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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... hope of redress . The last hope of the innocent , under accusation and in distress , is in the integrity of his judges . If this fail , all fails ; and there is no remedy , on this side the bar of Heaven . Of all places , therefore ...
... hope of redress . The last hope of the innocent , under accusation and in distress , is in the integrity of his judges . If this fail , all fails ; and there is no remedy , on this side the bar of Heaven . Of all places , therefore ...
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... 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 this principle brings into the government will come from the ...
... 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 this principle brings into the government will come from the ...
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... hope , Sir , that , even if this call could not be answered , it would not necessarily fol- low that the principle should be expunged . Governments are instituted for practical benefit , not for subjects of speculative reasoning merely ...
... hope , Sir , that , even if this call could not be answered , it would not necessarily fol- low that the principle should be expunged . Governments are instituted for practical benefit , not for subjects of speculative reasoning merely ...
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... as it has seemed to me that the doctrines contended for would go to sub- vert it , I hope I may be pardoned for detaining the committee so long . VOL . III . 3 INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY . * REGRETS are vain for BASIS OF THE SENATE . 25.
... as it has seemed to me that the doctrines contended for would go to sub- vert it , I hope I may be pardoned for detaining the committee so long . VOL . III . 3 INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY . * REGRETS are vain for BASIS OF THE SENATE . 25.
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... hope or by fear . The tenure of their office is not independent . The general theory and principle of the govern- ment are broken in upon , by giving the legislature this power . The departments of government are not equal , coördinate ...
... hope or by fear . The tenure of their office is not independent . The general theory and principle of the govern- ment are broken in upon , by giving the legislature this power . The departments of government are not equal , coördinate ...
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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.