Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster Upon the Subject of Slavery: Delivered in the United States Senate on Thursday, March 7, 1850Redding & Company, 1894 - 39 Seiten |
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... liberty of going a step further , and of insisting , that such goods ought not to be bought or consumed at all ( Great applause ) . For , ' said they , Mr. Hancock , what difference does it make to us , whether hats , shoes , boots ...
... liberty of going a step further , and of insisting , that such goods ought not to be bought or consumed at all ( Great applause ) . For , ' said they , Mr. Hancock , what difference does it make to us , whether hats , shoes , boots ...
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... liberty ; hereafter , she will take a great lead , and her cotton will enrich her people . “ Pray , what has been the result ? When these glowing sentences were on the lips of her eloquent men , her cotton was from ten to eleven cents a ...
... liberty ; hereafter , she will take a great lead , and her cotton will enrich her people . “ Pray , what has been the result ? When these glowing sentences were on the lips of her eloquent men , her cotton was from ten to eleven cents a ...
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... liberty - loving Connecticut went for it in the other House , and one - half here . There was one vote for it in Maine , but I am happy to say not the vote of the honorable member who ad- dresssed the Senate the day before yesterday ...
... liberty - loving Connecticut went for it in the other House , and one - half here . There was one vote for it in Maine , but I am happy to say not the vote of the honorable member who ad- dresssed the Senate the day before yesterday ...
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... liberty to re- cur to the various expressions and statements , made at various times of my own opinions and resolutions respecting the admission of Texas , and all that has followed . Sir , as early as 1836 , or in the earlier part of ...
... liberty to re- cur to the various expressions and statements , made at various times of my own opinions and resolutions respecting the admission of Texas , and all that has followed . Sir , as early as 1836 , or in the earlier part of ...
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... liberty and freedom , is to be effected . Therefore , I repeat , sir , and I repeat it because I wish it to be under- stood , that I do not propose to address the Senate often on this subject . I desire to pour out all my heart in as ...
... liberty and freedom , is to be effected . Therefore , I repeat , sir , and I repeat it because I wish it to be under- stood , that I do not propose to address the Senate often on this subject . I desire to pour out all my heart in as ...
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Seite 15 - Texas, and having sufficient population, may hereafter, by the consent of said State; be formed out of the territory thereof, which shall be entitled to admission, under the provisions of the Federal Constitution. And such States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of...
Seite 5 - Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep ; Her march is o'er the mountain wave, Her home is on the deep.
Seite 7 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared: a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts; whose morning drum -beat, following the sun and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Seite 55 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Seite 7 - Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared, — a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe .with her possessions and military posts, •whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth daily with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Seite 12 - Let us, then, bind the republic together with a perfect system of roads and canals.
Seite 12 - He is a rash man indeed, and little conversant with human nature, and especially has he a very erroneous estimate of the character of the people of this country, who supposes that a feeling of this kind is to be trifled with or despised. It will assuredly cause itself to be respected.
Seite 28 - Then, sir, there are these abolition societies, of which I am unwilling to speak, but in regard to which I have very clear notions and opinions. I do not think them useful. I think their operations for the last twenty years have produced nothing good or valuable.
Seite 50 - be required and directed to adopt such measures as he may deem necessary to cause, as soon as may be, all duties, taxes, debts, or sums of money accruing or becoming payable to the United States to be collected and paid in the legal currency of the United States...
Seite 32 - Where is the flag of the Republic to remain ? Where is the eagle still to tower ? or is he to cower, and shrink and fall to the ground...