The Life and Letters of Harrison Gray Otis, Federalist, 1765-1848, Volumen2Houghton Mifflin, 1913 |
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Página 254 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation.
Página 227 - Congress shall provide by law for securing to the citizens of each State the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several States.
Página 258 - IN a small chamber, friendless and unseen, Toiled o'er his types one poor, unlearned young man ; The place was dark, unfurnitured, and mean ; — Yet there the freedom of a race began.
Página 304 - E'en wondered at because he dropt no sooner; Fate seemed to wind him up for fourscore years; Yet freshly ran he on ten winters more, Till, like a clock worn out with eating Time, The wheels of weary life at last stood still.
Página 258 - Some time afterward, it was reported to me by the city officers that they had ferreted out the paper and its editor; that his office was an obscure hole, his only visible auxiliary a negro boy, and his supporters a few very insignificant persona of all colors.
Página 54 - Massachusetts issued a proclamation (June 26, 1812) for a public fast for a wrong committed "against the nation from which we are descended and which for many generations has been the bulwark of the religion we possess.
Página 145 - Finally, if the Union be destined to dissolution, by reason of the multiplied abuses of bad administrations, it should, if possible, be the work of peaceable times, and deliberate consent. Some new form of confederacy should be substituted among those states which shall intend to maintain a federal relation to each other. Events may prove that the causes of our calamities are deep and permanent.
Página 123 - No man, no association of men, no state or set of states has a right to withdraw itself from this Union, of its own accord.
Página 157 - ... a reasonable portion of the taxes collected within said states may be paid into the respective treasuries thereof and appropriated to the payment of the balance due said states and to the future defence of the same. The amount so paid into the said treasuries to be credited, and the disbursements made as aforesaid to be charged to the United States.
Página 114 - ... zeal and the part they have taken in defence of our common rights. The provision, if adopted, would not produce present relief, nor a present expense ; yet it would be a compensation in future for their misfortunes and their toils, and be some support to their injured constitutions. If the measure is to be submitted to the legislatures of the several States for their concurrence, the delay, supposing it should be assented to, will I fear be attended with effects, that will only be regretted when...