Republican landmarks: the views and opinons of American statesmen on foreign immigrationJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1856 - 367 páginas |
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... liberty and happiness , and ought never to be surrendered . The free States once established in Asia recognized it ; Greece adopted it ; the Romans avowed it , and vindicated the right in all its latitude , and the following declaration ...
... liberty and happiness , and ought never to be surrendered . The free States once established in Asia recognized it ; Greece adopted it ; the Romans avowed it , and vindicated the right in all its latitude , and the following declaration ...
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... liberty within them , and are fully sensible of the weight of the yoke they have to bear . They are intelligent enough to know the injustice done them by the distorted laws of their country ; and while they are themselves enduring the ...
... liberty within them , and are fully sensible of the weight of the yoke they have to bear . They are intelligent enough to know the injustice done them by the distorted laws of their country ; and while they are themselves enduring the ...
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... liberty , every true reformer , every one who has the good of the country at heart , must be in favor of a method which will prostrate vice , put down rowdyism , and prevent anarchy and misrule . Who govern us when they grow up ? Who ...
... liberty , every true reformer , every one who has the good of the country at heart , must be in favor of a method which will prostrate vice , put down rowdyism , and prevent anarchy and misrule . Who govern us when they grow up ? Who ...
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... liberty . It has been promised to their sons . It cannot be conceded to aliens without great indignity to our native and adopted citizens ; and if foreign paupers and vagrants come here for political purposes , it is proof irresistible ...
... liberty . It has been promised to their sons . It cannot be conceded to aliens without great indignity to our native and adopted citizens ; and if foreign paupers and vagrants come here for political purposes , it is proof irresistible ...
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... liberty here - object because we refuse to permit the asylum which he has sought as a home for himself and his children , to become the refuge of thieves and murderers , or the thriftless inmates of European work - houses ? Our ...
... liberty here - object because we refuse to permit the asylum which he has sought as a home for himself and his children , to become the refuge of thieves and murderers , or the thriftless inmates of European work - houses ? Our ...
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Página 323 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Página 287 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Página 342 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Página 323 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as .deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Página 322 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect...
Página 344 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
Página 81 - The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year 1808, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
Página 89 - The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people: and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the state.
Página 222 - Legislature for the term of seven years with power to carry into execution the national laws to appoint to offices in cases not otherwise provided for to be ineligible a second time — and to be removable on impeachment and conviction of malpractice or neglect of duty...
Página 331 - In all the changes to which you may be invited remember that time and habit are at least as necessary to fix the true character of Governments as of other human institutions; that experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing Constitution of a country; that facility in changes upon the credit of mere hypothesis and opinion exposes to perpetual change, from the endless variety of hypothesis and opinion...