Life of Daniel WebsterPorter and Coates, 1854 - 498 páginas |
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... Measures , 406 Mr. Webster's views of the Basis of the Union , Speech of the 7th of March , 407 410 It is not well received at the North , . Is accused of yielding too much to Slavery , 415 416 His other Speeches overlooked , 417 ...
... Measures , 406 Mr. Webster's views of the Basis of the Union , Speech of the 7th of March , 407 410 It is not well received at the North , . Is accused of yielding too much to Slavery , 415 416 His other Speeches overlooked , 417 ...
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... measure of his long and faithful services , Dr. Abbott an- nounced his determination to resign his office at the conclusion of the summer term . This was to a large number of his pils , to all whose health or business would permit their ...
... measure of his long and faithful services , Dr. Abbott an- nounced his determination to resign his office at the conclusion of the summer term . This was to a large number of his pils , to all whose health or business would permit their ...
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... measures . But his party , heterogene ous and yet united , could not be controlled by a weak , a hesita ting , a timorous man . Madison was borne on , by the force of party feeling , through four years of irresolution and fear ; but ...
... measures . But his party , heterogene ous and yet united , could not be controlled by a weak , a hesita ting , a timorous man . Madison was borne on , by the force of party feeling , through four years of irresolution and fear ; but ...
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... measures , which had been carried through by the democratic party , the embargo and the war , had brought the Union to the brink of a dissolu- tion . New England , which scarcely had a business , or any means of self - support , when ...
... measures , which had been carried through by the democratic party , the embargo and the war , had brought the Union to the brink of a dissolu- tion . New England , which scarcely had a business , or any means of self - support , when ...
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... measure , to make their own . Though Catholics in faith , they have been , for a great many years , anti- paral in their government . The bishop of Rome has tried hard FIRST SPEECH CONTINUED . 145 for centuries to extend his 144 WEBSTER ...
... measure , to make their own . Though Catholics in faith , they have been , for a great many years , anti- paral in their government . The bishop of Rome has tried hard FIRST SPEECH CONTINUED . 145 for centuries to extend his 144 WEBSTER ...
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Página 278 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Página 57 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object—this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Página 278 - Liberty first and Union afterward"; but everywhere spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable...
Página 336 - Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Página 336 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Página 348 - The parties mutually stipulate that each shall prepare, equip, and maintain in service, on the coast of Africa, a sufficient and adequate squadron, or naval force of vessels, of suitable numbers and descriptions, to carry in all not less than eighty guns, to enforce, separately and respectively, the laws, rights, and obligations, of each of the two countries, for the suppression of the slave trade...
Página 306 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar offj they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Página 233 - An act in addition to an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes...
Página 336 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página 26 - ... revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! [Mr.
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