Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1835 - 4 pages |
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... purpose , in a period of less general intelligence , or more without plan and by accident ; or under circumstances ... purposes of the state . Political science among the Greeks seems never to have extended to the comprehension of ...
... purpose , in a period of less general intelligence , or more without plan and by accident ; or under circumstances ... purposes of the state . Political science among the Greeks seems never to have extended to the comprehension of ...
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... purpose to observe , that nothing existed in the character of Grecian emigrations , or in the spirit and ... purposes , or give the ability to execute them . Whatever restraints on civil liberty , or whatever abuses in religious ...
... purpose to observe , that nothing existed in the character of Grecian emigrations , or in the spirit and ... purposes , or give the ability to execute them . Whatever restraints on civil liberty , or whatever abuses in religious ...
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... purpose of those who went thither , was to engage in that species of agriculture , suited to the soil and climate , which seems to bear more resemblance to com- merce , than to the hard and plain tillage of New England . The great ...
... purpose of those who went thither , was to engage in that species of agriculture , suited to the soil and climate , which seems to bear more resemblance to com- merce , than to the hard and plain tillage of New England . The great ...
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... purpose , they had yet committed themselves to Heaven , and the elements ; and a thousand leagues of water soon interposed to separate them forever from the region which gave them birth . A new existence awaited them here ; and when ...
... purpose , they had yet committed themselves to Heaven , and the elements ; and a thousand leagues of water soon interposed to separate them forever from the region which gave them birth . A new existence awaited them here ; and when ...
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... purpose of public instruction , we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property , and we look not to the question , whether he himself have , or have not , children to be benefited by the education for which he pays ...
... purpose of public instruction , we hold every man subject to taxation in proportion to his property , and we look not to the question , whether he himself have , or have not , children to be benefited by the education for which he pays ...
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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.