The Works of Daniel Webster ...: Speeches in the convention to amend the constitution of Massachusetts, and speeches in CongressC.C. Little and J. Brown, 1851 |
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... equal and proper number of senators to the county of Suffolk . I hope I may be thought to contend for the general principle , without being influenced by any regard to its local ap- plication . I do not inquire whether the senators whom ...
... equal and proper number of senators to the county of Suffolk . I hope I may be thought to contend for the general principle , without being influenced by any regard to its local ap- plication . I do not inquire whether the senators whom ...
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... equal ability , and more clearness , in his Defence of the Ameri- can Constitutions ; as if the sentiments of Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Madison were already forgotten ; we see , all around us , a tendency to extend the legislative power over ...
... equal ability , and more clearness , in his Defence of the Ameri- can Constitutions ; as if the sentiments of Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Madison were already forgotten ; we see , all around us , a tendency to extend the legislative power over ...
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... equal numbers by the counties ; a mode of election not unlike that of choosing rep- resentatives in the British Parliament for the boroughs of Scot- land . In this State , the qualification of the voters is the same for the two houses ...
... equal numbers by the counties ; a mode of election not unlike that of choosing rep- resentatives in the British Parliament for the boroughs of Scot- land . In this State , the qualification of the voters is the same for the two houses ...
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... equal justice to the merits and the sufferings of those who sustained , on their property , and on their means of subsistence , the great burden of the war . Any one , who has had occasion to be acquainted with the records of the New ...
... equal justice to the merits and the sufferings of those who sustained , on their property , and on their means of subsistence , the great burden of the war . Any one , who has had occasion to be acquainted with the records of the New ...
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... equal . They stand on the same ground , that is , on the provisions of the existing constitution . The honorable member thinks it quite just to reduce the right of the large town from fifty to ten , and yet that there is no power to ...
... equal . They stand on the same ground , that is , on the provisions of the existing constitution . The honorable member thinks it quite just to reduce the right of the large town from fifty to ten , and yet that there is no power to ...
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Страница 310 - I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent, or distinguished character, South Carolina has produced. I claim part of the honor, I partake in the pride, of her great names. I claim them for countrymen, one...
Страница 495 - 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.
Страница 449 - 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.
Страница 264 - ... 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. Let us imitate this prudence, and, before we float farther on the waves of this debate, refer to the point from which we departed, that we may at least be able to conjecture where we now are. I ask for the reading of the resolution before the Senate.
Страница 194 - 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...
Страница 312 - I understand him to insist, that if the exigency of the case, in the opinion of any State government, require it, such State government may, by its own sovereign authority, annul an act of the general government, which it deems plainly and palpably unconstitutional.
Страница 311 - 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. If discord and disunion shall wound...
Страница 249 - 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...
Страница 334 - 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...
Страница 492 - 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.