Eloquence of the United States, Volumen5E. & H. Clark, 1827 |
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... fortunes of the king's subjects . Our streets nightly resounded with the noise of riot and debauchery ; our peaceful citizens were hourly exposed to shameful insults , and often felt the effects of their violence and outrage . But this ...
... fortunes of the king's subjects . Our streets nightly resounded with the noise of riot and debauchery ; our peaceful citizens were hourly exposed to shameful insults , and often felt the effects of their violence and outrage . But this ...
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... fortunes of America . You are to decide the important question , on which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn . Act worthy of yourselves . The faltering tongue of hoary age , calls on you to support your country . The ...
... fortunes of America . You are to decide the important question , on which rest the happiness and liberty of millions yet unborn . Act worthy of yourselves . The faltering tongue of hoary age , calls on you to support your country . The ...
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... fortunes of millions of our fellow - citizens , how soon would these delusive dreams , upon the conquest of America , end in disap- pointment ? For where is the fund to recompense those retainers to the British army ? Was every es- tate ...
... fortunes of millions of our fellow - citizens , how soon would these delusive dreams , upon the conquest of America , end in disap- pointment ? For where is the fund to recompense those retainers to the British army ? Was every es- tate ...
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... fortunes . Let us inflexibly persevere in prosecuting , to a happy period , what has been so gloriously begun , and hitherto so prosperously conducted . And let those , in more distinguished sta- tions , use all their influence and ...
... fortunes . Let us inflexibly persevere in prosecuting , to a happy period , what has been so gloriously begun , and hitherto so prosperously conducted . And let those , in more distinguished sta- tions , use all their influence and ...
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... fortune prevented him from attaining before , from such a man , ( unless his soul be ten thousand times blacker than his complexion , ) you may reasonably hope for all the happy effects of the warmest gratitude and love . Sir , let us ...
... fortune prevented him from attaining before , from such a man , ( unless his soul be ten thousand times blacker than his complexion , ) you may reasonably hope for all the happy effects of the warmest gratitude and love . Sir , let us ...
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Página 61 - President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of 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?
Página 2 - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of rach copies, during the times therein mentioned." — And also to the Act, entitled, >' An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled • An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving...
Página 63 - 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 119 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
Página 124 - ... of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation. As avenues to foreign influence, in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public...
Página 118 - It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Página 122 - ... revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties) ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue, which the public exigencies may at any time dictate. Observe...
Página 114 - Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connexion with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
Página 117 - Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.
Página 451 - Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught and led the way to heaven ; Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their foundation came a nobler guest ; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd A fairer spirit or more welcome shade. In what new region, to the just assign'd, What new employments please th' unbody'd mind ? A winged virtue, through th' ethereal sky,...