Eloquence of the United States, Volume 5E. & H. Clark, 1827 - Speeches, addresses, etc., American |
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... feels it to be his interest and knows it to be his duty , to preserve inviolate the constitution on which the public safety depends , and he is equally ready to assist the magis- trate in the execution of the laws , and the subject in ...
... feels it to be his interest and knows it to be his duty , to preserve inviolate the constitution on which the public safety depends , and he is equally ready to assist the magis- trate in the execution of the laws , and the subject in ...
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... feels it to be his interest and knows it to be his duty , to preserve inviolate the constitution on which the public safety depends , and he is equally ready to assist the magis- trate in the execution of the laws , and the subject in ...
... feels it to be his interest and knows it to be his duty , to preserve inviolate the constitution on which the public safety depends , and he is equally ready to assist the magis- trate in the execution of the laws , and the subject in ...
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... are also sensible that Britain is so deeply interested in the prosperity of the colonies , that she must eventually feel every wound VOL . V. 3 given to their freedom ; they cannot be ignorant that AT BOSTON , MARCH 5 , 1779 . 13.
... are also sensible that Britain is so deeply interested in the prosperity of the colonies , that she must eventually feel every wound VOL . V. 3 given to their freedom ; they cannot be ignorant that AT BOSTON , MARCH 5 , 1779 . 13.
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... feel the true fire of pa- triotism burning in your breasts : if you , from your * At simul heroum laudes , et facta parentis Jam legere , et quæ sit poteris cognoscere virtus .-- Virg . souls , despise the most gaudy dress that slavery ...
... feel the true fire of pa- triotism burning in your breasts : if you , from your * At simul heroum laudes , et facta parentis Jam legere , et quæ sit poteris cognoscere virtus .-- Virg . souls , despise the most gaudy dress that slavery ...
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... feel the goads and stings of conscious guilt pierce through your savage bosoms ? Though some of you may think yourselves exalted to a height that bids de- fiance to human justice ; and others shroud yourselves beneath the mask of ...
... feel the goads and stings of conscious guilt pierce through your savage bosoms ? Though some of you may think yourselves exalted to a height that bids de- fiance to human justice ; and others shroud yourselves beneath the mask of ...
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Page 61 - President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 2 - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the authors and proprietors of rach 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 to the arts of designing, engraving...
Page 63 - But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Page 119 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
Page 124 - ... of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation. As avenues to foreign influence, in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public...
Page 118 - It is, indeed, little else than a name, where the government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of the society within the limits prescribed by the laws, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyment of the rights of person and property.
Page 122 - ... revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties) ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue, which the public exigencies may at any time dictate. Observe...
Page 114 - Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connexion with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
Page 117 - Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.
Page 451 - Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood ; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints, who taught and led the way to heaven ; Ne'er to these chambers, where the mighty rest, Since their foundation came a nobler guest ; Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd A fairer spirit or more welcome shade. In what new region, to the just assign'd, What new employments please th' unbody'd mind ? A winged virtue, through th' ethereal sky,...