Eloquence of the United States, Volume 2E. & H. Clark, 1827 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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Page 44
... possessed of property , have homes , families and regu- lar occupations ; and among such a people , the prin- ciples of sans - culottism never did , and never will , make much progress . If a new duke of Orleans were here , with a ...
... possessed of property , have homes , families and regu- lar occupations ; and among such a people , the prin- ciples of sans - culottism never did , and never will , make much progress . If a new duke of Orleans were here , with a ...
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... possessed of talents , and actuated by an inordinate ambition , have formed a strong party among the people , have invaded and finally subverted the authority of the government , and erected to themselves an absolute dominion . Eve- ry ...
... possessed of talents , and actuated by an inordinate ambition , have formed a strong party among the people , have invaded and finally subverted the authority of the government , and erected to themselves an absolute dominion . Eve- ry ...
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... possessed of power ; but for me and the rest of the community it has no charms , and I shall , therefore , omit no opportunity of resisting its first and most distant approaches . Should any one object , that this state of things must ...
... possessed of power ; but for me and the rest of the community it has no charms , and I shall , therefore , omit no opportunity of resisting its first and most distant approaches . Should any one object , that this state of things must ...
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... possession of the Missis- sippi territory , rightfully or not , I will not pretend to say . This territory has been , heretofore , in the hands of various masters , viz . France , England , Spain and Georgia ; and it is now possessed by ...
... possession of the Missis- sippi territory , rightfully or not , I will not pretend to say . This territory has been , heretofore , in the hands of various masters , viz . France , England , Spain and Georgia ; and it is now possessed by ...
Page 87
... possession of the enemy , one of the states ; and the question shall be , will you give up this territory in the frozen regions of the lakes , or suffer the state to remain in the possession of the enemy , you being unable to take it ...
... possession of the enemy , one of the states ; and the question shall be , will you give up this territory in the frozen regions of the lakes , or suffer the state to remain in the possession of the enemy , you being unable to take it ...
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Page 76 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 133 - The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
Page 316 - The electors shall meet in their respective states and vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves; they shall name in their ballots the person voted for as president, and in distinct ballots the person voted for as vice...
Page 227 - 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, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Page 443 - Union are virtually dissolved ; that the states which compose it are free from their moral obligations ; and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Page 77 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens — a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Page 412 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably, if they can ; violently, if they must.
Page 144 - ... he looked upon the independence and uprightness of the judges, as essential to the impartial administration of justice ; as one of the best securities of the rights and liberties of his subjects; and as most conducive to the honour of the crown.
Page 418 - States, and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States...