 | United States. Congress - 1830
...Northwestern States, we are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpt-tnate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; but I doubt whether one single law of anyJawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting' character,... | |
 | 1836
...were based. ' We are accustomed,' said Mr. Webster in the debate on Mr. Pool's resolution in 1830, 'to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to...law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of a more distinct, marked and lasting character than the Ordinance of '87. That instrument... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 520 páginas
...sense. At the foundation of the constitution of these new north western states, we are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate...law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of '87. That instrument... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830
...sense. At the foundation of the constitution of these new Northwestern States, we are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate...law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more d'istinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of '87. That instrument... | |
 | 1810
...lies at the foundation of the Constitutions of these new northwestern States. We are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon 21 and Lycurgus; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1851
...constitution of these new Northwestern States lies the celebrated Ordinance of 1787. We are accustomed, Sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to...law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. That instrument... | |
 | 1852 - 208 páginas
...doubt," said Mr. Webster, on one of the most intensely interesting occasions of his public life, " whether one single law of any law-giver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of a more distinct and marked and lasting character than the ordinance of '87, — and certainly... | |
 | Daniel Webster, Edward Everett - 1853
...constitution of these new Northwestern States lies the celebrated Ordinance of 1787. We are accustomed, Sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to...law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. That instrument... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854
...of these new northwestern States, we are accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; w* help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus...law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of '87. That instrument,... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854
...: " At the foundation of the constitution of theso new northwestern States, we arc accustomed, sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lyeurgns ; but 1 doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects... | |
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I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. 
