The Works of Charles Sumner, Том 3Lee and Shepard, 1875 |
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... body , I know -that " the West is stealing the public lands " ; and the Senator from Virginia [ Mr. HUNTER ] , who expresses himself with frankness and moderation worthy of re- gard , in discussing this very measure , distinctly says ...
... body , I know -that " the West is stealing the public lands " ; and the Senator from Virginia [ Mr. HUNTER ] , who expresses himself with frankness and moderation worthy of re- gard , in discussing this very measure , distinctly says ...
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... body , I ex- pressed certain views , deemed by me of weight . Those views I submitted to the candor and judgment of ... body and in this body : out of this body , because I often hear them called " land - stealers " and " land pirates ...
... body , I ex- pressed certain views , deemed by me of weight . Those views I submitted to the candor and judgment of ... body and in this body : out of this body , because I often hear them called " land - stealers " and " land pirates ...
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... body , or a public officer , for a public purpose , it may be remitted by pardon . This may be illustrated by several cases . 1. As where , in Pennsylvania , the fine was for the benefit of the county . In this case the Court said ...
... body , or a public officer , for a public purpose , it may be remitted by pardon . This may be illustrated by several cases . 1. As where , in Pennsylvania , the fine was for the benefit of the county . In this case the Court said ...
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... body , convictions deeply cherished in my own State , though disregarded here , to which I am bound by every sentiment of the heart , by every fibre of my being , by all my devotion to country , by my love of God and man . Upon these I ...
... body , convictions deeply cherished in my own State , though disregarded here , to which I am bound by every sentiment of the heart , by every fibre of my being , by all my devotion to country , by my love of God and man . Upon these I ...
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... body . Finally , in 1851 , by the choice of his native District , remark- able for intelligence and public spirit , he became a Representative in the other branch of the National Le- gislature . In all these spheres he performed accepta ...
... body . Finally , in 1851 , by the choice of his native District , remark- able for intelligence and public spirit , he became a Representative in the other branch of the National Le- gislature . In all these spheres he performed accepta ...
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Страница 519 - WHO is the honest man ? He that doth still and strongly good pursue, To God, his neighbour, and himself most true ; Whom neither force nor fawning can Unpin or wrench from giving all their due. Whose honesty is not So loose or easy, that a ruffling wind Can blow away, or glittering look it blind ; Who rides his sure and even trot, While the world now rides by, now lags behind.
Страница 375 - The Congress, the Executive, and the Court must, each for itself, be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer, who takes an oath to support the Constitution, swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Страница 470 - It is atheism and blasphemy to dispute what God can do; good Christians content themselves with his will revealed in his Word; so it is presumption and high contempt in a subject to dispute what a king can do; or to say that a king cannot do this or that; but rest in that which is the king's will revealed in his law.
Страница 24 - ... township, or any other purpose whatever, for the term of five years from and after the day of sale.
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