Select Orations Illustrating American Political HistorySamuel Bannister Harding Macmillan, 1909 - 519 страници |
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... authority . They have restrained it to the exercise of such powers as are granted ; and all others , they declare , are re- served to the States , or the people . But , sir , they have not stopped here . If they had , they would have ...
... authority . They have restrained it to the exercise of such powers as are granted ; and all others , they declare , are re- served to the States , or the people . But , sir , they have not stopped here . If they had , they would have ...
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... authority there is for it . Not more than one instance can be found of it in all our law books ; and that was in the zenith of arbitrary power , namely , in the reign of Charles II . , when Star - Chamber powers were pushed to extremity ...
... authority there is for it . Not more than one instance can be found of it in all our law books ; and that was in the zenith of arbitrary power , namely , in the reign of Charles II . , when Star - Chamber powers were pushed to extremity ...
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... authorities those rules of law which must govern all cases of homicide , particularly that which is now before you . It now remains to consider the evidence , and see whether anything has occurred that may be compared to the rules read ...
... authorities those rules of law which must govern all cases of homicide , particularly that which is now before you . It now remains to consider the evidence , and see whether anything has occurred that may be compared to the rules read ...
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... authority has been granted to that body . But a reverence for our great Creator , principles of humanity , and the dictates of common sense , must con- vince all those who reflect upon the subject that govern- ment was instituted to ...
... authority has been granted to that body . But a reverence for our great Creator , principles of humanity , and the dictates of common sense , must con- vince all those who reflect upon the subject that govern- ment was instituted to ...
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... authority of the supreme legislature . " Soon after , the commercial intercourse of whole colonies with foreign countries and with each other was cut off by an act of Parliament ; by another , several of them were en- tirely prohibited ...
... authority of the supreme legislature . " Soon after , the commercial intercourse of whole colonies with foreign countries and with each other was cut off by an act of Parliament ; by another , several of them were en- tirely prohibited ...
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Страница 29 - If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston ! The war is inevitable — and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, — but there is no peace.
Страница 161 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Страница 311 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Страница 416 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting-place for those •who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground.
Страница 29 - Peace, peace!— but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Страница 158 - Let it simply be asked. Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Страница 155 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations — northern and southern — Atlantic and western ; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Страница 419 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his...
Страница 157 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which, in different ages and countries, has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent 'despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual...
Страница 381 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend