American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent AmericansDesilver, Thomas & Company, 1836 - 531 стор. |
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... less than a ques- tion of freedom or slavery ; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate . It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth , and fulfil the great responsibility ...
... less than a ques- tion of freedom or slavery ; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate . It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth , and fulfil the great responsibility ...
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... less , of the people of America - a most despicable minority - may prevent this reform , or alteration . Suppose the people of Virginia should wish to alter their government ; can a majority of them do it ? No , because they are ...
... less , of the people of America - a most despicable minority - may prevent this reform , or alteration . Suppose the people of Virginia should wish to alter their government ; can a majority of them do it ? No , because they are ...
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... less active to support the general welfare . Would they not , therefore , acquiesce in our taking time to deliberate - deliberate whether the measure be not perilous , not only for us , but the adopting states : Permit me , sir , to say ...
... less active to support the general welfare . Would they not , therefore , acquiesce in our taking time to deliberate - deliberate whether the measure be not perilous , not only for us , but the adopting states : Permit me , sir , to say ...
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... less degree will defeat the intention , and a great- er will subject the people to the depravity of rulers , who , though they are but the agents of the people , pervert their powers to their own emolument and ambitious views . Ex- Mr ...
... less degree will defeat the intention , and a great- er will subject the people to the depravity of rulers , who , though they are but the agents of the people , pervert their powers to their own emolument and ambitious views . Ex- Mr ...
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... less probable . Moreover , vast quan- tities of lands have been sold , by citizens of this country , to Euro- peans , and these lands cannot be found . Will this fraud be coun- tenanced or endured ? Among so many causes of danger ...
... less probable . Moreover , vast quan- tities of lands have been sold , by citizens of this country , to Euro- peans , and these lands cannot be found . Will this fraud be coun- tenanced or endured ? Among so many causes of danger ...
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Сторінка 15 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Сторінка 196 - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "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...
Сторінка 14 - We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne.
Сторінка 484 - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it; but they will toil in vain. 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.
Сторінка 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Сторінка 111 - Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
Сторінка 51 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Сторінка 484 - 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.
Сторінка 297 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Сторінка 26 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.