American Eloquence: a Collection of Speeches and Addresses: By the Most Eminent Orators of America, Volume 2D. Appleton and Company, 1857 |
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... sion as they can . If , then , it be admitted that they can understand how to lay them equally and conveniently , are we to admit that they will not do it , but that in violation of every principle that ought to govern men , they will ...
... sion as they can . If , then , it be admitted that they can understand how to lay them equally and conveniently , are we to admit that they will not do it , but that in violation of every principle that ought to govern men , they will ...
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... sion , but the new circumstance ought to have It is to be remembered , too , that in the case stated to the President , the judge himself pears to have considered it as proper for execu- tive decision , and to have wished that decision ...
... sion , but the new circumstance ought to have It is to be remembered , too , that in the case stated to the President , the judge himself pears to have considered it as proper for execu- tive decision , and to have wished that decision ...
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... sion of the exclusive navigation between the United States and her colonies , and between them and England . Freights are made by English vessels between England and the United States ; between them and the English colonies , as well as ...
... sion of the exclusive navigation between the United States and her colonies , and between them and England . Freights are made by English vessels between England and the United States ; between them and the English colonies , as well as ...
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... sion of new States into the Union . Congress may , therefore , make it a condition of the ad- mission of a new State , that slavery shall be for ever prohibited within the same . with the more confidence , pronounce this to be the true ...
... sion of new States into the Union . Congress may , therefore , make it a condition of the ad- mission of a new State , that slavery shall be for ever prohibited within the same . with the more confidence , pronounce this to be the true ...
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... sion of this territory to the United States , that the ordinance of 1787 , except the sixth article thereof , respecting slavery , should be applied to the same ; and that the sixth article should not be so applied . Accordingly , the ...
... sion of this territory to the United States , that the ordinance of 1787 , except the sixth article thereof , respecting slavery , should be applied to the same ; and that the sixth article should not be so applied . Accordingly , the ...
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Página 399 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Página 390 - It is, sir, the people's constitution, the people's government, made for the people, made by the people, and answerable to the people.
Página 78 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest Court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had...
Página 399 - It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit.
Página 363 - We come, as Americans, to mark a spot which must forever be dear to us and our posterity. We wish that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn his eye hither, may behold that the place is not undistinguished...
Página 389 - Sir, let me recur to pleasing recollections; let me indulge in refreshing remembrance of the past; let me remind you that, in early times, no States cherished greater harmony, both of principle and feeling, than Massachusetts and South Carolina. Would to God that harmony might again return! Shoulder to shoulder they went through the Revolution ; hand in hand they stood round the administration of Washington, and felt his own great arm lean on them for support.
Página 399 - Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has been to us all a copious fountain of national, social, and personal happiness.
Página 400 - ... him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep...
Página 46 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Página 364 - Venerable men, you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are, indeed, over your heads; the same ocean rolla at your feet; but all else, how changed!