Webster and His Master-pieces, 第 2 巻Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1854 Vol. 1 comprises a biography of Daniel Webster; v. 2 consists of speeches and writings by Webster. |
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... regard being always had to the rights of property . Of such corporations , all who live within the limits are of course obliged to be members , and to submit to the duties which the law imposes on them as such . Other civil corporations ...
... regard being always had to the rights of property . Of such corporations , all who live within the limits are of course obliged to be members , and to submit to the duties which the law imposes on them as such . Other civil corporations ...
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... regard private prop- erty could not legally be infringed by that prerogative . Yet , in this instance , it appeared that even these were not now se- cure from invasion . The privileges of a college are attacked ; men are illegally ...
... regard private prop- erty could not legally be infringed by that prerogative . Yet , in this instance , it appeared that even these were not now se- cure from invasion . The privileges of a college are attacked ; men are illegally ...
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... regard to law , will not fail to adopt a course which will accord with her high- est and best interests , and in no small degree elevate her reputation . It was , for many and obvious reasons , most anxiously de- sired that the question ...
... regard to law , will not fail to adopt a course which will accord with her high- est and best interests , and in no small degree elevate her reputation . It was , for many and obvious reasons , most anxiously de- sired that the question ...
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... regard , when we shall sleep with the fathers , we protract our own earthly being , and seem to crowd what- ever is future , as well as all that is past , into the narrow com- pass of our earthly existence . As it is not a vain and ...
... regard , when we shall sleep with the fathers , we protract our own earthly being , and seem to crowd what- ever is future , as well as all that is past , into the narrow com- pass of our earthly existence . As it is not a vain and ...
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... regard for whatever advances human knowledge or improves human happiness , we are not altogether unworthy of our origin . There is a local feeling connected with this occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place ...
... regard for whatever advances human knowledge or improves human happiness , we are not altogether unworthy of our origin . There is a local feeling connected with this occasion , too strong to be resisted ; a sort of genius of the place ...
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383 ページ - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact ; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights,...
40 ページ - By the law of the land is most clearly intended the general law ; a law which hears before it condemns ; which proceeds upon inquiry, and renders judgment only after trial. The meaning is, that every citizen shall hold his life, liberty, property, and immunities under the protection of the general rules which govern society.
209 ページ - I know there is not a man here, who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve months ago, in this...
199 ページ - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
426 ページ - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
481 ページ - 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.
178 ページ - The last hopes of mankind, therefore, rest with us; and if it should be proclaimed, that our example had become an argument against the experiment, the knell of popular liberty would be sounded throughout the earth.
206 ページ - True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the man, in the subject, and in the occasion.
401 ページ - This, sir, was the first great step. By this the supremacy of the constitution and laws of the United States is declared. The people so...
36 ページ - Upon principle, every statute which takes away or impairs vested rights acquired under existing laws, or creates a new obligation, imposes a new duty, or attaches a new disability, in respect to transactions or considerations already past, must be deemed retrospective.