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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... tion of his ambitious son ; but he reasoned in vain . At last Daniel , having expressed his determination to return to Bos- ton , poured into the lap of his astonished father the sum in gold which was necessary to liquidate all his ...
... tion of his ambitious son ; but he reasoned in vain . At last Daniel , having expressed his determination to return to Bos- ton , poured into the lap of his astonished father the sum in gold which was necessary to liquidate all his ...
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... tion as a lawyer was gradually rising higher and higher ; so that his services were in constant requisition , and some- times at distant places . He soon became the most pro- minent and distinguished citizen of Portsmouth ; and , as ...
... tion as a lawyer was gradually rising higher and higher ; so that his services were in constant requisition , and some- times at distant places . He soon became the most pro- minent and distinguished citizen of Portsmouth ; and , as ...
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... tion . In December , 1814 , peace with England was pro- claimed ; and thenceforth the internal and commercial affairs of the country demanded the attention of Congress . The currency was in a state of miserable derangement , and the ...
... tion . In December , 1814 , peace with England was pro- claimed ; and thenceforth the internal and commercial affairs of the country demanded the attention of Congress . The currency was in a state of miserable derangement , and the ...
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... tion of Mr. Monroe ; and he was also a delegate to the convention which revised the Constitution of the Common- wealth in 1821 . During the period in which Mr. Webster devoted himself exclusively to his legal practice in Boston , he was ...
... tion of Mr. Monroe ; and he was also a delegate to the convention which revised the Constitution of the Common- wealth in 1821 . During the period in which Mr. Webster devoted himself exclusively to his legal practice in Boston , he was ...
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... tion and guardianship of the Government of the State . A charter of more liberal sentiments , of wiser provisions , drawn with more care or in a better spirit , could not be expected at any time or from any source . The college needed ...
... tion and guardianship of the Government of the State . A charter of more liberal sentiments , of wiser provisions , drawn with more care or in a better spirit , could not be expected at any time or from any source . The college needed ...
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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...