The Life, Eulogy, and Great Orations of Daniel WebsterW.M. Hayward & Company, 1854 - 221 páginas |
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... institution that shall — an institution that has an odor of nationality about it ; " and the applause that followed , attested the force and felicitousness of the figure . A friend recently mentioned to the writer another instance which ...
... institution that shall — an institution that has an odor of nationality about it ; " and the applause that followed , attested the force and felicitousness of the figure . A friend recently mentioned to the writer another instance which ...
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... institutions , offices , and markets ; and a large proportion of the city was dressed in the habiliments of sorrow . The mourning draperies upon many of the buildings , public and private , were rich , elabo- rate , and tasteful ...
... institutions , offices , and markets ; and a large proportion of the city was dressed in the habiliments of sorrow . The mourning draperies upon many of the buildings , public and private , were rich , elabo- rate , and tasteful ...
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... institutions , and breath the bracing air of a healthy and invigorating patriotism . They are replete with that true wisdom which is slowly gathered from the exercise of a strong and com- prehensive intellect on the complicated concerns ...
... institutions , and breath the bracing air of a healthy and invigorating patriotism . They are replete with that true wisdom which is slowly gathered from the exercise of a strong and com- prehensive intellect on the complicated concerns ...
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... institutions . His works all refer to the history , the policy , the laws , the government , the social life , and the destiny , of his own land . They bear little resemblance , in their tone and spirit , to productions of the same class ...
... institutions . His works all refer to the history , the policy , the laws , the government , the social life , and the destiny , of his own land . They bear little resemblance , in their tone and spirit , to productions of the same class ...
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... institutions , his position has been such as to lead him to survey objects from an American point of view . His patriotism has become part of his being . Deny him that , and you deny the authorship of his works . It has prompted the ...
... institutions , his position has been such as to lead him to survey objects from an American point of view . His patriotism has become part of his being . Deny him that , and you deny the authorship of his works . It has prompted the ...
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American authority Banquo blessings Boston Bunker Hill Bunker Hill Monument cause character civil colonies commerce Congress constitution Daniel Webster debate Declaration Demosthenes doctrine duty eloquence England established Eulogy existence expressed Faneuil Hall fathers favorable federal federalists feeling friends genius gentleman from Massachusetts happiness Hartford Convention heart Heaven honorable gentleman honorable member hope human important independence institutions interest internal improvement JOHN ADAMS labor legislature liberty live look maintain Marshfield Matthew Carey measures ment mind monument Nathan Dane never object occasion opinion ORATIONS OF DANIEL palpable party passed patriotism peace political possess present President principles public lands question religious reply to Hayne respect revolution senator from Massachusetts sentiments slavery slaves South Carolina speech spirit supposed tariff tariff of 1816 thing thought tion true trust unconstitutional Union United votes whole
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Página 216 - 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 24 - 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 80 - 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 84 - 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 216 - 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. Under its benign influences these great interests immediately awoke as from the dead, and sprang forth with newness of life.
Página 84 - Words and phrases may be marshalled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
Página 11 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet...
Página 19 - ... it — if party strife and blind ambition shall hawk at and tear it — if folly and madness — if uneasiness, under salutary and necessary restraint shall succeed to separate it from that union, by which alone its existence is made sure, it will stand, in the end, by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather round it; and it will fall at last, if fall it must, amidst the proudest...
Página 79 - I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Página 86 - ... 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.