Speeches in the Senate of the United States. Miscellaneous speeches. AppendixLittle, Brown, 1862 |
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... Administration , it possesses a good deal of interest intrinsically , and , therefore , holding a place upon the Committee of Foreign Relations , to whom it perhaps appropriately belongs , I venture to submit a few thoughts upon it less ...
... Administration , it possesses a good deal of interest intrinsically , and , therefore , holding a place upon the Committee of Foreign Relations , to whom it perhaps appropriately belongs , I venture to submit a few thoughts upon it less ...
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... administration , that in a just cause , if congress would give him men and money , he had no objection to going into a war with England ; but that he could not bring himself to buckle on 2 * THE CASE OF ALEXANDER MCLEOD . 17.
... administration , that in a just cause , if congress would give him men and money , he had no objection to going into a war with England ; but that he could not bring himself to buckle on 2 * THE CASE OF ALEXANDER MCLEOD . 17.
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... administration of criminal law . To recognize her juris- diction over him , which in the amplest manner this govern- ment did , and then to wish for him just what New York wished for him , that first of social privileges , a fair trial ...
... administration of criminal law . To recognize her juris- diction over him , which in the amplest manner this govern- ment did , and then to wish for him just what New York wished for him , that first of social privileges , a fair trial ...
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... administrations , making no narrow , unnational dis- criminations between them , from every shadow of blame in reference to the Canadian border troubles ; has proved that , so far from permitting or conniving at any participation in ...
... administrations , making no narrow , unnational dis- criminations between them , from every shadow of blame in reference to the Canadian border troubles ; has proved that , so far from permitting or conniving at any participation in ...
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... administration , that it has had the man- liness to seek peace by justice ; and that if war shall come , it has done all that man can do to enable us so to go into it that we may have the approval of our own consciences , self - respect ...
... administration , that it has had the man- liness to seek peace by justice ; and that if war shall come , it has done all that man can do to enable us so to go into it that we may have the approval of our own consciences , self - respect ...
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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 390 - If discord and disunion shall wound it — if party strife and blind ambition shall hawk at and tear it — if folly and madness — if uneasiness, under salutary and necessary restraint shall succeed to separate it from that union, by which alone its existence is made sure, it will stand, in the end, by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who gather round it; and it will fall at last,...
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 436 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?
Seite 32 - ... all cases in which foreigners may be interested; in the construction of any treaty or treaties, or which may arise on any of the acts for the regulation of trade, or the collection of the Federal revenue...
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.
Seite 22 - It will be for that government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation.
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 369 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.