American oratorsMayo Williamson Hazeltine P.F. Collier, 1903 |
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... influence such as probably has never been pos- sessed by any other American representative at the English Court . In 1775 , when he saw that a conflict between the mother country and the colonies was almost inevitable , he again set ...
... influence such as probably has never been pos- sessed by any other American representative at the English Court . In 1775 , when he saw that a conflict between the mother country and the colonies was almost inevitable , he again set ...
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... influence may extend , and turn our future thoughts and endeavors to the means of having it well administered . On the whole , sir , I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the convention who may still have objec- tions to ...
... influence may extend , and turn our future thoughts and endeavors to the means of having it well administered . On the whole , sir , I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the convention who may still have objec- tions to ...
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... influence at home in directing the movement of events which led to the Revolution was universally felt , and no American was so fre- quently quoted , denounced or applauded in Parliament , and the English press as the principal fomenter ...
... influence at home in directing the movement of events which led to the Revolution was universally felt , and no American was so fre- quently quoted , denounced or applauded in Parliament , and the English press as the principal fomenter ...
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... influence continued to be as powerful as it had been before his resignation . When the Federal Con- vention met at Philadelphia , in 1787 , to frame the present Constitution , he was present as a delegate from Virginia , and a unanimous ...
... influence continued to be as powerful as it had been before his resignation . When the Federal Con- vention met at Philadelphia , in 1787 , to frame the present Constitution , he was present as a delegate from Virginia , and a unanimous ...
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... influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence . By the article establishing the Executive Department , it is made the duty of the President " to recommend to your consideration such ...
... influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence . By the article establishing the Executive Department , it is made the duty of the President " to recommend to your consideration such ...
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Página 39 - 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.
Página 140 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none...
Página 40 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
Página 33 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Página 37 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Página 34 - 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.
Página 85 - 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; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Página 34 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency.
Página 37 - It ia important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free country should inspire caution in those intrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective constitutional spheres, avoiding in the exercise of the powers of one department to encroach upon another. The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create, whatever the form of government, a real despotism.
Página 140 - ... militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them ; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority ; economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith...