Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3C. Tappan, 1846 |
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... better be found to serve the ends of party rancor , he shall , though he be patriot- ism and purity personified , be hunted down and sacrificed , without scruple or remorse , to superannuated prejudices , or mere political abstractions ...
... better be found to serve the ends of party rancor , he shall , though he be patriot- ism and purity personified , be hunted down and sacrificed , without scruple or remorse , to superannuated prejudices , or mere political abstractions ...
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... better security and less inconvenience . " The motion prevailed ; ayes 72 , noes 51. This was not a party vote , as the record shows . On the 3d of October , the committee reported " that it was inexpedient , at this time , to remove ...
... better security and less inconvenience . " The motion prevailed ; ayes 72 , noes 51. This was not a party vote , as the record shows . On the 3d of October , the committee reported " that it was inexpedient , at this time , to remove ...
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... better be left alone . Sir , I hope to make every body of that opinion who brings against me a charge of a want of patriotism . Errors of opinion can be found , doubtless , on many subjects ; but as conduct flows from the feelings which ...
... better be left alone . Sir , I hope to make every body of that opinion who brings against me a charge of a want of patriotism . Errors of opinion can be found , doubtless , on many subjects ; but as conduct flows from the feelings which ...
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... better record , the grateful breasts of his living countrymen , shall pro- nounce him " the Defender of the Constitution . " It is enough for me , Gentlemen , to be connected , in the most humble manner , with the defence and ...
... better record , the grateful breasts of his living countrymen , shall pro- nounce him " the Defender of the Constitution . " It is enough for me , Gentlemen , to be connected , in the most humble manner , with the defence and ...
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... better wish for the interest and honor of the States , than that the public men , who may follow them , may be as disinterested , as patriotic , and as able as they have proved themselves . There have been , Gentlemen , it is true ...
... better wish for the interest and honor of the States , than that the public men , who may follow them , may be as disinterested , as patriotic , and as able as they have proved themselves . There have been , Gentlemen , it is true ...
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