American Oratory, Or, Selections from the Speeches of Eminent AmericansEdward C. Biddle, 1840 - 531 ページ |
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... union is gone - or that the union will be gone . Is not this trifling with the judgment of their fellow - citi- zens ? Till they tell us the ground of their fears , I will consider them as imaginary . I rose to make inquiry where those ...
... union is gone - or that the union will be gone . Is not this trifling with the judgment of their fellow - citi- zens ? Till they tell us the ground of their fears , I will consider them as imaginary . I rose to make inquiry where those ...
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... union ; that in case Virginia shall not make punctual payment , the control of our custom - houses , and the whole regulation of trade , shall be given to congress ; and that Virginia shall depend on congress even for passports , till ...
... union ; that in case Virginia shall not make punctual payment , the control of our custom - houses , and the whole regulation of trade , shall be given to congress ; and that Virginia shall depend on congress even for passports , till ...
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... union with her ? If she sends her annual requisitions in dollars , do you think their stomachs will be so squeamish as to re- fuse her dollars ? Will they not accept her regiments ? They would intimidate you into an inconsiderate ...
... union with her ? If she sends her annual requisitions in dollars , do you think their stomachs will be so squeamish as to re- fuse her dollars ? Will they not accept her regiments ? They would intimidate you into an inconsiderate ...
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... union is to be dissolved . Who are those eight adopting states ? Are they averse to give us a little time to consider , before we conclude ? Would such a disposition render a junction with them eligible ; or , is it the genius of that ...
... union is to be dissolved . Who are those eight adopting states ? Are they averse to give us a little time to consider , before we conclude ? Would such a disposition render a junction with them eligible ; or , is it the genius of that ...
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... union , I would not accede to it till it should be previously amended : but , sir , I am convinced that the union will be lost by our rejection . Massachusetts has adopted it ; she has recommended subsequent amendments ; her influence ...
... union , I would not accede to it till it should be previously amended : but , sir , I am convinced that the union will be lost by our rejection . Massachusetts has adopted it ; she has recommended subsequent amendments ; her influence ...
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15 ページ - There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
14 ページ - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
15 ページ - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, 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;...
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.
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...
450 ページ - Let our conceptions be enlarged to the circle of our duties. Let us extend our ideas over the whole of the vast field in which we are called to act. Let our object be, OUR COUNTRY, OUR WHOLE COUNTRY, AND NOTHING BUT OUR COUNTRY.
198 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...
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...
450 ページ - In a day of peace, let us advance the arts of peace and the works of peace. Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions-, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
490 ページ - 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. Affected passion, intense expression, the pomp of declamation, all may aspire after it, — they cannot reach it.