Eloquent Sons of the South: A Handbook of Southern Oratory, Band 1John Temple Graves, Clark Howell, Walter Williams Chapple Publishing Company, Limited, 1909 |
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... civil war - who want to see the blood of any portion of our countrymen spilt - I am not one of them . I wish to see war of no kind ; but , above all , I do not desire to see a civil war . When war begins , whether civil or foreign , no ...
... civil war - who want to see the blood of any portion of our countrymen spilt - I am not one of them . I wish to see war of no kind ; but , above all , I do not desire to see a civil war . When war begins , whether civil or foreign , no ...
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... civil war with such a state , how would it terminate ? Whenever it should have ter- minated , what would be her condition ? If she should ever return to the Union , what would be the condition of her feelings and affections ; what the ...
... civil war with such a state , how would it terminate ? Whenever it should have ter- minated , what would be her condition ? If she should ever return to the Union , what would be the condition of her feelings and affections ; what the ...
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... civil qualifi- cations . I can neither retract , nor alter , nor modify any opinion which , on these subjects , I have at any time heretofore ex- pressed . I thought I beheld in his election an awful foreboding of the fate which , at ...
... civil qualifi- cations . I can neither retract , nor alter , nor modify any opinion which , on these subjects , I have at any time heretofore ex- pressed . I thought I beheld in his election an awful foreboding of the fate which , at ...
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... civil candidate . An insurrection was raised in behalf of his military rival ; the cry , not exactly of a bargain , but of corruption , was sounded ; the election was annulled , and a reform effected by proclaiming General Guerrero ...
... civil candidate . An insurrection was raised in behalf of his military rival ; the cry , not exactly of a bargain , but of corruption , was sounded ; the election was annulled , and a reform effected by proclaiming General Guerrero ...
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... civil over the military authority ; economy in the public expense , that labor may be lightly burthened ; the honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encourage- ment of agriculture , and commerce as its ...
... civil over the military authority ; economy in the public expense , that labor may be lightly burthened ; the honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encourage- ment of agriculture , and commerce as its ...
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Seite 10 - 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!
Seite 162 - ... 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. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
Seite 166 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Seite 150 - To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable. No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute. They must inevitably experience the infractions and interruptions which all alliances in all times have experienced. Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of...
Seite 155 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissensions, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual...
Seite 86 - Still one thing more, fellow-citizens: a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Seite 21 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Seite 170 - In relation to the still subsisting War in Europe, my Proclamation of the 22d of April 1793 is the index to my plan. — Sanctioned by your approving voice and by that of Your Representatives in both Houses of Congress, the spirit of that measure has continually governed me : — uninfluenced by any attempts to deter or divert me from it. After deliberate examination with the...
Seite 85 - I know indeed that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong ; that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, on the theoretic and visionary fear that this government, the world's best hope, may by possibility want energy to preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth.
Seite 82 - During the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely, and to speak and to write what they think; but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the constitution all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good.