The Works of Daniel Webster: Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts, and speeches in CongressCharles C. Little and James Brown, 1851 |
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... SENATE 8 Speech in the Convention on a Resolution proposing to divide the Common- wealth into Districts according to Population , for the Choice of Senators , delivered on the 15th of December , 1820 . INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY ...
... SENATE 8 Speech in the Convention on a Resolution proposing to divide the Common- wealth into Districts according to Population , for the Choice of Senators , delivered on the 15th of December , 1820 . INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY ...
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... Senate of the United States , on the 9th of May , 1828 , on the Tariff Bill . FIRST SPEECH ON FOOT'S RESOLUTION 248 Delivered in the Senate of the United States , on the 20th of January , 1830 . SECOND SPEECH ON FOOT'S RESOLUTION • 270 ...
... Senate of the United States , on the 9th of May , 1828 , on the Tariff Bill . FIRST SPEECH ON FOOT'S RESOLUTION 248 Delivered in the Senate of the United States , on the 20th of January , 1830 . SECOND SPEECH ON FOOT'S RESOLUTION • 270 ...
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... Senate , on the 28th of May , 1832 . THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF THE UNITED STATES BANK BILL 391 • 407 A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States , on the 11th of July , 1832 , on the President's Veto of the Bank Bill . 416 THE ...
... Senate , on the 28th of May , 1832 . THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO OF THE UNITED STATES BANK BILL 391 • 407 A Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States , on the 11th of July , 1832 , on the President's Veto of the Bank Bill . 416 THE ...
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... that we should keep in it an expression of our respect and attachment to Christianity ; -not , indeed , to any of its peculiar forms , but to its general principles . BASIS OF THE OF THE SENATE . * I KNOW QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE . 7.
... that we should keep in it an expression of our respect and attachment to Christianity ; -not , indeed , to any of its peculiar forms , but to its general principles . BASIS OF THE OF THE SENATE . * I KNOW QUALIFICATIONS FOR OFFICE . 7.
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... Senate and a House of Representatives . We propose also , at least I have heard no intimation of a contrary opinion , that these branches shall , in form , possess a negative on each other . I presume I may also take it for granted ...
... Senate and a House of Representatives . We propose also , at least I have heard no intimation of a contrary opinion , that these branches shall , in form , possess a negative on each other . I presume I may also take it for granted ...
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Seite 342 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, TO fee whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Seite 476 - Do in the name and in behalf of the People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Seite 501 - 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 455 - 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 200 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America...
Seite 340 - Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do any thing for themselves ; they imagine there is no safety for them any longer than they are under the close guardianship of the state legislatures. Sir, the people have not trusted their safety, in regard to the general constitution, to these hands. They have required other security, and taken other bonds. They have chosen to trust themselves, first, to the plain words of the instrument, and to such construction as the government...
Seite 255 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Seite 498 - To grant patents for useful inventions. "To secure to authors exclusive rights for a certain time. "To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.
Seite 332 - I must call it, which the honorable member espouses, this Union would, in all probability, have been scattered to the four winds. I ask the gentleman, therefore, to apply his principles to that case ; I ask him to come forth and declare whether, in his opinion, the New England States would have been justified in interfering to break up the embargo system, under the conscientious opinions which they held upon it.
Seite 270 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.