Eight Years in Congress, from 1857 to 1865: Memoir and SpeechesD. Appleton, 1865 - 442 Seiten |
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... [ Laughter . ] Mr. GIDDINGS . I say that I do not interfere in this question as to superiority between the Democrats and the negroes . Mr. Cox . He talk of his Democratic colleague skulking under the bush ! He dare not answer my question ...
... [ Laughter . ] Mr. GIDDINGS . I say that I do not interfere in this question as to superiority between the Democrats and the negroes . Mr. Cox . He talk of his Democratic colleague skulking under the bush ! He dare not answer my question ...
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... [ Laughter . ] The gentleman has made an attack upon Mr. Giddings . He needs no defence from me . His acts in this House for twenty years will stand the test of criticism now and hereafter . Attacks are frequently made upon him by members ...
... [ Laughter . ] The gentleman has made an attack upon Mr. Giddings . He needs no defence from me . His acts in this House for twenty years will stand the test of criticism now and hereafter . Attacks are frequently made upon him by members ...
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... [ Laughter . ] Yes , sir , his whole party are the demoralization of the Federal authority , not only by su but by judicial decision . Why , the gentleman himself [ voted for the chief justice of his State ; and he knew , and that when he ...
... [ Laughter . ] Yes , sir , his whole party are the demoralization of the Federal authority , not only by su but by judicial decision . Why , the gentleman himself [ voted for the chief justice of his State ; and he knew , and that when he ...
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... [ Laughter . ] Aux armes citoyens ! Formez bataillons ! at laughter . ] I can imagine how it sounded . They marched down housand strong and appointed Giddings their chairman . Who is he ? have heard him in this hall . We know who he is ...
... [ Laughter . ] Aux armes citoyens ! Formez bataillons ! at laughter . ] I can imagine how it sounded . They marched down housand strong and appointed Giddings their chairman . Who is he ? have heard him in this hall . We know who he is ...
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... [ Laughter ] -my young friend says he supported Mr. Den- nison , who was the embodiment of the principles of the party , and he sus- tained him in all his principles and all his conduct . Mr. CORWIN . I ask if Governor Dennison did not ...
... [ Laughter ] -my young friend says he supported Mr. Den- nison , who was the embodiment of the principles of the party , and he sus- tained him in all his principles and all his conduct . Mr. CORWIN . I ask if Governor Dennison did not ...
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Seite 195 - It is a partnership in all science ; a partnership in all art ; a partnership in every virtue, and in all perfection. As the ends of such a partnership cannot be obtained in many generations, it becomes a partnership not only between those who are living, but between those who are living, those who are dead, and those who are to be born.
Seite 310 - The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment: they should be the creed of our political faith ; the text of civic instruction; the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Seite 194 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations, Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western...
Seite 310 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press; and freedom of person, under the protection of the habeas corpus : and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation, which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.
Seite 347 - Go through, go through the gates ; prepare ye the way of the people ; cast up, cast up the highway ; gather out the stones ; lift up a standard for the people.
Seite 317 - Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, ye have done it unto Me.
Seite 350 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Seite 84 - Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right, — a right which, we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.
Seite 210 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of...