Proceedings in the Senate and House of Representatives Upon the Reception and Acceptance from the State of Maryland of the Statues of Charles Carroll of Carrollton and of John Hanson: Erected in Statuary Hall of the CapitolU.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 - 111 страници |
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... American colonists were the least governed and the freest of English subjects . They were prosperous . They loved the Kingdom and the King . They loved the English name and tradition , the literature , the architecture and arts of ...
... American colonists were the least governed and the freest of English subjects . They were prosperous . They loved the Kingdom and the King . They loved the English name and tradition , the literature , the architecture and arts of ...
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... American pantheon . Most of the thirteen original States have contributed statues to our National Gallery . It is unfortunate that so few of the illustrious men of the Revolution have been sent to join the solemn circle there . It is to ...
... American pantheon . Most of the thirteen original States have contributed statues to our National Gallery . It is unfortunate that so few of the illustrious men of the Revolution have been sent to join the solemn circle there . It is to ...
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... American history . They stand in the fore- front of the nation's life . Therefore I rejoice that Maryland now brings to the old Hall of Representatives for the accept- ance of Congress two men of the Revolution , one of them the ...
... American history . They stand in the fore- front of the nation's life . Therefore I rejoice that Maryland now brings to the old Hall of Representatives for the accept- ance of Congress two men of the Revolution , one of them the ...
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... America . For this act alone JOHN HANSON is worthy of his place in the goodly com pany gathered in the old Hall of ... American Union . By this election to the Presidency of Congress JOHN HANSON became in a political sense the foremost ...
... America . For this act alone JOHN HANSON is worthy of his place in the goodly com pany gathered in the old Hall of ... American Union . By this election to the Presidency of Congress JOHN HANSON became in a political sense the foremost ...
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... American State can commemorate an illustrious citizen . CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON . CHARLES CARROLL of Carrollton was born at Annapolis , September 19 , 1737. His grandfather , Charles Carroll , the attorney - general of the ...
... American State can commemorate an illustrious citizen . CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON . CHARLES CARROLL of Carrollton was born at Annapolis , September 19 , 1737. His grandfather , Charles Carroll , the attorney - general of the ...
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Страница 15 - Taxation is no part of the governing or legislative power. The taxes are a voluntary gift and grant of the Commons alone. In legislation the three estates of the realm are alike concerned ; but the concurrence of the peers and the Crown to a tax is only necessary to clothe it with the form of a law. The gift and grant is of the Commons alone.
Страница 33 - Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, of the statute of Virginia for religious freedom, and father of the University of Virginia.
Страница 21 - Venerable object ! we delight to gather round its trunk, while yet it stands, and to dwell beneath its shadow. Sole survivor of an assembly of as great men as the world has witnessed, in a transaction one of the most important that history records, what thoughts, what interesting reflections, must fill his elevated and devout soul ! If he dwell on the past...
Страница 24 - The most triumphant death is that of the martyr; the most awful that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory.
Страница 22 - If he dwell on the past, how touching its recollections ; if he survey the present, how happy, how joyous, how full of the fruition of that hope, which his ardent patriotism indulged ; if he glance at the future, how does the prospect of his country's advancement almost bewilder his weakened conception ! Fortunate, distinguished patriot ! Interesting relic of the past ! Let him know that while we honor the dead, we do not forget the living ; and that there is not a heart here which does not fervently...
Страница 11 - That what may be recommended by a majority of the Congress, equally delegated by the people of the United Colonies we -will at the hazard of our lives and...
Страница 100 - If we are beaten on the plains, we will retreat to our mountains and defy them. Our resources will increase with our difficulties. Necessity will force us to exertion : until, tired of combating, in vain, against a spirit which victory after victory cannot subdue, your armies will evacuate our soil, and your country retire, an immense loser, from the contest. — No. sir, — we have made up our minds to abide the issue of the approaching struggle, and though much blood may be spilt. we have no doubt...
Страница 26 - ... grace which I can never forget. In the ninety-fifth year of his age, as he was, and within a few months of his death, it is not surprising that there should be little for me to recall of that interview, save his eager inquiries about James Madison, whom I had just visited at Montpelier, and his affectionate allusions to John Adams, who had gone before him; and save, too, the exceeding satisfaction for myself of having seen and pressed the hand of the last surviving signer of the Declaration.
Страница 103 - Two names have been in every one's mouth of late, and men have exhausted language in trying to express their admiration and their respect. The courts have covered the grave of Mr. Choate with eulogy. Let us see what is their idea of a great lawyer. We are told that
Страница 7 - ... and urge all Christians to refrain from weakening the authority of the administration by ill-timed complaints and unnecessary criticisms, fully believing that...