Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1835 - 4 pages |
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... Standing in this relation to our ancestors and our posterity , we are assembled on this memorable spot , to perform the duties which that relation , and the present occasion , impose upon us . We have come to this Rock , to record here ...
... Standing in this relation to our ancestors and our posterity , we are assembled on this memorable spot , to perform the duties which that relation , and the present occasion , impose upon us . We have come to this Rock , to record here ...
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... stand , we also look back and run along the events of the century which has now closed ? The country , which then , as we have seen , was thought deserving of a " noble name ; " which then had " mightily increased , " and become " very ...
... stand , we also look back and run along the events of the century which has now closed ? The country , which then , as we have seen , was thought deserving of a " noble name ; " which then had " mightily increased , " and become " very ...
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... stand against the sovereign , who was himself but the greatest baron , and his retainers . But at present , what could the richest landholder do , against one regiment of disciplined troops ? Other securities , therefore , against the ...
... stand against the sovereign , who was himself but the greatest baron , and his retainers . But at present , what could the richest landholder do , against one regiment of disciplined troops ? Other securities , therefore , against the ...
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... stand here , a hun- dred years hence , to trace , through us , their descent from the Pil- grims , and to survey , as we have now surveyed , the progress of their country , during the lapse of a century . We would anticipate their ...
... stand here , a hun- dred years hence , to trace , through us , their descent from the Pil- grims , and to survey , as we have now surveyed , the progress of their country , during the lapse of a century . We would anticipate their ...
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... stand , a point of attraction to the eyes of successive generations . But we are Americans . We live in what may be called the early age of this great continent ; and we know that our posterity , through all time , are here to suffer ...
... stand , a point of attraction to the eyes of successive generations . But we are Americans . We live in what may be called the early age of this great continent ; and we know that our posterity , through all time , are here to suffer ...
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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.