Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 3C. Tappan, 1846 |
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... existing model , likened to no precedent , and yet founded on principles , which lie at the foundations of all free governments , wherever such governments exist . It is a complicated system . It is elaborate , and in some sense ...
... existing model , likened to no precedent , and yet founded on principles , which lie at the foundations of all free governments , wherever such governments exist . It is a complicated system . It is elaborate , and in some sense ...
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... existing , I will state at once my opinions on that point , without fear , and without reserve . I reproach no man , 1 accuse no man ; but I speak of things as they appear to me , and I speak of principles and practices which I deem ...
... existing , I will state at once my opinions on that point , without fear , and without reserve . I reproach no man , 1 accuse no man ; but I speak of things as they appear to me , and I speak of principles and practices which I deem ...
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... existing , it is Con- stitutional for the Executive government to select such as it pleases , to intrust the public money to their keeping , without responsibility to the laws of the United States , without the duty of exhibiting their ...
... existing , it is Con- stitutional for the Executive government to select such as it pleases , to intrust the public money to their keeping , without responsibility to the laws of the United States , without the duty of exhibiting their ...
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... existing to the present time . But no man expected it to be used as a mere arbitrary power ; and those who maintained its existence , declared , nevertheless , that it would justly become matter of impeachment , if it should be used for ...
... existing to the present time . But no man expected it to be used as a mere arbitrary power ; and those who maintained its existence , declared , nevertheless , that it would justly become matter of impeachment , if it should be used for ...
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... existing laws as · shall seem to them to be just . ” And it resolved also , " That the committee be further instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the gradual abolition of slavery within the District , in such ...
... existing laws as · shall seem to them to be just . ” And it resolved also , " That the committee be further instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the gradual abolition of slavery within the District , in such ...
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