Speeches on various occasionsC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... Gentlemen , I am a farmer , on the sea - shore , and have , of course , occasion to employ some degree of agricultural labor . I am sometimes also rowed out to sea , being , like other New England men , fond of occasionally catching a ...
... Gentlemen , I am a farmer , on the sea - shore , and have , of course , occasion to employ some degree of agricultural labor . I am sometimes also rowed out to sea , being , like other New England men , fond of occasionally catching a ...
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... Gentlemen , have had a similar origin . We all know that the term " Whig " was bestowed in derision , two hun- dred years ago , on those who were thought too fond of liberty ; and our national air of " Yankee Doodle " was composed by ...
... Gentlemen , have had a similar origin . We all know that the term " Whig " was bestowed in derision , two hun- dred years ago , on those who were thought too fond of liberty ; and our national air of " Yankee Doodle " was composed by ...
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... Gentlemen , as merchants , what confidence can you place in such an administration ? Do you see any thing that they are disposed to do to restore the times you once enjoyed ? ( Loud cries of " No ! " " No ! " ) I perceive that your ...
... Gentlemen , as merchants , what confidence can you place in such an administration ? Do you see any thing that they are disposed to do to restore the times you once enjoyed ? ( Loud cries of " No ! " " No ! " ) I perceive that your ...
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... Gentlemen , a distinguished lover of liberty of our own time , in another hemisphere , said , with apparent paradox , that the quantity of liberty in any country is exactly equal to the quan- tity of restraint ; because , if government ...
... Gentlemen , a distinguished lover of liberty of our own time , in another hemisphere , said , with apparent paradox , that the quantity of liberty in any country is exactly equal to the quan- tity of restraint ; because , if government ...
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... GENTLEMEN , -I have received your letter of the 8th instant , inviting me to a public dinner , and am duly sensible of the value of this proof of your regard . It will give me great pleasure to meet all my fellow - citizens , who may ...
... GENTLEMEN , -I have received your letter of the 8th instant , inviting me to a public dinner , and am duly sensible of the value of this proof of your regard . It will give me great pleasure to meet all my fellow - citizens , who may ...
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Seite 510 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Seite 510 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Seite 522 - In the name of God, Amen : We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the Faith, &,c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Seite 397 - And that which should accompany old age, As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honor, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Seite 224 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Seite 235 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Seite 436 - I must go into the Presidential Chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every attempt, on the part of Congress, to abolish slavery in the district of Columbia, against the wishes of the slave-holding States...
Seite 229 - I now meet you will acquit me from entering into that subject, farther than to refer to the great constitutional charter under which you are assembled, and which in defining your powers, designates the objects to which your attention is to be given. It will be more consistent with those circumstances, and far more congenial with the feelings which actuate me, to substitute in place of a recommendation of particular measures, the tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism,...
Seite 522 - Having undertaken for the Glory of God. and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid...
Seite 108 - Knowledge does not comprise all which is contained in the larger term of education. The feelings are to be disciplined ; the passions are to be restrained ; true and worthy motives are to be inspired ; a profound religious feeling is to be instilled, and pure morality inculcated, under all circumstances. All this is comprised in education.