Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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Page 12
... hand , I am not ashamed of it for the spirit which it manifests . But , sir , I say again , the gentleman himself took the lead against this measure - this darling measure of the Administration . I followed him ; if I was seduced into ...
... hand , I am not ashamed of it for the spirit which it manifests . But , sir , I say again , the gentleman himself took the lead against this measure - this darling measure of the Administration . I followed him ; if I was seduced into ...
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... hand in defence of the navy . I insisted on its importance , its adaptation to our circumstances and to our national character , and its indispensable necessity , if we intended to maintain and extend our commerce . These opinions and ...
... hand in defence of the navy . I insisted on its importance , its adaptation to our circumstances and to our national character , and its indispensable necessity , if we intended to maintain and extend our commerce . These opinions and ...
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... hand , and debility and inefficiency on the other . I think that happy medium was found , by the exercise of the greatest politi- cal sagacity , and the influence of the highest good fortune . ` We cannot move the system either way ...
... hand , and debility and inefficiency on the other . I think that happy medium was found , by the exercise of the greatest politi- cal sagacity , and the influence of the highest good fortune . ` We cannot move the system either way ...
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... hand , and in the vast increase of Executive authority on the other . The government of the United States , in the aggregate , or the legislative power of Congress , seems fast losing , one after another , its accustomed powers . One by ...
... hand , and in the vast increase of Executive authority on the other . The government of the United States , in the aggregate , or the legislative power of Congress , seems fast losing , one after another , its accustomed powers . One by ...
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... hand , and the Banks themselves on the other , may see fit to agree to . And so of Internal Improvement . It is not every thing in the nature of public improvements , which is forbidden . It is only that the selection of objects is not ...
... hand , and the Banks themselves on the other , may see fit to agree to . And so of Internal Improvement . It is not every thing in the nature of public improvements , which is forbidden . It is only that the selection of objects is not ...
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