Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1835 - 4 pages |
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... justice ? What are their crimes , that they hide themselves in darkness ? -To what punishment are they exposed , that to avoid it , men , and wo- men , and children , thus encounter the surf of the North Sea , and the terrors of a night ...
... justice ? What are their crimes , that they hide themselves in darkness ? -To what punishment are they exposed , that to avoid it , men , and wo- men , and children , thus encounter the surf of the North Sea , and the terrors of a night ...
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... justice . A blow had been struck in favor of the rights and liberties , not of England alone , but of descendants and kinsmen of England , all over the world . Great political truths had been established . The champi- ons of liberty had ...
... justice . A blow had been struck in favor of the rights and liberties , not of England alone , but of descendants and kinsmen of England , all over the world . Great political truths had been established . The champi- ons of liberty had ...
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... justice and humanity , within the reach of our laws or our influence , we are inexcusable if we do not exert ourselves to restrain and abolish them . I deem it my duty on this occasion to suggest , that the land is not yet wholly free ...
... justice and humanity , within the reach of our laws or our influence , we are inexcusable if we do not exert ourselves to restrain and abolish them . I deem it my duty on this occasion to suggest , that the land is not yet wholly free ...
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... justice , and all who minister at her altar , that they execute the wholesome and necessa- ry severity of the law . I invoke the ministers of our religion , that they proclaim its denunciation of these crimes , and add its solemn ...
... justice , and all who minister at her altar , that they execute the wholesome and necessa- ry severity of the law . I invoke the ministers of our religion , that they proclaim its denunciation of these crimes , and add its solemn ...
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... justice , lost to all feelings of humanity , could we in- dulge a thought to seize on wealth , and raise our fortunes on the ruin of our suffering neighbours . " These noble sentiments were not confined to our immediate vicinity . In ...
... justice , lost to all feelings of humanity , could we in- dulge a thought to seize on wealth , and raise our fortunes on the ruin of our suffering neighbours . " These noble sentiments were not confined to our immediate vicinity . In ...
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Page 128 - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society.
Page 80 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America In general.
Page 60 - VENERABLE MEN! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered! The same heavens are indeed over your heads; the same ocean rolls at your feet; but all else how changed...
Page 424 - Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit.
Page 425 - I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 358 - Resolved, That the Committee on Public Lands be instructed to inquire and report the quantity of public lands remaining unsold within each State and Territory, and whether it be expedient to limit for a certain period the sales of the public lands to such lands only as have been heretofore been offered for sale, and are now subject to entry at the minimum price.
Page 43 - Young man, there is America — which at this day serves for little more than to amuse you with stories of savage men and uncouth manners; yet shall, before you taste of death, show itself equal to the whole of that commerce which now attracts the envy of the world.
Page 126 - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.
Page 127 - Therefore a particular act of the legislature to confiscate the goods of Titius, or to attaint him of high treason, does not enter into the idea of a municipal law ; for the operation of this act is spent upon Titius only, and has no relation to the community in general ; it is rather a sentence than a law.
Page 418 - I hold it to be a popular government, erected by the people ; those who administer it, responsible to the people; and itself capable of being amended and modified, just as the people may choose it should be. It is as popular, just as truly emanating from the people, as the State governments. It is created for one purpose; the State governments for another. It has its own powers; they have theirs.