A Library of Universal Literature: In 4 Parts, Comprising Science, Biography, Fiction and the Great Orations. Pt.3: Orations, Band 7Collier, 1900 |
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... slaves ; die , it may be , ignominiously and on the scaffold . Be it so . Be it so . If it be the pleasure of Heaven ... slavery , not of agony and distress , but of exultation , of gratitude , and of joy . Sir , before God , I believe ...
... slaves ; die , it may be , ignominiously and on the scaffold . Be it so . Be it so . If it be the pleasure of Heaven ... slavery , not of agony and distress , but of exultation , of gratitude , and of joy . Sir , before God , I believe ...
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... slaves to a foreign power . Both the spirit which pursues them , and the positive measures which emanate from that spirit , are harsh and proscriptive beyond all precedent within my knowledge , except in periods of professed revolution ...
... slaves to a foreign power . Both the spirit which pursues them , and the positive measures which emanate from that spirit , are harsh and proscriptive beyond all precedent within my knowledge , except in periods of professed revolution ...
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... behalf of their constit- uents , that it may be admitted into this Union as one of the United States . This Constitution , sir , contains an ex- press prohibition of slavery , or involuntary servitude , in THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION ...
... behalf of their constit- uents , that it may be admitted into this Union as one of the United States . This Constitution , sir , contains an ex- press prohibition of slavery , or involuntary servitude , in THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION ...
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... slavery , it is said , was inserted with entire unanimity . It is this circumstance , sir , the prohibition of slavery , which has contributed to raise , I do not say it has wholly raised , the dispute as to the propriety of the ...
... slavery , it is said , was inserted with entire unanimity . It is this circumstance , sir , the prohibition of slavery , which has contributed to raise , I do not say it has wholly raised , the dispute as to the propriety of the ...
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... slavery in these United States . Now , sir , I propose , perhaps at the expense of some detail and consequent ... slavery has existed in the world from time immemorial . There was slavery , in the earliest periods of history , among the ...
... slavery in these United States . Now , sir , I propose , perhaps at the expense of some detail and consequent ... slavery has existed in the world from time immemorial . There was slavery , in the earliest periods of history , among the ...
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admitted adopted American annexation appointed Articles of Confederation authority Brown Street cause character charity charter Colman Colonies compact Confederation Congress Constitution Convention corporation court Crownin Dartmouth College Declaration doubt duty established execution exercise existing fact feel fellow citizens Frank Knapp gentlemen George Crowninshield grant Hampshire honor hope House human important John Adams judge judgment land lature learned legislative Legislature liberty live Massachusetts means ment Mexico murder nature North nullification object occasion opinion ordinance party passed patriotic peace persons political present President principles prisoner privileges prove purpose question regard resolution respect Richard Crowninshield secession Senate sentiments slave slavery South Carolina sovereign sovereign communities speak stand stitution suppose tariff of 1816 territory Texas things tion trustees Union United Virginia vote whole Wilmot Proviso witness Ye men
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Seite 213 - What constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: MEN, high-minded MEN...
Seite 57 - 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.
Seite 112 - We, the people of the United States, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Seite 145 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Seite 309 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law; a law which hears before it condemns; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial.
Seite 83 - Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
Seite 7 - ... country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are, indeed, over your heads; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else, how changed! You hear now no roar of hostile cannon, you see no mixed volumes of smoke and flame rising from burning Charlestown. The ground strewed with the dead and the...
Seite 8 - He has allowed you to behold and to partake the reward of your patriotic toils; and he has allowed us, your sons and countrymen, to meet you here, and in the name of the present generation, in the name of your country, in the name of liberty, to thank you!
Seite 305 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Seite 53 - Then, patriotism is eloquent ; then, self-devotion is eloquent. 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.