John C. CalhounHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 356 Seiten |
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... whole force of his iron will to the service of a doomed and unholy cause , and at last sinking into the grave in the very moment when , under the weight of the top - stone , the towering pillars of the temple of his impure idol are rent ...
... whole force of his iron will to the service of a doomed and unholy cause , and at last sinking into the grave in the very moment when , under the weight of the top - stone , the towering pillars of the temple of his impure idol are rent ...
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... . As yet it is hardly possible to pass an unbiassed judg- ment upon him , because the wounds of the ter rible conflict , in which he was during the life- - - time of a whole generation the acknowledged leader , have 2 JOHN C. CALHOUN .
... . As yet it is hardly possible to pass an unbiassed judg- ment upon him , because the wounds of the ter rible conflict , in which he was during the life- - - time of a whole generation the acknowledged leader , have 2 JOHN C. CALHOUN .
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Hermann Von Holst. time of a whole generation the acknowledged leader , have not fully healed , and therefore those passions have not completely died away which were engendered by the catastrophe in which that conflict ended . Meanwhile ...
Hermann Von Holst. time of a whole generation the acknowledged leader , have not fully healed , and therefore those passions have not completely died away which were engendered by the catastrophe in which that conflict ended . Meanwhile ...
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... whole nation . We hear that he was a just and kind master to his slaves , that he was possessed of an uncommon conver- sational talent , and that he exercised an especial fascination upon young men . This is about all . From the ...
... whole nation . We hear that he was a just and kind master to his slaves , that he was possessed of an uncommon conver- sational talent , and that he exercised an especial fascination upon young men . This is about all . From the ...
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... whole life . In spite of the diligence with which he applied himself later , for some years , to his books , the * tock of positive knowledge which he had to fall back upon was never large , and the peculiar 8 JOHN C. CALHOUN .
... whole life . In spite of the diligence with which he applied himself later , for some years , to his books , the * tock of positive knowledge which he had to fall back upon was never large , and the peculiar 8 JOHN C. CALHOUN .
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Seite 343 - The North has only to will it to accomplish it ; to do justice by conceding to the South an equal right in the acquired territory, and to do her duty by causing the stipulations relative to fugitive slaves to be faithfully fulfilled ; to cease the agitation of the slave question...
Seite 172 - But let me not be understood as admitting, even by implication, that the existing relations between the two races, in the slaveholding states, is an evil : far otherwise ; I hold it to be a good, as it has thus far proved itself to be, to both, and will continue to prove so, if not disturbed by the fell spirit of abolition.
Seite 348 - ... commencement. I have exerted myself, during the whole period, to arrest it, with the intention of saving the Union, if it could be done; and if it could not, to save the section where it has pleased Providence to cast my lot, and which I sincerely believe has justice and the Constitution on its side. Having faithfully done my duty to the best of my ability, both to the Union and my section, throughout this agitation, I shall have the consolation, let what will come, that I am free from all responsibility.
Seite 167 - However sound the great body of the non-slaveholding States are at present, in the course of. a few years they will be succeeded by those who will have been taught to hate the people and institutions of nearly one-half of this Union, with a hatred more deadly than one hostile nation ever entertained towards another.
Seite 295 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Seite 36 - But suppose the Constitution to be silent; why should we be confined in the application of moneys to the enumerated powers? There is nothing in the reason of the thing that I can perceive why it should be so restricted; and the habitual and uniform practice of the Government coincides with my opinion.