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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... ment , and which labor rejoiced at as having been secured and guaranteed therein ; then , too , a clearer discernment of what the younger Webster , with many another inexperienced states- man , was unaware of , the more than rivalry ...
... ment , and which labor rejoiced at as having been secured and guaranteed therein ; then , too , a clearer discernment of what the younger Webster , with many another inexperienced states- man , was unaware of , the more than rivalry ...
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... ment and protection of manufactures . ' Until , Sir , this early legislation , thus coeval with the Constitution itself , thus full and explicit , can be explained away , no man can doubt of the meaning of that instrument in this ...
... ment and protection of manufactures . ' Until , Sir , this early legislation , thus coeval with the Constitution itself , thus full and explicit , can be explained away , no man can doubt of the meaning of that instrument in this ...
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... ment spread over the land , and the country go forward in its career of growth and success . " " But , Gentlemen , this sentiment and feeling were not merely the sentiment and feeling of Massachusetts . We may look at the debates in all ...
... ment spread over the land , and the country go forward in its career of growth and success . " " But , Gentlemen , this sentiment and feeling were not merely the sentiment and feeling of Massachusetts . We may look at the debates in all ...
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... ment . " The honorable member thinks that Congress , by taking off this tax , would give the exclusive power of keeping up the price to Amer- " Ah , ican producers . I differ from him in opinion . I think that , by taking off this tax ...
... ment . " The honorable member thinks that Congress , by taking off this tax , would give the exclusive power of keeping up the price to Amer- " Ah , ican producers . I differ from him in opinion . I think that , by taking off this tax ...
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... ment is made for all , not for few . Its object is , to promote the great- est good of the whole ; and this ought to be kept constantly in view in its administration . The far greater number of those who maintain the Government belong ...
... ment is made for all , not for few . Its object is , to promote the great- est good of the whole ; and this ought to be kept constantly in view in its administration . The far greater number of those who maintain the Government belong ...
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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...