The American's Own Book: Containing the Declaration of Independence, with the Lives of the Signers : the Constitution of the United States : the Inaugural Addresses and First Annual Messages of All the Presidents from Washington to Pierce : the Farewell Addresses of George Washington and Andrew Jackson : with a Portrait and Life of Each President of the United States, to the Present Time |
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... necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another , and to assume , among the powers of the earth , the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle ...
... necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another , and to assume , among the powers of the earth , the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle ...
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... necessary for the public good . He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of imme- diate and pressing importance , unless suspended in their operations till his assent should be obtained ; and , when so suspended , he has utterly ...
... necessary for the public good . He has forbidden his governors to pass laws of imme- diate and pressing importance , unless suspended in their operations till his assent should be obtained ; and , when so suspended , he has utterly ...
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... necessary knowledge and expe- rience , he commenced the practice of his profession at Kingston , in the year 1750. Here he soon obtained very considerable reputation , and introduced many efficacious changes in the treatment of several ...
... necessary knowledge and expe- rience , he commenced the practice of his profession at Kingston , in the year 1750. Here he soon obtained very considerable reputation , and introduced many efficacious changes in the treatment of several ...
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... necessary to exercise , in ob- taining the means of support in that province , conspired to diminish the ardor of the Canadians in favor of a union with the colonies , and even , at length , to render them hos- tile to the measure . To ...
... necessary to exercise , in ob- taining the means of support in that province , conspired to diminish the ardor of the Canadians in favor of a union with the colonies , and even , at length , to render them hos- tile to the measure . To ...
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... necessary to conviction , he was acquitted of the whole . This celebrated trial commenced on the second of January , and ended on the fifth of March , 1805 . Judge Chase continued to exercise his judicial func- tions till 1811 , when ...
... necessary to conviction , he was acquitted of the whole . This celebrated trial commenced on the second of January , and ended on the fifth of March , 1805 . Judge Chase continued to exercise his judicial func- tions till 1811 , when ...
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Page 151 - ... so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not be understood as capable of patronizing infidelity to existing engagements. I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But, in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive...
Page 143 - To the efficacy and permanency of your union, a government for the whole is indispensable. — No alliances, however strict, between the parts, can be an adequate substitute ; they must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions, which all alliances, in all times, have experienced.
Page 149 - So likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest, in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter, without adequate inducement or justification.
Page 147 - Let it simply be asked. Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 145 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which, in different ages and countries, has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism.
Page 152 - There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon, real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.
Page 142 - One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings which spring from these misrepresentations. They tend to render alien to each other, those who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.
Page 169 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against antirepublican tendencies; the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 121 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Page 408 - The cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.