The Works of Daniel Webster: Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts, and speeches in CongressCharles C. Little and James Brown, 1851 |
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... granted , that the members of both these houses are to be chosen annually . The immediate question now under discussion is , In what manner shall the senators be elected ? They are to be chosen in districts ; but shall they be chosen in ...
... granted , that the members of both these houses are to be chosen annually . The immediate question now under discussion is , In what manner shall the senators be elected ? They are to be chosen in districts ; but shall they be chosen in ...
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... granted , the following year ; especially those which were more A Speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States , on the 2d of January , 1815 . particularly designed to insure the payment of the notes of.
... granted , the following year ; especially those which were more A Speech delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States , on the 2d of January , 1815 . particularly designed to insure the payment of the notes of.
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... granted . Let it first be shown , that in this question there is nothing which can affect the interest , the character , or the duty of this country . Let it be proved , that we are not called upon , by either of these considerations ...
... granted . Let it first be shown , that in this question there is nothing which can affect the interest , the character , or the duty of this country . Let it be proved , that we are not called upon , by either of these considerations ...
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... granted that the policy of this country , springing from the nature of our government and the spirit of all our institutions , is , so far as it respects the interest- ing questions which agitate the present age , on the side of lib ...
... granted that the policy of this country , springing from the nature of our government and the spirit of all our institutions , is , so far as it respects the interest- ing questions which agitate the present age , on the side of lib ...
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... granted , would think the term very properly applied . In this , however , I was mistaken . The dead and the living rise up together to call me to account , and I must defend myself as well as I am able . Let us inquire , then , Sir ...
... granted , would think the term very properly applied . In this , however , I was mistaken . The dead and the living rise up together to call me to account , and I must defend myself as well as I am able . Let us inquire , then , Sir ...
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342 ページ - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, TO fee whether, with my short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
476 ページ - Do in the name and in behalf of the People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
501 ページ - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
455 ページ - Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union: but no other colony shall be admitted into the same, unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
200 ページ - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America...
340 ページ - Gentlemen do not seem to recollect that the people have any power to do any thing for themselves ; they imagine there is no safety for them any longer than they are under the close guardianship of the state legislatures. Sir, the people have not trusted their safety, in regard to the general constitution, to these hands. They have required other security, and taken other bonds. They have chosen to trust themselves, first, to the plain words of the instrument, and to such construction as the government...
255 ページ - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
498 ページ - To grant patents for useful inventions. "To secure to authors exclusive rights for a certain time. "To establish public institutions, rewards, and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, commerce, trades, and manufactures.
332 ページ - I must call it, which the honorable member espouses, this Union would, in all probability, have been scattered to the four winds. I ask the gentleman, therefore, to apply his principles to that case ; I ask him to come forth and declare whether, in his opinion, the New England States would have been justified in interfering to break up the embargo system, under the conscientious opinions which they held upon it.
270 ページ - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.