American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent AmericansDesilver, Thomas & Company, 1836 - 531 páginas |
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... PRESIDENT , No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism , as well as abilities , of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house . But different men often see the same subject in dif- ferent lights ; and ...
... PRESIDENT , No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism , as well as abilities , of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the house . But different men often see the same subject in dif- ferent lights ; and ...
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... president , with very extensive powers - the powers of a king . He is to be supported in extravagant magnifi- cence ; so that the whole of our property may be taken by this American government , by laying what taxes they please , giving ...
... president , with very extensive powers - the powers of a king . He is to be supported in extravagant magnifi- cence ; so that the whole of our property may be taken by this American government , by laying what taxes they please , giving ...
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... president may easily become king . Your senate is so imperfectly constructed , that your dearest rights may be sacrificed by what may be a small mi- nority ; and a very small minority may continue forever un- changeably this government ...
... president may easily become king . Your senate is so imperfectly constructed , that your dearest rights may be sacrificed by what may be a small mi- nority ; and a very small minority may continue forever un- changeably this government ...
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... president in the field , at the head of his army , can prescribe the terms on which he shall reign master , so far that it will puzzle any American ever to get his neck from under the gall- ing yoke . I cannot , with patience , think of ...
... president in the field , at the head of his army , can prescribe the terms on which he shall reign master , so far that it will puzzle any American ever to get his neck from under the gall- ing yoke . I cannot , with patience , think of ...
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... president , make treaties , that shall be the supreme law of the land they may make the most ruinous treaties , and yet there is no punish- ment for them . Whoever shows me a punishment provided for them , will oblige me . So , sir ...
... president , make treaties , that shall be the supreme law of the land they may make the most ruinous treaties , and yet there is no punish- ment for them . Whoever shows me a punishment provided for them , will oblige me . So , sir ...
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Página 300 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Página 15 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Página 14 - President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of 2 hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not...
Página 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security, of the people, nation or community...
Página 199 - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Página 113 - Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Página 439 - Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers, and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered ! The same heavens are indeed over your heads ; the same ocean rolls at your feet ; but all else, how changed...
Página 492 - Do we mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our country and its rights trodden down in the dust? I know we do not mean to submit. We never shall submit.
Página 14 - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging.
Página 301 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.