of the government to enforce and practice 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.
الصفحة 255 - That the Democratic party will resist all attempts at renewing in Congress, or out of it, the agitation of the slavery question, under whatever shape or color the attempt may be made.
الصفحة 255 - ... to suspend the passage of a bill, whose merits cannot secure the approval of two-thirds of the Senate and House of Representatives, until the judgment of the people can be obtained thereon, and which has thrice saved the American people from the corrupt and tyrannical domination of the Bank of the United States.