Select Speeches of John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania [1818-1828]E.L. Carey & A. Hart, 1832 - 367 Seiten |
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... hope to be able to publish a number of the forensic arguments of Mr. Sergeant , as well as his congres- sional speeches . In this , they have been , in great measure disappointed . The fame of an advocate is too often tra- ditionary ...
... hope to be able to publish a number of the forensic arguments of Mr. Sergeant , as well as his congres- sional speeches . In this , they have been , in great measure disappointed . The fame of an advocate is too often tra- ditionary ...
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... hope that this argument may one day be given to the public in a complete form . It has been referred to here , not merely on account of its peculiar merit , but as being distinctly within the recollec- tion of the profession and the ...
... hope that this argument may one day be given to the public in a complete form . It has been referred to here , not merely on account of its peculiar merit , but as being distinctly within the recollec- tion of the profession and the ...
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... hope of a glorious triumph . To this effect we are admonished by the event we are met to commemorate . Here then let us pause ! The point of time at which we have arrived , marked by a concurrence of circumstances so impressive ...
... hope of a glorious triumph . To this effect we are admonished by the event we are met to commemorate . Here then let us pause ! The point of time at which we have arrived , marked by a concurrence of circumstances so impressive ...
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... hope that ani- mated the patriot's heart , and nerved the patriot's arm , when he looked forward through succeeding generations , and saw stamped upon all their institutions , the great prin- ciples set forth in the Declaration of ...
... hope that ani- mated the patriot's heart , and nerved the patriot's arm , when he looked forward through succeeding generations , and saw stamped upon all their institutions , the great prin- ciples set forth in the Declaration of ...
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... hope we shall not . " The authorship of the splendid record we have been con- sidering belongs to Mr. Jefferson . To him is justly due the merit of preparing a paper , which has elevated the national character , and furnished a ...
... hope we shall not . " The authorship of the splendid record we have been con- sidering belongs to Mr. Jefferson . To him is justly due the merit of preparing a paper , which has elevated the national character , and furnished a ...
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Seite 83 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Seite 23 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Seite 193 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Seite 232 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Seite 244 - Were the face of the earth, he says, vacant of other plants, it might be gradually sowed and overspread with one kind only, as for instance with fennel; and were it empty of other inhabitants, it might in a few ages be replenished from one nation only, as for instance with Englishmen.
Seite 97 - This clause enables the judicial department to receive jurisdiction to the full extent of the constitution, laws and treaties of the United States, when any question respecting them shall assume such a form that the judicial power is capable of acting on it. That power is capable of acting only when the subject is submitted to it by a party who asserts his rights in the form prescribed by law. It then becomes a case, and the constitution declares that the judicial power shall extend to all cases...
Seite 29 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations...
Seite 185 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 188 - We esteem it a peculiar blessing granted to us, that we are enabled this day to add one more step to universal civilization, by removing, as much as possible, the sorrows of those who have lived in undeserved bondage...
Seite 193 - And, for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...