Famous American Statesmen & Orators, Past and Present: With Biographical Sketches and Their Famous Orations, المجلد 3F.F. Lovell Publishing Company, 1902 |
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... fact . If not it was nothing more than an abortive attempt - a purpose unfulfilled . This , then , is simply a question of fact and we all know what the fact is . They did not succeed . They failed to maintain their ground by force of ...
... fact . If not it was nothing more than an abortive attempt - a purpose unfulfilled . This , then , is simply a question of fact and we all know what the fact is . They did not succeed . They failed to maintain their ground by force of ...
الصفحة 9
... fact . I In the case of murder the man is killed , and murder is thus committed in spite of the law . The fact of killing is essential to the committal of the crime ; and the fact of going out is essential to seces- sion . But in this ...
... fact . I In the case of murder the man is killed , and murder is thus committed in spite of the law . The fact of killing is essential to the committal of the crime ; and the fact of going out is essential to seces- sion . But in this ...
الصفحة 10
... fact ; and there was never any time when their organizations as States were destroyed . A dead State is a solecism , a contradiction in terms , an impossibility . These are , I confess , rather metaphysical distinc- tions , but I did ...
... fact ; and there was never any time when their organizations as States were destroyed . A dead State is a solecism , a contradiction in terms , an impossibility . These are , I confess , rather metaphysical distinc- tions , but I did ...
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... facts . It is a fact that war rages there to - day . Men kill each other at sight . All these things are known and nobody can deny them . All the western winds are burdened with the news of them , and they are substantiated equally by ...
... facts . It is a fact that war rages there to - day . Men kill each other at sight . All these things are known and nobody can deny them . All the western winds are burdened with the news of them , and they are substantiated equally by ...
الصفحة 25
... fact that General Hull , who surrendered Detroit , had his home in Massachusetts . Why , no , sir ; she does not desire even to do that , for then she would have to blot out the fact that his gallant son had his home there that gallant ...
... fact that General Hull , who surrendered Detroit , had his home in Massachusetts . Why , no , sir ; she does not desire even to do that , for then she would have to blot out the fact that his gallant son had his home there that gallant ...
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Adams adopted agitation American authority Banquo blessings cause character citizens civil claim Colonies commerce Congress Constitution Cuba danger debate Declaration defend disunion doctrine duty England ernment existence Faneuil Hall favor federal feeling fortunes give happiness Hartford Convention heart heaven honorable gentleman honorable member hope House human independence interest internal improvements Jefferson Jesus John Adams justice knowledge legislation Legislature liberty live look maintain Massachusetts measures ment mind Missouri Compromise never North object occasion opinions oppression ordinance palpable party passed pathy patriotism peace Pennsylvania Philippine Islands political present President principles protection public lands Puerto Rico question regard resolution respect Senate sentiments slave slavery South Carolina southern sovereign sovereignty Spain speech spirit stitution Tagalo tariff tariff of 1816 territory thought tion truth unconstitutional Union United UNITED STATES SENATE votes whole Wilmot Proviso
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الصفحة 197 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights,...
الصفحة 90 - THE (WEST,) AND SHALL SIT DOWN WITH (A)BRAHAM, AND (I)SAAC, AND (J)ACOB, IN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. BUT THE CHILDREN OF THE KINGDOM SHALL BE CAST OUT INTO OUTER DARKNESS: THERE SHALL BE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH.
الصفحة 90 - Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
الصفحة 288 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake, and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable in speech farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech.
الصفحة 219 - the constitution and the laws of the United States, made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
الصفحة 280 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
الصفحة 203 - In Carolina the tariff is a palpable, deliberate usurpation ; Carolina, therefore, may nullify it, and refuse to pay the duties. In Pennsylvania it is both clearly constitutional and highly expedient ; and there the duties are to be paid. And yet we live under a government of uniform laws, and under a constitution, too, which contains an express provision, as it happens, that all duties shall be equal in all the States. Does not this approach absurdity...
الصفحة 8 - This government de facto will, of course, exercise no power inconsistent with the provisions of the constitution of the United States, which is the supreme law of the land.
الصفحة 54 - We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, ' that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed...
الصفحة 225 - He would answer, of course, treason. No lawyer could give any other answer. John Fries, he would tell them, had learned that some years ago. How, then, they would ask, do you propose to defend us ? We are not afraid of bullets, but treason has a way of taking people off, that we do not much relish. How do you propose to defend us ? " Look at my floating banner," he would reply; " see there "the nullifying law!