Eloquence of the United States, Հատոր 3E. & H. Clark, 1827 |
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... declared against Great Britain , members of the House were known to state , that they voted for it under the suggestion that it would not be a war of ten days ; that it was known that Mr. Foster had instructions to make definitive ar ...
... declared against Great Britain , members of the House were known to state , that they voted for it under the suggestion that it would not be a war of ten days ; that it was known that Mr. Foster had instructions to make definitive ar ...
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... declared , the whole affair seems so extraor- dinary and so utterly irreconcileable to any previous suggestions of wisdom and duty , that I know not what to make of it , or how to believe it . Even at this mo- ment , my mind is very ...
... declared , the whole affair seems so extraor- dinary and so utterly irreconcileable to any previous suggestions of wisdom and duty , that I know not what to make of it , or how to believe it . Even at this mo- ment , my mind is very ...
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... declared . Canada was invaded . We were in haste to plunge into these great difficul- ties , and we have now reason , as well as leisure enough , for regret and repentance . The great mistake of all those , who reasoned con- cerning the ...
... declared . Canada was invaded . We were in haste to plunge into these great difficul- ties , and we have now reason , as well as leisure enough , for regret and repentance . The great mistake of all those , who reasoned con- cerning the ...
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... declaration of war , were of this nature . Those colonies had no connexion with the questions in dispute between us and their parent state . They had done us no injury . They meditated none to us . Between the inhabitants of those ...
... declaration of war , were of this nature . Those colonies had no connexion with the questions in dispute between us and their parent state . They had done us no injury . They meditated none to us . Between the inhabitants of those ...
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... declared , when Gen. Hull had his instructions to put in train , the work of destruction . There was an eagerness for the blood of the Canadians , a headlong precipitation for their ruin , which indicated any thing else , rather THE NEW ...
... declared , when Gen. Hull had his instructions to put in train , the work of destruction . There was an eagerness for the blood of the Canadians , a headlong precipitation for their ruin , which indicated any thing else , rather THE NEW ...
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Էջ 225 - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
Էջ 277 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Էջ 136 - An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on free principles but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among several bodies of magistracy as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others.
Էջ 225 - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.
Էջ 312 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Էջ 386 - ... to take for their sole guide the precepts of that holy religion, namely, the precepts of justice, Christian charity, and peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the councils of princes, and guide all their steps, as being the only means of consolidating human institutions, and remedying their imperfections.
Էջ 280 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means. I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong upon this occasion, to gain the huzzas of thousands, or the daily praise of all the papers which come from the press...
Էջ 125 - We are fighting a great moral battle, for the benefit not only of our country, but of all mankind. The eyes of the whole world are in fixed attention upon us. One, and the largest portion of it, is gazing with contempt, with jealousy, and with envy ; the other portion, with hope, with confidence, and with affection.
Էջ 312 - ... by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...