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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... probably , on the other hand , it is strengthened . But , what is most of all important , they have obtained time and experience . They have awakened a sympathy throughout Europe and throughout America ; and they have formed a ...
... probably , on the other hand , it is strengthened . But , what is most of all important , they have obtained time and experience . They have awakened a sympathy throughout Europe and throughout America ; and they have formed a ...
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... probably never would have occurred had she continued to live . * In August , 1830 , Mr. Webster delivered his famous argument in the trial of John Francis Knapp for the murder of Joseph White , of Salem . This was his master- piece in ...
... probably never would have occurred had she continued to live . * In August , 1830 , Mr. Webster delivered his famous argument in the trial of John Francis Knapp for the murder of Joseph White , of Salem . This was his master- piece in ...
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... probably a better ; and would also accomplish all that could be wished in regard to domestic exchanges . The substitution of State banks for a national institution , for the discharge of these duties , was that operation which has ...
... probably a better ; and would also accomplish all that could be wished in regard to domestic exchanges . The substitution of State banks for a national institution , for the discharge of these duties , was that operation which has ...
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... probably his superior , in legal learning . The position assumed by Mr. Webster on this occasion was , that Girard College , the chief devisee under the will , was not a charity , because established on atheistical principles ; and ...
... probably his superior , in legal learning . The position assumed by Mr. Webster on this occasion was , that Girard College , the chief devisee under the will , was not a charity , because established on atheistical principles ; and ...
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... probably was , that Mr. Webster suggested the principles which are set forth , the general ideas which are contained in it , requesting Mr. Everett to put these into appropriate language , and give them their present form and connection ...
... probably was , that Mr. Webster suggested the principles which are set forth , the general ideas which are contained in it , requesting Mr. Everett to put these into appropriate language , and give them their present form and connection ...
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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...