Oration Delivered by George F. Hoar, of Massachusetts, April 7, 1888: At the Celebration of the Centennial of the Founding of the Northwest, at Marietta, OhioC. Hamilton, 1895 - 41 páginas |
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... took part in it ; more clearly than we behold the events of our own time . No passion disturbs our judgment , leading us either to ex- aggerate or depreciate . There is room for no feeling in our bosoms to - day but an honorable pride ...
... took part in it ; more clearly than we behold the events of our own time . No passion disturbs our judgment , leading us either to ex- aggerate or depreciate . There is room for no feeling in our bosoms to - day but an honorable pride ...
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... took their seats in it , was the feeble and timid instrument of despotism . When they left it , it was what it has ever since been , the strongest , freest , most venerable legislative body the world had ever When they took their seats ...
... took their seats in it , was the feeble and timid instrument of despotism . When they left it , it was what it has ever since been , the strongest , freest , most venerable legislative body the world had ever When they took their seats ...
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... took the second time with its own cannon ; Quebec , where they heard the shout of triumph which filled the dying ear of Wolfe , and where at last the lilies went down before the lion , never again , but for a brief period in Louisiana ...
... took the second time with its own cannon ; Quebec , where they heard the shout of triumph which filled the dying ear of Wolfe , and where at last the lilies went down before the lion , never again , but for a brief period in Louisiana ...
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... took her place in the Union as a free state , in the summer of 1803 ? Every one of that honorable company would have felt it as a personal wrong had he been told that the foremost honors of this occasion would not be given to Rufus ...
... took her place in the Union as a free state , in the summer of 1803 ? Every one of that honorable company would have felt it as a personal wrong had he been told that the foremost honors of this occasion would not be given to Rufus ...
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... took the prompt resolution to attempt to dislodge the Americans the next night before their works were made impregnable . Earl Percy , who had learned something of Yankee quality at Bunker Hill and Lexington , was to command the assault ...
... took the prompt resolution to attempt to dislodge the Americans the next night before their works were made impregnable . Earl Percy , who had learned something of Yankee quality at Bunker Hill and Lexington , was to command the assault ...
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Página 35 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Página 40 - The said territory, and the states which may be formed therein, shall forever remain a part of this confederacy of the United States of America, subject to the Articles of Confederation, and to such alterations therein as shall be constitutionally made; and to all the acts and ordinances of the United States in Congress assembled, conformable thereto.
Página 14 - God sifted a whole nation, that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness.
Página 34 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the UNION by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their Brethren and connect them with Aliens?
Página 35 - It fixed forever the character of the population in the vast regions northwest of the Ohio, by excluding from them involuntary servitude. It impressed on the soil itself, while it was yet a wilderness, an incapacity to sustain any other than freemen. It laid the interdict against personal servitude, in original compact, not only deeper than all local law, but deeper, also, than all local constitutions.
Página 26 - A gift of that which is not to be given By all the blended powers of Earth and Heaven.
Página 35 - We are accustomed . . . to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; 80 FATHERS OF THE CONSTITUTION but 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.
Página 19 - Athens alone among her contemporaries is superior to the report of her. No enemy who comes against her is indignant at the reverses which he sustains at the hands of such a city; no subject complains that his masters are unworthy of him.
Página 29 - He was probably the fittest man on the Continent, except Franklin, for a mission of delicate diplomacy. It was said just now that Putnam was a man after Washington's pattern and after Washington's own heart. Cutler was a man after Franklin's pattern and after Franklin's own heart. He was the most learned naturalist in America, as Franklin was the greatest master in physical science. He was a man of consummate prudence in speech and conduct; of courtly manners ; a favorite in the drawing-room and...
Página 19 - All sadness but despair: now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past...