The Life, Speeches, and Memorials of Daniel Webster: Containing His Most Celebrated Orations : a Selection from the Eulogies Delivered on the Occasion of His Death and His Life and TimesC. Drew, 1861 - 552 ページ |
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... North Carolina declared the law of the State , which repealed a grant to its university , uncon- stitutional and void , the Legislature had the candor and the wisdom to repeal the law . This example , so 50 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
... North Carolina declared the law of the State , which repealed a grant to its university , uncon- stitutional and void , the Legislature had the candor and the wisdom to repeal the law . This example , so 50 THE LIFE AND TIMES.
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... north of the Danube . The Greeks soon possessed themselves of the open country of the Morea , and drove their enemy into the fortresses . Of these , that of Tripolitza , with the city , fell into the hands of the Greeks in the course of ...
... north of the Danube . The Greeks soon possessed themselves of the open country of the Morea , and drove their enemy into the fortresses . Of these , that of Tripolitza , with the city , fell into the hands of the Greeks in the course of ...
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... north on a vast inland sea , over which the wintry tempests raged as on the ocean : all around was bare creation . It was fresh , untouched , unbounded , magnificent wilderness . And , sir , what is it now ? Is it imagination only , or ...
... north on a vast inland sea , over which the wintry tempests raged as on the ocean : all around was bare creation . It was fresh , untouched , unbounded , magnificent wilderness . And , sir , what is it now ? Is it imagination only , or ...
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... by the Democracy of the North and West . " I come now to the war of 1812 , - —a war which , I well remember , was called in derision ( while its event was doubtful ) the Southern War , and sometimes the Carolina 7 # OF DANIEL WEBSTER . 77.
... by the Democracy of the North and West . " I come now to the war of 1812 , - —a war which , I well remember , was called in derision ( while its event was doubtful ) the Southern War , and sometimes the Carolina 7 # OF DANIEL WEBSTER . 77.
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... North America along the whole line from Nova Scotia to the St. Lawrence River , thence along that river and through the great chain of lakes to the head - waters of Lake Superior , and thence over a vast area four thousand miles in ...
... North America along the whole line from Nova Scotia to the St. Lawrence River , thence along that river and through the great chain of lakes to the head - waters of Lake Superior , and thence over a vast area four thousand miles in ...
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117 ページ - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offense had there been committed...
252 ページ - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent, on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
102 ページ - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
468 ページ - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
350 ページ - Ah! gentlemen, that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.
219 ページ - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts — she needs none. There she is — behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history: the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill — and there they will remain forever.
219 ページ - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
323 ページ - In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men, who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow. And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain : These constitute a state ; And sovereign law, that state's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill...
484 ページ - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much ; Who, born for the Universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
242 ページ - There are in the constitution grants of powers to congress, and restrictions on those powers. There are, also, prohibitions on the states. Some authority must, therefore, necessarily exist, having the ultimate jurisdiction to fix and ascertain the interpretation of these grants, restrictions, and prohibitions. The constitution has itself pointed out, ordained, and established that authority. How has it accomplished this great and essential end ? By declaring, sir, that " the constitution, and the...