American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the Most Eminent Orators of America, 第 1 巻Frank Moore Appleton, 1859 |
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... mind may raise one from a humble lot , and make even calamity the foundation of prosperity . He was bred a mechanic , and met with a serious injury that prevented him from pursuing his occupation . He turned his mind to study , entered ...
... mind may raise one from a humble lot , and make even calamity the foundation of prosperity . He was bred a mechanic , and met with a serious injury that prevented him from pursuing his occupation . He turned his mind to study , entered ...
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... mind to maintain the position he had reached . In 1765 , as a member of the House of Burgesses , Mr. Henry in- troduced his resolutions against the Stamp Act , which proved the opening of the American Revolution in the colony of ...
... mind to maintain the position he had reached . In 1765 , as a member of the House of Burgesses , Mr. Henry in- troduced his resolutions against the Stamp Act , which proved the opening of the American Revolution in the colony of ...
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... mind . He was alarmed at the hideous scenes of the revolution then enacting in France , and apprehensive that these scenes were about being enacted over again in his own country . " In a mind thus prepared , " says his biographer ...
... mind . He was alarmed at the hideous scenes of the revolution then enacting in France , and apprehensive that these scenes were about being enacted over again in his own country . " In a mind thus prepared , " says his biographer ...
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... minds of our citizens were at perfect re- pose ; but since that period , they are exceed- ingly uneasy and disquieted . When I wished for an appointment to this convention , my mind was extremely agitated for the situation of pub- lic ...
... minds of our citizens were at perfect re- pose ; but since that period , they are exceed- ingly uneasy and disquieted . When I wished for an appointment to this convention , my mind was extremely agitated for the situation of pub- lic ...
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... mind , very striking . I have the highest veneration for those gentle- men ; but , sir , give me leave to demand , what right had they to say , " We , the People ? " My political curiosity , exclusive of my anxious so- licitude for the ...
... mind , very striking . I have the highest veneration for those gentle- men ; but , sir , give me leave to demand , what right had they to say , " We , the People ? " My political curiosity , exclusive of my anxious so- licitude for the ...
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257 ページ - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
258 ページ - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from. external annoyance; when we may take such an" attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected...
255 ページ - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts. One method of assault may be to effect, in the forms of the constitution, alterations, which will impair the energy of the system, and thus to undermine what cannot be directly overthrown.
254 ページ - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned...
258 ページ - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations. But, if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good ; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended...
257 ページ - ... of a virtuous sense of obligation, a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption, or infatuation. As avenues to foreign influence, in innumerable ways, such attachments are particularly alarming to the truly enlightened and independent patriot. How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public...
253 ページ - I rejoice that the state of your concerns, external as well as internal, no longer renders the pursuit of inclination incompatible with the sentiment of duty or propriety; and am persuaded, whatever partiality may be retained for my services, that, in the present circumstances of our country, you will not disapprove my determination to retire.
257 ページ - ... revenue; that to have revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant; that the intrinsic embarrassment inseparable from the selection of the proper objects (which is always a choice of difficulties) ought to be a decisive motive for a candid construction of the conduct of the government in making it, and for a spirit of acquiescence in the measures for obtaining revenue, which the public exigencies may at any time dictate. Observe...
372 ページ - That the national legislature ought to be empowered to enjoy the legislative rights vested in Congress by the Confederation ; and, moreover, to legislate in all cases to which the separate states are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States may be interrupted by the exercise of individual legislation...
254 ページ - You have in a common cause fought and triumphed together. The Independence and Liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts — of common dangers, sufferings and successes.