Speeches in the Senate of the United States. Miscellaneous speeches. AppendixLittle, Brown, 1862 |
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... practice of nations recognize various modes , kinds , and degrees of hostility . War is not always general or " perfect , " nor is it always preceded by a declaration . It sometimes begins and ends with one single crushing blow . Such ...
... practice of nations recognize various modes , kinds , and degrees of hostility . War is not always general or " perfect , " nor is it always preceded by a declaration . It sometimes begins and ends with one single crushing blow . Such ...
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... practice of a better day than his . From no one of these can you cite anything in opposition to the authority I have relied on . The Senator from Pennsylvania thought he had discovered some such doctrine as he needs in the 14 SPEECHES ...
... practice of a better day than his . From no one of these can you cite anything in opposition to the authority I have relied on . The Senator from Pennsylvania thought he had discovered some such doctrine as he needs in the 14 SPEECHES ...
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... practice of the United States , the surrender of fugitives is deemed to be a proper subject of a treaty ; that , therefore , it is competent to the president and senate to make treaties in relation to that subject " — thus extending the ...
... practice of the United States , the surrender of fugitives is deemed to be a proper subject of a treaty ; that , therefore , it is competent to the president and senate to make treaties in relation to that subject " — thus extending the ...
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... practice of govern- ments , it is adapted to attain ? And is not the relief of domes- tic labor , from the oppressive competitions of an unrestrained foreign trade , among these ends ? Well , now , Sir , to answer this reasoning , it ...
... practice of govern- ments , it is adapted to attain ? And is not the relief of domes- tic labor , from the oppressive competitions of an unrestrained foreign trade , among these ends ? Well , now , Sir , to answer this reasoning , it ...
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... practice of giving great encouragement to the establishment of manufactures , by such partial duties on foreign imports as to give the home manu- factures a considerable advantage in the price in market ; and it was both politic and ...
... practice of giving great encouragement to the establishment of manufactures , by such partial duties on foreign imports as to give the home manu- factures a considerable advantage in the price in market ; and it was both politic and ...
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Seite 296 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Seite 171 - IT is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Seite 182 - 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 318 - But if these things are done in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Seite 81 - Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of Raising a Revenue by Act of Parliament.
Seite 125 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Seite 219 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Seite 46 - ... The people have declared that, in the exercise of all powers given for these objects, it is supreme. It can, then, in effecting these objects, legitimately control all individuals or governments within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a state, so far as they are repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely void. These states are constituent parts of the United States. They are members of one great empire. — for some purposes sovereign, for...
Seite 201 - If the necessary article should in this mode cost more in time of peace, will not the security and independence thence arising form an ample compensation...
Seite 56 - And shall also have cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, or the Circuit Courts, as the case may be, of all causes where an alien sues for a tort only in violation of the law of nations, or a treaty of the United States.