Fourth of July Orations, Հատոր 11863 |
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Արդյունքներ 80–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... duties , the rewards . To be a citizen of this free land implies sovereignty ; not domination over a crushed people , not the unbridled license of one against the fettered liberties of all others , but the sovereignty over self , the ...
... duties , the rewards . To be a citizen of this free land implies sovereignty ; not domination over a crushed people , not the unbridled license of one against the fettered liberties of all others , but the sovereignty over self , the ...
Էջ 6
... duties , the rewards . To be a citizen of this free land implies sovereignty ; not domination over a crushed people , not the unbridled license of one against the fettered liberties of all others , but the sovereignty over self , the ...
... duties , the rewards . To be a citizen of this free land implies sovereignty ; not domination over a crushed people , not the unbridled license of one against the fettered liberties of all others , but the sovereignty over self , the ...
Էջ 7
... duty to prove them worthy of enjoyment by strengthening and defending them , by preserving their purity , and thus giving them a voice of moral strength which shall speak like the voice of prophecy to the nations of the earth . Oh the ...
... duty to prove them worthy of enjoyment by strengthening and defending them , by preserving their purity , and thus giving them a voice of moral strength which shall speak like the voice of prophecy to the nations of the earth . Oh the ...
Էջ 8
... duties of the American citizen received their inauguration , the orbit of their performance was designated . The work had begun . The weary warriors of the Revolu- tion , the statesmen who had directed and sus- tained their efforts ...
... duties of the American citizen received their inauguration , the orbit of their performance was designated . The work had begun . The weary warriors of the Revolu- tion , the statesmen who had directed and sus- tained their efforts ...
Էջ 9
... Elective Franchise , the proper exercise of which is the first political duty of the citizen . That it has been shamefully abused , has been made time and again to sub- 2 serve dishonest purposes , has been employed to subvert the 9.
... Elective Franchise , the proper exercise of which is the first political duty of the citizen . That it has been shamefully abused , has been made time and again to sub- 2 serve dishonest purposes , has been employed to subvert the 9.
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Էջ 26 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene...
Էջ 5 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron. Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you, and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance.
Էջ 37 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying the amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved.
Էջ 37 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Էջ 35 - I am sincerely one of those, and would rather be in dependence on Great Britain, properly limited, than on any nation on earth, or than on no nation. But I am one of those, too, who, rather than submit to the rights of legislating for us, assumed by the British Parliament, and which late experience has shown they will so cruelly exercise, would lend my hand to sink the whole Island in the ocean.
Էջ 39 - The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric.
Էջ 70 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or restrain this execrable commerce.
Էջ 43 - The separate independence and individual sovereignty of the several States were never thought of by the enlightened band of patriots who framed this declaration. The several States are not even mentioned by name in any part of...