Eloquence of the United States, Volume 3E. & H. Clark, 1827 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... Europe , was so little like pemanent peace , that the occurrence of the fact , on which the force of that limi- tation depended , might easily have been questioned , with but little violence to the terms , and in perfect con- formity ...
... Europe , was so little like pemanent peace , that the occurrence of the fact , on which the force of that limi- tation depended , might easily have been questioned , with but little violence to the terms , and in perfect con- formity ...
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... Europe . She too spoke of the destruction of the balance of power , stormed and raged about the insatiable ambi- tion of the emperor ; called him the curse of mankind , the destroyer of Europe . The Frenchman listened to her with ...
... Europe . She too spoke of the destruction of the balance of power , stormed and raged about the insatiable ambi- tion of the emperor ; called him the curse of mankind , the destroyer of Europe . The Frenchman listened to her with ...
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... Europe their several portions of power and of sove- reignty , I would say that Holland should be resuscitat- ed , and given the weight she enjoyed in the days of her De Witts . I would confine France within her na- tural boundaries ...
... Europe their several portions of power and of sove- reignty , I would say that Holland should be resuscitat- ed , and given the weight she enjoyed in the days of her De Witts . I would confine France within her na- tural boundaries ...
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... Europe can be purchased , as it may , twenty per cent . cheaper in Boston than in Baltimore , the reason must be that it is paid for , in Boston , in money , and in Baltimore , in something twenty per cent . less valuable than money ...
... Europe can be purchased , as it may , twenty per cent . cheaper in Boston than in Baltimore , the reason must be that it is paid for , in Boston , in money , and in Baltimore , in something twenty per cent . less valuable than money ...
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... Europe might teach us the futility of all these contrivances . Those were , like this before us , esta- blished for the purposes of finance , not purposes of commerce . The same fortune has happened to them all . Their credit has sunk ...
... Europe might teach us the futility of all these contrivances . Those were , like this before us , esta- blished for the purposes of finance , not purposes of commerce . The same fortune has happened to them all . Their credit has sunk ...
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Page 225 - 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 277 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 136 - An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on free principles but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.
Page 225 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Page 312 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 386 - ... to take for their sole guide the precepts of that holy religion, namely, the precepts of justice, Christian charity, and peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the councils of princes, and guide all their steps, as being the only means of consolidating human institutions, and remedying their imperfections.
Page 280 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press...
Page 125 - We are fighting a great moral battle, for the benefit not only of our country, but of all mankind. The eyes of the whole world are in fixed attention upon us. One, and the largest portion of it, is gazing with contempt, with jealousy, and with envy ; the other portion, with hope, with confidence, and with affection.
Page 312 - ... by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...