Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3Perkins & Marvin, 1843 |
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... institutions , and an object of indescribable grief to all their friends . Gentlemen , I offer as a sentiment for the occasion - Civil Lib- erty : Its only security is in Constitutional restraint on political power . SPEECH ON RECEIVING ...
... institutions , and an object of indescribable grief to all their friends . Gentlemen , I offer as a sentiment for the occasion - Civil Lib- erty : Its only security is in Constitutional restraint on political power . SPEECH ON RECEIVING ...
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... institutions , and forming , I may almost say , an epoch in our political history . On this and similar occasions , not to dwell on your steadfast adherence to those more general principles of civil liberty , which arc equally important ...
... institutions , and forming , I may almost say , an epoch in our political history . On this and similar occasions , not to dwell on your steadfast adherence to those more general principles of civil liberty , which arc equally important ...
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... Institution from immediate dissolution . Notwithstanding all the talk about a war , and the necessity of a vote for the three millions , the Military Academy , an institution cherished so long , and at so much expense , was on the very ...
... Institution from immediate dissolution . Notwithstanding all the talk about a war , and the necessity of a vote for the three millions , the Military Academy , an institution cherished so long , and at so much expense , was on the very ...
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... institutions which secure constitutional liberty can never stand long against this excessive personal confidence , against this devotion to men - in utter disregard both of principle and experi- ence , which seems to me to be strongly ...
... institutions which secure constitutional liberty can never stand long against this excessive personal confidence , against this devotion to men - in utter disregard both of principle and experi- ence , which seems to me to be strongly ...
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... institutions . Mr. President , it is the misfortune of the Senate to have differed with the President on many great questions during the last four or five years . I have regretted this state of things deeply , both on personal and on ...
... institutions . Mr. President , it is the misfortune of the Senate to have differed with the President on many great questions during the last four or five years . I have regretted this state of things deeply , both on personal and on ...
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