American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the Most Eminent Orators of America, Volume 1Frank Moore Appleton, 1859 |
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... Assembly . The first wife of Mr. Henry having died in the year 1775 , he sold the farm on which he had been residing in Hanover county , and purchased several thousand acres of valuable land in the county of Henry ; a county which had ...
... Assembly . The first wife of Mr. Henry having died in the year 1775 , he sold the farm on which he had been residing in Hanover county , and purchased several thousand acres of valuable land in the county of Henry ; a county which had ...
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... Assembly in 1798 , in relation to the alien and sedition laws , conjured up the most frightful visions of civil war , disunion , blood and anarchy ; and under the impulse of these phantoms , to make what he considered a virtuous effort ...
... Assembly in 1798 , in relation to the alien and sedition laws , conjured up the most frightful visions of civil war , disunion , blood and anarchy ; and under the impulse of these phantoms , to make what he considered a virtuous effort ...
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... Assembly , ought to be free , and that all men , having sufficient evi- dence of permanent , common interest with , and attachment to the community , have the right of suffrage , and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property , for ...
... Assembly , ought to be free , and that all men , having sufficient evi- dence of permanent , common interest with , and attachment to the community , have the right of suffrage , and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property , for ...
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... assembly thought requisitions erroneous , if they thought the demand was too great , they might at least supplicate Congress to reconsider , that it was a little too much . The power of direct taxation was called by the honorable ...
... assembly thought requisitions erroneous , if they thought the demand was too great , they might at least supplicate Congress to reconsider , that it was a little too much . The power of direct taxation was called by the honorable ...
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... assembly , the members convened at a private house , where they drew up articles of convention , agreeing not to import or encourage in any way British manufactures , while the revenue acts remained in force . In the enforcement of ...
... assembly , the members convened at a private house , where they drew up articles of convention , agreeing not to import or encourage in any way British manufactures , while the revenue acts remained in force . In the enforcement of ...
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Página 257 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Página 258 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from. external annoyance; when we may take such an" attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected...
Página 255 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations, which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
Página 254 - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
Página 258 - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But, if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good ; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended...
Página 257 - ... 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...
Página 253 - I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty or propriety; and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services, that, in the present circumstances of our country, you will not disapprove my determination to retire.
Página 257 - ... 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...
Página 372 - That the national legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation ; and, moreover, to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
Página 254 - You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together. The Independence and Liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts — of common dangers, sufferings and successes.