The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1854 - 221 páginas |
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... hope . He stated that he could prove that my client hired the farm , but there was not a word in the lease about the sale , nor was there a word spoken about the sale when the lease was signed , as he should prove by a witness . In ...
... hope . He stated that he could prove that my client hired the farm , but there was not a word in the lease about the sale , nor was there a word spoken about the sale when the lease was signed , as he should prove by a witness . In ...
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... hope he will remain with the family . Monicha McCarty , Sarah Smith , and Anna Bean , colored persons , now also , and , for a long time , in my service , are all free . They are very well - deserving , and whoever comes after me , must ...
... hope he will remain with the family . Monicha McCarty , Sarah Smith , and Anna Bean , colored persons , now also , and , for a long time , in my service , are all free . They are very well - deserving , and whoever comes after me , must ...
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... hope . Those who were present upon the morning of that Sabbath upon which this head of a family conducted the worship of his household , will never forget , as he read from our Lord's Sermon on the Mount , the emphasis which he alone ...
... hope . Those who were present upon the morning of that Sabbath upon which this head of a family conducted the worship of his household , will never forget , as he read from our Lord's Sermon on the Mount , the emphasis which he alone ...
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... hope for ; or else , as life is advancing to its close , all is heart - sinking and oppression . Depend upon it , whatever may be the mind of an old man , old age is only really happy when , on feeling the enjoyments of this world pass ...
... hope for ; or else , as life is advancing to its close , all is heart - sinking and oppression . Depend upon it , whatever may be the mind of an old man , old age is only really happy when , on feeling the enjoyments of this world pass ...
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... hope to prophecy , and lifts the soul as with wings . In that splendid close to a remarkable passage in the oration on Adams and Jefferson , what American does not feel assured , with the orator , that their fame will be immortal ...
... hope to prophecy , and lifts the soul as with wings . In that splendid close to a remarkable passage in the oration on Adams and Jefferson , what American does not feel assured , with the orator , that their fame will be immortal ...
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Adams and Jefferson American authority Banquo Boston Bunker Hill Bunker Hill Monument cause character civil colonies commerce Congress constitution dangerous Daniel Webster debate Declaration deliberate duty eloquence embargo England established Eulogy exercise existence expressed Faneuil Hall fathers favorable federal feeling friends happiness Hartford Convention Hayward heart Heaven honorable gentleman honorable member hope human important independence interest interfere internal improvement JOHN ADAMS labor legislature liberty live look maintain Marshfield Matthew Carey measures ment mind monument Nathan Dane never object occasion opinion oppression ORATIONS OF DANIEL palpable party passed patriotism peace political President principles public lands question religious Reply to Hayne respect revolution Rochester American senator from Massachusetts sentiments slavery slaves South Carolina speech spirit supposed tariff laws tariff of 1816 thing thought tion true trust unconstitutional Union United votes whole
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Página 1 - 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 180 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact : as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact, and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the !States who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...
Página 2 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; 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 58 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Página 33 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, 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 64 - ... If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies; and I know, that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts, and cannot be eradicated.
Página 65 - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.