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... whole House of Representatives , on Mr. Gregg's Resolution to Pro- hibit the Importation of British Goods into the United States ... 228 SPEECH of Josiah Quincy , in the House of Representatives of the United States , November 28 , 1808 ...
... whole House of Representatives , on Mr. Gregg's Resolution to Pro- hibit the Importation of British Goods into the United States ... 228 SPEECH of Josiah Quincy , in the House of Representatives of the United States , November 28 , 1808 ...
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... whole conduct , and particularly the late conduct , of the colo- nists has shown them eminently possessed . It has animated and regulated every part of their proceedings . It has been recognized to be genuine , by all those symptoms and ...
... whole conduct , and particularly the late conduct , of the colo- nists has shown them eminently possessed . It has animated and regulated every part of their proceedings . It has been recognized to be genuine , by all those symptoms and ...
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... whole of our property may be taken by this American government , by laying what taxes they please , giving themselves what salaries they please , and suspending our laws at their pleasure . I might be thought too inquisitive , but I ...
... whole of our property may be taken by this American government , by laying what taxes they please , giving themselves what salaries they please , and suspending our laws at their pleasure . I might be thought too inquisitive , but I ...
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... whole re- quires it . Another beautiful feature of this constitution is the publication , from time to time , of the receipts and expenditures of the public money . This expression , from time to time , is very indefinite and ...
... whole re- quires it . Another beautiful feature of this constitution is the publication , from time to time , of the receipts and expenditures of the public money . This expression , from time to time , is very indefinite and ...
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... whole world , that in the part I take in this very important question , I am actuated by a regard for what I conceive to be our true in- terest . I can also , with equal sincerity , declare that I would join heart and hand in rejecting ...
... whole world , that in the part I take in this very important question , I am actuated by a regard for what I conceive to be our true in- terest . I can also , with equal sincerity , declare that I would join heart and hand in rejecting ...
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Page 15 - There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Page 14 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Page 15 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, 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;...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 450 - Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle of our duties. Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act. Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY.
Page 198 - 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...
Page 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Page 450 - In a day of peace, let us advance the arts of peace and the works of peace. Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions-, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
Page 490 - Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, — they cannot reach it.