Eloquence of the United States, Volume 2E. & H. Clark, 1827 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... Britain has been emphatical- ly a war reign . In 1760 , he ascended the throne and found the nation at war with France . Besides his wars in the East and West Indies , almost half of his reign has been consumed in wars with this country ...
... Britain has been emphatical- ly a war reign . In 1760 , he ascended the throne and found the nation at war with France . Besides his wars in the East and West Indies , almost half of his reign has been consumed in wars with this country ...
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... Britain and Spain during the reign of the present king ; three have terminated ami- cably by negociation , and three have resulted in war . In 1761 , when Great Britain was at war with France , a memorial was presented by the French ...
... Britain and Spain during the reign of the present king ; three have terminated ami- cably by negociation , and three have resulted in war . In 1761 , when Great Britain was at war with France , a memorial was presented by the French ...
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... Britain by discovery and occupancy , an armed force was sent , the fort was taken , the settlement was broken up , and the honor of the British flag violated by the taking off of the rudder of a king's ship , and detaining it on shore ...
... Britain by discovery and occupancy , an armed force was sent , the fort was taken , the settlement was broken up , and the honor of the British flag violated by the taking off of the rudder of a king's ship , and detaining it on shore ...
Page 248
... Britain , alleging unredressed depredations on her commerce , and that she was insulted in an attempt to negociate between France and Great Britain . It is evident that this step on the part of Spain was in pursuance of the family ...
... Britain , alleging unredressed depredations on her commerce , and that she was insulted in an attempt to negociate between France and Great Britain . It is evident that this step on the part of Spain was in pursuance of the family ...
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... Britain ; that in all of them she maintained a high sense of character and independence , and that , in points affecting the most delicate considerations of national honor , interest and right , and where occurrences of a very ...
... Britain ; that in all of them she maintained a high sense of character and independence , and that , in points affecting the most delicate considerations of national honor , interest and right , and where occurrences of a very ...
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Page 80 - 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 323 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 4 - Congress of the United States, 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 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...
Page 81 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Page 233 - 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 424 - 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...
Page 139 - 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 322 - 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 372 - I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our fathers, as Israel of old, from their native land and planted them in a country flowing with all the necessaries and comforts of life...
Page 82 - ... these principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.