The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay, Volume 2Greeley & McElrath, 1843 - Campaign literature |
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... will be preserved and augmented , and the nation will continue rapidly to advance in wealth , power , and greatness , without prejudice to any section of the confederacy . Thus viewing the question , I stand here as the.
... will be preserved and augmented , and the nation will continue rapidly to advance in wealth , power , and greatness , without prejudice to any section of the confederacy . Thus viewing the question , I stand here as the.
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... question then was , how much and in what way should the double duties of the war be reduced ? Now , also , the question is , on what articles shall the duties be reduced so as to subject the amounts of the future revenue to the wants of ...
... question then was , how much and in what way should the double duties of the war be reduced ? Now , also , the question is , on what articles shall the duties be reduced so as to subject the amounts of the future revenue to the wants of ...
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... question , therefore , which we are now called upon to deter- mine , is not whether we shall establish a new and doubtful system of policy , just proposed , and for the first time presented to our consider- ation , but whether we shall ...
... question , therefore , which we are now called upon to deter- mine , is not whether we shall establish a new and doubtful system of policy , just proposed , and for the first time presented to our consider- ation , but whether we shall ...
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... question was not debated at that time , and that he had never expressed an opinion contrary to that now intimated . ] I give way with pleasure to these explanations , which I hope will always be made when I say any thing bearing on the ...
... question was not debated at that time , and that he had never expressed an opinion contrary to that now intimated . ] I give way with pleasure to these explanations , which I hope will always be made when I say any thing bearing on the ...
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... question would still remain , whether the cotton planter is not amply indemnified by the creation of additional demand elsewhere ? With respect to the cot- ton - grower , it is the totality of the demand , and not its distribution ...
... question would still remain , whether the cotton planter is not amply indemnified by the creation of additional demand elsewhere ? With respect to the cot- ton - grower , it is the totality of the demand , and not its distribution ...
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Page 180 - ... any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States...
Page 120 - Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said States...
Page 86 - The Congress, the Executive and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 181 - That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 291 - Resolved, That the President, in the late Executive proceedings in relation to the public revenue, has assumed upon himself authority and power not conferred by the Constitution and laws, but in derogation of both.
Page 162 - Yes, I have ambition ; but it is the ambition of being the humble instrument, in the hands of Providence, to reconcile a divided people ; once more to revive concord and harmony in a distracted land ; the pleasing ambition of contemplating the glorious spectacle of a free, united, prosperous, and fraternal people ! 19.
Page 175 - But where a specific duty is assigned by law, and individual rights depend upon the performance of that duty, it seems equally clear that the individual who considers himself injured, has a right to resort to the laws of his country for a remedy.
Page 85 - Suspicions are entertained and charges are made of gross abuse and violation of its charter. An investigation unwillingly conceded and so restricted in time as necessarily to make it incomplete and unsatisfactory discloses enough to excite suspicion and alarm.
Page 29 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 180 - States, their people or government, then such person, being thereof convicted before any court of the United States having jurisdiction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment not exceeding two years.