American Oratory: Or Selections from the Speeches of Eminent AmericansDesilver, Thomas & Company, 1836 - 531 ページ |
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... stand every attempt to weaken or impair the supreme authority of parlia- ment over all the dominions of the crown ... stands confessed the lovely offspring of free- dom . It breathes the spirit of its parent . Of this ethereal spirit ...
... stand every attempt to weaken or impair the supreme authority of parlia- ment over all the dominions of the crown ... stands confessed the lovely offspring of free- dom . It breathes the spirit of its parent . Of this ethereal spirit ...
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... stand- ard , by which the excesses of prerogative , as well as the excesses of liberty , are to be regulated and reformed . Of this great compact between the king and his people , one es- sential article to be performed on his part is ...
... stand- ard , by which the excesses of prerogative , as well as the excesses of liberty , are to be regulated and reformed . Of this great compact between the king and his people , one es- sential article to be performed on his part is ...
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... standing army of mer- cenary soldiers , always subversive of the quiet , and dangerous to the lib- erties of the people , and would obviate the pretext of taxing us for their support . " That the establishment of such a militia is , at ...
... standing army of mer- cenary soldiers , always subversive of the quiet , and dangerous to the lib- erties of the people , and would obviate the pretext of taxing us for their support . " That the establishment of such a militia is , at ...
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... stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ...
... stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear , or peace so sweet , as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it , Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ...
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... stand ? In civil cases gone - not sufficiently secured in crim- inal - this best privilege is gone . But we are told , that we need not fear , because those in power , being our representatives , will not abuse the powers we put in ...
... stand ? In civil cases gone - not sufficiently secured in crim- inal - this best privilege is gone . But we are told , that we need not fear , because those in power , being our representatives , will not abuse the powers we put in ...
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300 ページ - By a faction, I understand a number of citizens, whether amounting to a majority or minority of the whole, who are united and actuated by some common impulse of passion, or of interest, adverse to the rights of other citizens, or to the permanent and aggregate interests of the community.
15 ページ - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
14 ページ - President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of 2 hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty ? Are we disposed to be of the number of those, who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not...
21 ページ - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security, of the people, nation or community...
199 ページ - By the twenty-filth section of the judiciary act of seventeen hundred and eighty-nine, it is provided, "that a final judgment or decree in any suit in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had...
113 ページ - Thou art my father ; and to the worm, Thou art my mother and my sister.
439 ページ - Heaven has bounteously lengthened out your lives, that you might behold this joyous day. You are now where you stood fifty years ago, this very hour, with your brothers, and your neighbors, shoulder to shoulder, in the strife for your country. Behold, how altered ! The same heavens are indeed over your heads ; the same ocean rolls at your feet ; but all else, how changed...
492 ページ - Do we mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our country and its rights trodden down in the dust? I know we do not mean to submit. We never shall submit.
14 ページ - No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us : they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging.
301 ページ - When a majority is included in a faction, the form of popular government, on the other hand, enables it to sacrifice to its ruling passion or interest both the public good and the rights of other citizens. To secure the public good and private rights against the danger of such a faction, and at the same time to preserve the spirit and the form of popular government, is then the great object to which our inquiries are directed.